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guys pls help okay, i feel dumb, but Im stuck at step one. trying upgradnig the drive on my freshly built PC. windows setup shows no drives. I downloaded K10N78hSLI GLAN Bios from ASRock on another comupter, but its an EXE, not smth the installer can use.…

mixed use PC here: half and half... can someone who has tried both branches share their experience? id love to hear whether it made a real difference for machine learning experiemnts or whether its mostly marketing... i am not chasing benchmark numbers. i…

This is sooo frustrating. i'm trying to update the graphics driver on my gaming laptop, and an older package fails immediately: "Not compatible with this version of Windows." Windows Update says Im fully up to date. the Intel Display Driver page supports…

after installing AMD Catalyst Radeon 5.5 (Windows XP/2000/Media Center) Ive had the screen resolution reset on my laptop. fine, Ill just roll it back. except teh Roll Back Driver button is greyed out, and when I uninstalled it Windows put a driver back on…

help!! did a BIOS update on my laptop, and afterwards Windows wouldnt boot. Turns out the update reset teh storage mode. Windows was installed in RAID/RST mode and now its AHCI. Switching back fixed it, but now Im curious: which mode is actually better for a…

guys pls help every single time after resumnig from hibernate, my work laptop shows no Wi Fi networks at all, or its connected but nothing loads... this started right after the Realtek RTL81xx Serie LAN Driver 6.110 udpate. the only reliable fix is a full…

Getting DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED in a survival crafting game, and now in a second game too, which makes me think it's not a game problem. Timeline: installed Catalyst Display Driver from AMD, crashes started the same night, i tried rolling back but now…

Genuine question about update philosophy. My PC is stable on a driver from last year. The new 82915G/82910GL Express Chipset Family Graphics Driver lists fixes that don't realy affect me. Do u update anyway for security and compatibility, or do you only…

guys pls help firmware udpate nightmare. i was updating the desktops BIOS using teh Mac OS X Lion Update for MacBook Air and Mac Mini 2011 package from Apple. then the progress bar froze. since then, black screen. im reasonably technical but Ive never had to…

Quick poll for people using NVIDIA hardware for compettiive gaming: has ForceWare Beta Drivers 169.25 treated u well? :) Ive seen a couple of complaints online, but complaints are always louder than happy users. Id like to hear from ppl for whom it just…

so annoyed rn my small form factor PC is performing like it lost a generation... a strategy game stutters in places that used to be smooth, all after the NVIDIA driver update. Id like to measure this properly instead of going on feel. Whats teh right way to…

hmmmm ok front audio on my mid tower case died after a driver update. Rear audio is totally fine. i tried two different a heasdet, both work in the rear port and on my phone :/ The vendor audio app used to show a little popup when i plugged into the front,…

every time i open the Gigabyte app it asks which branch i want and i click whichever is selected... now Im doing serious machine learning experiments with deadlines and i care more about stability than teh newest game fixes. is teh slower branch genuinely…

ok so my office multifunction printer is printing half a page then gibberish. It started after the driver update from Canon. Ive lost alot of paper and patience. Ive read that this happens when the driver doesnt match the printers language, like PCL vs…

my setup is a 4K screen next to a 1080p one, and its been rock solid. since installing Intel 82865G Graphics Controller 14.17, one of teh screens randomly blinks black for a split second. sometimes its every few minutes, sometimes every few seconds. its…

im on whatever Windows Update installed and everything works for streaming. now NVIDIA has nForce 680i SLI Certified Driver 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…

Flickering secondary monitor since the NVIDIA update. Details: a 4K screen next to a 1080p one. It goes black for a moment, comes back, sometimes the windows jump to the main screen :/ I've rebooted plenty. I'd love a checklist rather than random tips, since…

guys pls help genuine question about update philosophy. my PC is stable on the driver my PC came with. the new Tesla Graphics Driver lists fixes that dont realy affect me. do u update anyway for security and compatibility, or do u only update when a game or…

ok so i downloaded Intel Graphics Driver 15.40.45.5126, the download page clearly lists Windows, and Im on one of those. i ran the official installer on my lapotp and got this: it says the driver isnt compatible with this version of Windows. ive rebooted,…

not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i use my PC for 3D modeling and some gaming, mostly gaming. NVIDIA offers different driver branches: a gaming focused one with frequent releases and a more conservative one aimed at creators... the Quadro Driver 337.50…

ugh. i downloaded NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix 368.51, the download page clearly lists Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Im on one of those. i ran the vendor app on my office PC and got this: it says teh driver isnt compatible with this version of Windows...…

Genuine question about update philosophy. My PC is stable on wahtever Windows Update installed. The new AOpen OE700 Intel Graphics Driver lists fixes that dont really affect me. Do u update anyway for security and compatibility, or do u only update when a…

Genuine question: after a new motherboard, do you install the chipset driver package first? My laptop runs fine with Windows defaults. The ASRock support page has P45R2000 Bios 1.50. If I install it, what changes? If I dont, what am I missing? Id love to…

So my PCIe Wi Fi card reports Code 43 now. ive read that Code 43 can mean the hardware failed, but the timing with teh P5VDC X Lan Driver update is too perfect. my work PC is offline until this is fixed. id like a solid plan: what to test, what to download…

ok so windows Update swapped my printer driver and now colors look off. The inkjet all in one is used daily in a small office and ppl are complaining. The HP driver had all teh features we need. The Windows Update one is basic. I've reinstalled teh vendor…