Drivers & Downloads
Official driver downloads and help getting hardware working.
long time lurker first post lol somethings off. a strategy game feels sluggish since teh GeForce Ion Graphics Driver 285.27 Beta update and teh FPS counter agrees with me. that crash happened once too lmao im on a small form factor PC. ive restarted,…
here's my weird problem, front jack, no sound.. ;) rear jack, perfect sound. started right after SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 (Windows 2000/XP) updated from Creative. I really dont want to crawl under teh desk every time I switch to earbuds 😂 any idea where jack…
hmmmm ok USB is acting cursed on my work PC. a webcam drops out at random, and teh port stays dead until a retsart. i updated the chipset driver from Microsoft last week, and that's when it started. i checked Device Manager and sometimes a USB controller…
ok weird one ive always installed teh full package for printers without thinking :D This time, for a home inkjet, Id like to be more selective. i need scan to email. Whats actually useful in these suites, and what can safley be skipped?? Id love a short list…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts flickering secondary monitor since the AMD update. details: three monitors on one card... it goes black for a moment, comes back, sometimes teh windows jump to the main screen... ive rebooted plenty... id love a…
ugh. i keep seeing PCI Simple Communications Controller on fresh installs and I never know which driver it needs. This time it's on my mini PC. Can someone explain how to identify it using hardware IDs and where to get teh right driver safely?? Ideally I'd…
ok so genuine question about update philosophy. My PC is stable on teh previous release. The new SH S203N Firmware lists fixes that dont really affect me. Do you update anyway for security and compatibility, or do u only update when a game or app needs it?…
guys pls help i lost a ranked match to this today, so forgive the tone. a flight sim hard freezes during a cutscene and then i get this: it says the device was removed. removed! two weeks ago i had zero crashes. in between, the only change was the GeForce…
I downloaded NVIDIA ForceWare 61.82, teh download page clearly lists Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Im on one of those. I ran the vendor app on my home built tower and got this: it says the driver isn't compatible with this version of Windows. i've rebooted,…
so annoyed rn i finally have Realtek Audio Driver working nicely, and the ASUS app offers virtual surround, bass boost, loudness equalization, and more. windows also has its own sptaial sound options. for competitive games on studio headphones, what do you…
smth's off... a strategy game feels sluggish since the ForceWare Driver update and the FPS counter agrees with me. that crash happened once too, im on a gaming desktop, ive restarted, reinstalled the game, and turned off recording, before I go back to the…
okay, this is driving me nuts. black screen, fans ramp up, and about five seconds later Windows comes back like nothing happened. then this pops up: Its always while waking teh monitor from standby. My gaming desktop is not overclocked and temps look normal…
long time lurker first post lol sleep on my gaming laptop is broken. It drains the battery in a bag. This started right after teh chipset package upadte from ASRock. i really rely on sleep, since i move between home and office every day. Is there a log or…
so annoyed rn i work on a monitor on a USB C dock all day, and today was unbearable. Flicker, flicker, flicker on the seconadry screen. the ForceWare Beta Drivers update went in last night... ive tried swapping DisplayPort and HDMI and moving the monitors to…
i keep seeing PCI Simple Communications Controller on fresh installs and i never know which driver it needs. This time its on my laptop. Can someone explain how to identify it using hardware IDs and where to get the right driver safely? Ideally Id like a…
hmmmm ok i've been experimenting with driverless printing for a shared apatrment 👍 It works for basic stuff on teh inkjet all in one 👍 Before i commit, i'd love to hear from people who've used it longer. Did you go back to vendor drivers for anything…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i plugged my USB headset into a USB hub like every morning, heard the Windows connect sound, and then teh disconnect sound right after :) Then this popped up: Its been like that since the ASRock 970 Extreme4 Audio Driver…
i use my PC for video editing and some gaming, work by day, games at night. VIA offers different driver branches: a gaming focused one with frequent releases and a more conservative one aimed at creators. the VX900/VX900M Display Driver Im on now is the…
Request and question in one: my laptop has a Unknown device without a driver. i installed the chipset package, but its still there. Id love to know how to identify it properly. Is there a reliable way to map it to a specific driver from ASUS or my PC maker?…
ok so request for help: my old photo printer is bought long ago, and Im trying to use it with a newer PC (the HP page lists Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP for current modles) 😂 The vendor site doesnt list my model aynmore. Are there compatible drivers…
Short version: StarForce TNT/GeForce/Quadro 56.63 (Windows 2000/XP) won't install. longer version: my prebuilt desktop came with a manufacturer customized graphics driver. I wanted teh newer one from MSI directly. every installer I try says it's incompatible…
ok so my spooler crashes several times a day since teh BenQ Acer 1240UT Scanner Driver update. event Viewer has errors mentioning teh spooler and a DLL i dont recognize 🔥 printing works sometimes, then the label printer disappears from teh list. id like to…
since updating the graphics driver my monitor with speakers gets no audio over HDMI at all. I tried another HDMI cable, another port, and restarting the monitor with speakers. In Sound settings the HDMI device doesnt even appear, and in Device Manager I dont…
im literally losing my mind here i was playing an open world game on my gaming laptop when teh whole screen just went black. audio kept going for a second, then stutteerd, then the picture came back with a little notification that the display driver had…
ok so every time i try to print from the word processor, the print dialog freezes and then the printers list goes empty. Windows says the Print Spooler service isn't running. i start it again, try to print, and it crashes again. This started after i…
