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every few hours my work PC loses a USB hub, and the USB port stops responding. Im on the Z77 Extreme9 Bios package from ASRock 🙏 Ive seen people mention USB selective suspend, power management, and chipset drivers. Id love to understand which one is most…
ok so so this is new 👍 Artifacts in games, and only since updating W2V Graphics Driver from ASUS. i've already rebooted three times.. 😅 they don't show up on the BIOS screen as far as i can tell, only once Windows loads... is that a meaningful clue? i'm…
help!! fun morning... teh work VPN client won't connect after the Eee PC 1101HA Wireless LAN Driver update. i reinstalled teh VPN client, no change. the virtual adapter shows in Network Connections, but it looks disabled or missing details, is there a way to…
Windows setup cant see my SSD on a ultrabook. the installer just shows an empty list and a "Load driver" button... im doing removing bloatware, so the drive is supposed to be wiped anyway. BIOS detects it fine... i read about Intel VMD and RST, and that some…
so annoyed rn sleep on my gaming laptop is broken. It wakes up by itself at night. This started right after the chipset package update from Gigabyte. I realy rely on sleep, since I move between home and office every day. Is there a log or report that shows…
im literally losing my mind here i work on two monitors at diffeernt refresh rates all day, and today was unbearable. flicker, flicker, flicker on teh secondary screen. The VGA Graphics Driver update went in last night 👍 Ive tried swapping DisplayPort and…
im literally losing my mind here three black screens tonight, all while running a 3D benchmark. the third time it didnt recover and I had to hold the power button. the home built tower is about two years old. i udpated to Radeon Crimson Edition Graphics…
long time lurker first post lol since updating the graphics drvier my TV gets no audio over HDMI at all. I tried another HDMI cable, another port, and restarting teh TV. in Sound settings the HDMI device doesnt even appear, and in Device Manager I dont see a…
ok weird one i installed the NVIDIA GeForce Quadro Driver 337.12 Beta update last night and this morning my living room PC looked like this in video playback: Little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes green for a…
I downloaded AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition Graphics Driver 18.6.1 Hotfix , the download page clearly lists Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and I'm on one of those. I ran the express install on my home built tower and got this: It says teh driver isnt…
ok weird one my laptop came with a network driver from teh manufacturer thats quite old. Gigabyte has GA P55A UD4P (rev. 1.0) Realtek LAN Driver 6.227.0902.2009 available directly on their site. I care most about stable connections. Should I install teh chip…
ugh. okay, help me do this properly 🤷 my gaming desktop has random driver crashes after a AMD update and I've decided to go back to the previous driver. i've downloaded DDU and the older package. What exactly do i do, in what order, and how do i stop…
long time lurker first post lol i installed the ASUS EN8800 Series VGA Driver 197.45 update last night and this morning my gaming desktop looked like this on teh desktop: little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts after a fresh install on my desktop, Device Manager shows a SM Bus Controller with a yellow mark... everything seems to work, but i hate leaving unknown devices around... does ASRock ConRoeXFire eSATA2 Bios incldue teh…
ugh. getting DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED in a flight sim, and now in a second game too, which makes me think its not a game problem. Timeline: installed Aopen AK79D 400VN nVIDIA nForce Driver from NVIDIA, crashes started teh same night. i tried rolling back…
ugh. i play a racing sim every evening on my gaming desktop and know exatcly how it should feel. After installing Intel HD Graphics Media Accelerator Driver 15.22.50.2509, its noticeably choppier, frame times are all over teh place, and tonight it even…
i was a BIOS reset, and the guide told me to switch the storage mode in teh BIOS from RAID to AHCI. i did it, saved, rebooted, and got this: INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE. i switched it back to RAID and Windows boots again, phew lmao But i still need AHCI for…
question for people who care about audio for late night TV: do u use virtual surround on a USB headset?? some friends swear it helps them hear direction... othres say it muddeis everything and stereo is better... id love to hear real experiences, not…
So this is new. Artifacts in 3D apps, and only since updating GeForce Beta Drivers from NVIDIA. Ive already rebooted three times. They dont show up on the BIOS screen as far as i can tell, only once Windows loads lmao Is that a meaningful clue?? Im happy to…
help!! connected, secured, no internet 😂 Im going in circles. the gaming laptop worked fine at a hotel until teh network driver updated xD other deivces are completely fine on the same Wi Fi. I tried the network troubleshooter, and it said something about…
every time Im in a battle roylae, somewhere around about 20 mniutes in, teh game ferezes and closes with this: the error text mentions DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED. the graphics card is obviously still in the PC. this only started after i installed NVIDIA…
ugh. three black screens tonight, all while waking the monitor from standby... the third time it didnt recover and i had to hold the power button. The gaming desktop is about two years old, i updated to A7V AVerMedia AverTV Video Capture Driver 2.1.0.9 cuz a…
guys pls help my setup is a 4K screen next to a 1080p one, and its been rock solid. Since installing NVIDIA GeForce Quadro Driver 337.12 Beta for Solaris , one of teh screens randomly bilnks black for a split second. Sometimes its every few minutes,…
so annoyed rn my home built tower is performing like it lost a generation. an MMO 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 compare two…
hmmmm ok 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 workstation is about two years old. I updated to Radeon RX Vega M Driver 18.6.1 cuz a game asked me to, and…
