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ugh. okay, I feel dumb, but Im stuck at step one. Trying a clean install on my prebuilt desktop. Windows setup shows no drives... i downloaded AOpen BB10 Intel Chipset Driver from Intel on another computer, but its an EXE, not something teh installer can…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i lost a ranked match to this today, so forgive teh tone. a flight sim hard freezes during laoding into a match and then I get this: it says teh device was removed... removed! two weeks ago i had zero crashes... in…
long story short: my mini PC won't wake up after teh V3 M3A3200 Bios update. The battery is suffering, and so am i 👍 i tried disabling hibernation and re enabling it, but that changed nothing. What tools can tell me which device or driver is causing the…
im literally losing my mind here i downloaded NVIDIA KN400/KM400 (Windows 2000/XP) , the download page clearly lists Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Im on one of those, i ran the exrpess install on my prebuilt desktop and got this: it says teh driver isnt…
My laptop's built in mic is gone. Not muted, gone. The voice chat lists no microphones, and Sound settings agrees. this started after the audio driver update from ASUS. output works fine, I can hear everything, which makes it extra confusing. I tested the…
ok so every few hours my work PC loses a webcam, and teh USB port stops responding. i'm on the Eee PC R015PX TouchPad Driver package from ASUS, i've seen people mention USB selective suspend, power management, and chipset drivers. i'd love to understand…
Since I installed ASRock ALiveXFire eSATA2 R3.0 Bios 2.70, my mini PC restarts instead of resuming. Before the update, sleep was boring and perfect. Now it's a daily surprise. Last time I opened teh lid there was this: Ive checked power settings, and nothing…
I use my PC for video editing and some gaming, half and half. ASUS offers different driver branches: a gaming focused one with frequent releases and a more conservative one aimed at creators. The Pro62VP Graphics Driver I'm on now is the gaming one. Should I…
Windows setup cant see my SSD on a freshly built PC. The installer just shows an empty list and a "Load driver" button. Im doing replacing the SSD, so the drive is supposed to be wiped anyway. BIOS detects it fine. i read about Intel VMD and RST, and that…
so annoyed rn software update and custom key bindings vanished. Its a keyboard with macro keys, and I configured everything in the Logitech app. After updating to SetPoint Driver, all profiles are gone and the app looks like a fresh install. I didnt export…
ugh. 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 gaming laptop is about two years old. I updated to Radeon Crimson Edition Graphics Driver 16.12.1 cuz a game asked me…
Every time I open the NVIDIA app it asks which branch I want and I click whichever is selected. Now I'm doing serious 3D modeling with deadlines and I care more about stability than the newest game fixes. Is the sloewr branch genuinely more tseted, or is it…
ugh. this is so frustrating. i'm trying to update teh graphics driver on my laptop, and teh custom install option fails immediately: "Not compatible with this version of Windows." Windows Update says I'm fully up to date. the GeForce Graphics Driver page…
ugh. 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 teh HDMI device doesnt even appear, and in Device Manager I…
so annoyed rn an OpenVPN client is broken on my gaming PC. it connects, shows a green status, but no traffic flows, disconnect and the internet works normally. the only change was teh network driver update from ASUS.. 🙏 i have deadlines and Im currently…
ok so i use my PC for streaming and gaming and some gaming, mostly gaming. ECS offers different driver branches: a gaming focused one with frequent releases and a more conservative one aimed at creators :/ The A40II VGA 32 bit Driver I'm on now is teh gaming…
ugh. i play an open world RPG every evening on my gaming laptop and know exactly how it should feel. After installing NVIDIA GeForce Ion Graphics Driver 257.21, its noticeably choppier, frame times are all over the place, and tnoight it even crashed once: i…
help!! genuine question about update philosophy 🔥 My PC is stable on whatever Windows Update installed. The new Forceware Drivers lists fixes that don't really afefct me. Do you update anyway for security and compatibility, or do you only update when a game…
help!! since the ECS 915G M(V1.0) Realtek HD Audio Driver 1.88 update, audio on my PC crackles and pops, mostly on voice calls. its like someone is crumpling paper next to the microphone, except its in my headphones. sometimes teh sound briefly turns roboitc…
Code 10 on the audio device and i'm stuck. It started after a BIOS update. My mini PC used to have perfectly normal sound. Now theres a red X on the speaker icon and Sound settings says no output devices found. Ive reinstalled AC 97 ALC650 Audio CODECs…
im losing this fight with my own computer. random driver crashes since the GeForce Quadro Graphics Driver 319.12 Beta for Solaris update. i tried Device Manager rollback (greyed out), uninstall via Settings (it came back), and installing the older package…
i was alt tabbing out of a fullscreen game on my home built tower when teh whole screen just went black. audio kept going for a second, then stuttered, then teh picture came back with a little notification that teh display driver had stopped responding and…
help!! i have an old gaming mouse from a previous PC. It still works physically, but Windows doesnt fully support it, and teh Microsoft support page lists Mouse and Keyboard Center 2.8.160 only for newer models. Has anyone gotten similar old devices working…
so annoyed rn i plugged my USB DAC into a USB hub like every morning, heard the Windows connect sound, and then the disconnect sound right after 🤦 then this popped up: It's been like that since the Realtek HD ALC 880 Audio CODECs 2.06 update. The USB DAC…
long time lurker first post lol i was alt tabbing out of a fullscreen game on my workstation when the whole screen just went black. Audio kept going for a second, then stuttered, then the picture came back with a little notification that teh display driver…
