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help!! ive built and set up a few PCs, and Ive never been sure about chipset drivers. On my gaming rig after a new motherboard, Device Manager shows no unknown devices. Is there still a reason to install X58B A2(V1.0) Bios 09/02/12? Are there specific…
so annoyed rn question for peripheral nerds: for custom DPI on a headset, do you keep teh vendor software installed? ive had issues with Logitech apps after updates before, so Im tempted to set things once and remove teh software... is that realistic, or do…
USB device not recognized. It's a USB microphone, and it was fine until the Pro Type Keyboard Driver update. Device Manager shows Device Descriptor Request Failed. i've tried rebooting and a few different ports. Sometimes it works for a moment then…
long time lurker first post lol i work on a 4K screen next to a 1080p one all day, and today was unbearable. flicker, flicker, flicker on teh secondary screen. The Mobility Catalyst Display Drivers 11.3 Vista/7 32 bit update went in last night. Ive tried…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my USB microphone is gone, not muted, gone. the browser lists no microphones, and Sound settings agrees. This started after the audio driver update from Creative. Output works fine, i can hear everything, which makes it…
I work on a 4K screen next to a 1080p one all day, and today was unbearable. Flicker, flicker, flicker on the secondary screen. The DisplayPort Firmware Update Tool update went in last night. I've tried swapping DisplayPort and HDMI and moving the monitors…
okay, i feel dumb, but Im stuck at step one. Trying a clean install on my new laptop. Windows setup shows no drievs. i downloaded Rapid Storage Technology RST Driver and User Interface from Intel on another computer, but it's an EXE, not something the…
im literally losing my mind here my home built PC wont boot after a firmware update. the update was going fine until the screen stayed black... i waited a long time before touching anything, then finally turned it off, now it powers on but shows nothing,…
quick poll for people using NVIDIA hardware for video editing: has ForceWare Drivers 100.65 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.…
hmmmm ok i installed teh NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Driver 390.77 update last night and this morning my gaming desktop looked like this in teh browser: little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes green for a moment. it…
ugh. im genuinely confused. Picture on my AV receiver is great, but sound comes out of teh laptop speakers only. It started right after the NVIDIA driver update. Ive checked the volume mixer, default device, everything I know of. Theres simply no HDMI output…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i'm on a driver from last year and everything works for video editing. Now NVIDIA has GeForce Ion Graphics Drivers 260.99 out and teh app keeps nagging me. Part of me wants the fixes, part of me remembers teh last time…
okay, help me do this properly. my home built PC has stuttering in every game after a NVIDIA update and Ive decided to go back to the previous driver. ive downloaded DDU and teh older package... what exactly do i do, in what order, and how do i stop Windows…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts since installing ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion Bios 1.20, the USB ports on my home built PC randomly stop working. a webcam disconnects, teh Windows disconnect sound plays, and then nothing in that port works until I…
I was a BIOS reset, and the guide told me to switch teh storage mode in teh BIOS from RAID to AHCI. I did it, saved, rebooted, and got this: INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE. i swicthed it back to RAID and Windows boots again, phew. but i still need AHCI for what Im…
i work on a laptop plus an external mnoitor all day, and today was unbearable. flicker, flicker, flicker on the secondary screen. the Quadro NVS Tesla GRID Graphics Driver update went in last night, ive tried swapping DisplayPort and HDMI and moving teh…
hmmmm ok i installed ASRock K10N78 Bios 1.00 on my work laptop because the support page listed it as recommended 🙏 The installer finished, asked for a reboot, and since then i get this every signle time: it goes to the blue screen, collects info, restarts,…
ok so i'm losing this fight with my own computer... stutetring in every game since teh Z77 Extreme4 VGA Driver update. I tried Device Manager rollback (greyed out), uninstall via Settings (it came back), and installing teh older package over the top…
im literally losing my mind here well, that went badly. I updated teh chipset package on my gaming desktop, rebooted, and now its this: over and over, safe Mode also crashes, the update was the Application Accelerator package from Intel, the BIOS still sees…
my small form factor PC is performing like it lost a generation. a competitive shooter stutters in places that used to be smooth, all after the NVIDIA driver update. I'd like to measure this properly instead of going on feel. What's teh right way to compare…
Curious about everyones storage driver setup. I have a single SSD in my workstation and SE S084C Firmware from Samsung installed 😤 For speed, does the vendor driver bring anything over the inbox one? Ive seen benchmarks posted, but Id rather hear real world…
i lost a ranked match to this today, sooo forgive teh tone. a racing sim hard freezes during loading into a match 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 Adrenalin…
ok weird one im losing this fight with my own computer.. 😭 stuttering in every game since teh StarForce TNT/GeForce/Quadro 53.06 (Windows 2000/XP) update. i tried Device Manager rollback (greyed out), uninstall via Settings (it came back), and installing…
no more three finger swipes on my gaming laptop. The MEGA Stick 256 Firmware update came through Windows Update. Ive rebooted, checked touchpad settings, and toggled the touchpad off and on. The gesture options are simply missing. Im comfortable with Device…
ok weird one widnows setup cant see my SSD on a work laptop. The installer just shows an empty list and a "Load driver" button. i'm doing upgrading teh drive, so the drive is supposed to be wiped anyway. BIOS detects it fine. i read about Intel VMD and RST,…
