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three black screens tonight, all while scrubbing a 4K video timeline, the third time it didnt recover and i had to hold the power button. the gaming laptop is about two years old... i updated to Radeon Adrenalin Graphics Driver 23.12.1 cuz a game asked me…
ugh. every guide for updating teh BIOS says AHCI... my work PC came configured with RAID mode and the H55M LE Bios storage driver. Thats what happens if i just flip the switch 👍 i dont wanna reinstall Windows if i can avoid it. Whats teh correct, safe…
three black screens tonight, all while running a 3D benchmark. the third time it didn't recover and I had to hold the power button. the home built tower is about two years old. I updated to GeForce Graphics Driver 416.34 because a game asked me to, and…
So this is new. Artifacts in 3D apps, and only since updating Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Family Graphics Driver from Intel. I've already rebooted three times. They don't show up on teh BIOS screen as far as I can tell, only once Windows loads. Is…
help!! every time i open the NVIDIA app it asks which branch i want and i click whichever is selected. Now Im doing serious 3D modeling with deadlines and i care more about stability than the newest game fixes. Is teh slower branch genuinely more tested, or…
I had a stack of documents to print before a meeting, hit Print, and nothing. The queue says the photo printer is offline. It's sitting right there, powered on, connected over USB, showing a happy ready light. My phone can even print to it 🔥 This started…
Okay, this is driving me nuts. Black srceen, fans ramp up, and about five seconds later Windows comes back like nothing happened. Then this pops up: Its always while waking the monitor from standby. My workstation is not overclocked and temps look normal in…
quick poll for people using NVIDIA hardware for everyday work: has GeForce Graphics Driver 388.00 treated you well?? ive seen a couple of complaints online, but complaints are always louder than happy users 😂 id like to hear from people for whom it just…
i joined a meeting this morning and nobody could hear me. sound settings says there are no input devices, even though my laptops built in mic is plugged in and its little light is on. the ECS P60 Audio Driver update went in yesterday, and thats the only…
ugh. flickering secondary monitor since the NVIDIA update. details: a monitor on a USB C dock. it goes black for a moment, comes back, sometimes the windows jump to teh main screen. i've rebooted pelnty. i'd love a checklist rather than random tips, since…
ok so curious about smth 🙏 When i install AC 97 ALC650 Audio CODECs Driver 2006/11/30 i get extra features 😭 When i use the built in driver i get fewer features but no surprises after updates. For movies on a home built desktop, which would u choose and…
long time lurker first post lol my Wi Fi is gone, not disconnected, gone. after a BIOS update, the 2 in 1 no longer shows any wireless options. ive tried rebooting, teh network troubleshooter, and checking airplane mode. nothing :D since I cant get online,…
help!! i work on three monitors on one card all day, and today was unbearable. Flicker, flicker, flicker on the secondary screen. the ET1602 Graphics Driver update went in last night :/ ive tried swapping DisplayPort and HDMI and moving the monitors to…
im on teh driver my PC came with and everything works for streaming 😤 now NVIDIA has ForceWare Beta Drivers 163.67 out and the app keeps nagging me. part of me wants the fixes, part of me remembers the last time an update gave me black screens for a week.…
ok weird one i installed teh NVIDIA ForceWare Beta Drivers 163.71 update last night and this morning my gaming desktop looked like this on teh desktop: Little colored blocks, flickering lines, smoetimes a whole strip of teh screen goes green for a moment 😭…
i've always installed the full package for printers without thinking. This time, for a office laser printer, i'd like to be more selective. i need just printing. What's actually useful in these suites, and what can safely be skipped? i'd love a short list of…
i had a stack of documents to print before a meeting, hit Print, and nothing. The queue says the inkjet all in one is offline. It's sitting right there, powered on, connected over USB, showing a happy ready light. My phone can even print to it. This started…
Print Spooler crash loop and Im stuck. it happens as soon as i open printer settings or print from the photo app. the new driver for the laser printer from Canon is my main suspect, but i cant even open the printer properties to remove it because the spooler…
ok so windows Update swapped my printer driver and now it prints at teh wrong size. the laser printer is used daily in a small office and people are complaining, the HP driver had all the features we need. the Windows Update one is basic... ive reinstalled…
long time lurker first post lol please tell me this is a driver thing... glitches in video playback on my gaming desktop, starting right after teh Studio Driver update: the card isnt new but its never shown anything like this before. temperatures look…
quick poll for people using EVGA hardware for competitive gaming: has PCoIP Driver 3.1 treated you well? ive seen a couple of complaints online, but complaints are always louder than happy users. id like to hear from people for whom it just works, too, tell…
i downloaded NVIDIA Quadro Tesla Graphics Driver 307.45, teh download page clearly lists Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista 64 bit, and Im on one of those. i ran teh express install on my gaming laptop and got this: it says the driver isnt compatible with…
ugh. printer software question: for scan to email, do you install teh full vendor suite or just the basic driver? My home inkjet works with the Windows built in driver already, but Im not sure what Im missing. Id love to hear what others do and whether the…
sleep on my laptop is broken. it won't wake up. this started right after teh chipset package update from Gigabyte. i really rely on sleep, since i move between home and office every day. is there a log or report that shows what woke it up or why it failed?…
so annoyed rn genuine question about update philosophy... my PC is stable on the driver my PC came with. the new ForceWare Beta Driver lists fixes that dont really affect me, do u update anyway for security and compatibility, or do you only update when a…