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ok weird one after a clean Windows install, my work PC has no sound at all. Device Manager shows the Realtek audio device with a yellow triangle, and the status says this: thats Code 10, "This device cannot start". ive uninstalled teh device, rebooted,…
guys pls help my setup is two monitors at different refresh rates, and it's been rock solid... since installing ASRock AD2500B ITX VGA Driver 8.0.0.4.1077, one of the screens randomly blinks black for a split second... sometimes it's every few minutes,…
I keep reading guides that say to tweak network adapter settings for competitive strategy games: disable interrupt moderation, disable power saving, change buffers. Some of it sounds like cargo cult stuff ;) On Wi Fi, what has actually helped u? 😂 And does…
im literally losing my mind here i'm setting up a all in one printer and teh Canon download page offers a huge full software package plus a smaller basic PIXMA MP190 Printer Drivers. i only need just printing. Is there a reaosn to install teh full suite, or…
i was adding a second SSD, 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. But I still need AHCI…
okay, this is driving me nuts. black screen, fans ramp up, and about five seconds later Windows comes back like nothing happened. then this pops up: It's always while scrubbing a 4K video timeline. My workstation is not overclocked and temps look normal in…
Movie night, everyone's on the couch, i hit play on teh PC hooked up to the soudnbar and..... silence. Picture perfect, zero sound. The only thing i'd changed was installing NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Driver 398.82 earlier that day. the HDMI output used to show…
ugh. short version: Quadro Tesla Graphics Driver wont install. longer version: my gaming laptop came with a manufacturer customized graphics driver, i wanted the newer one from NVIDIA directly, every installer i try says its incompatible with my Windows, is…
Im genuinely confused. Picture on my soundbar is great, but sound comes out of the laptop speakers only. it started right after the AMD driver update... ive checked the volume mixer, default device, everything i know of, theres simply no HDMI output to…
hmmmm ok so this is new. artifcats in video playback, and only since updating Mobility Catalyst Display Driver from AMD. Ive already rebooted three times 😤 They dont show up on the BIOS screen as far as i can tell, only once Windows loads. Is that a…
ok weird one quick poll for ppl using NVIDIA hardware for competitive gaming: has GeForce Ion Graphics Driver 331.93 Beta treated u well? Ive seen a couple of complaints online, but complaints are always louder than happy users. Id like to hear from people…
genuine question: do network drivers affect latency in a meaningful way for cloud gaming? i'm on a mesh network. my adapter uses Linksys WPC55AG Dual Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter... i'd like to optimize, but i don't want to break things based on random…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my receipt printer is printing one line of code per page. it started after the driver update from Canon. ive lost a lot of paper and patience, ive read that this happens when teh driver doesnt match teh printers…
this is so frustrating. im trying to update the graphics driver on my home built tower, and teh express install fails immediately: "Not compatible with this version of Windows." Windows Update says Im fully up to date. the Catalyst Clean Uninstall Utility…
im literally losing my mind here i downloaded Intel JetWay Intel 910GMLE VGA Driver 0604, the download page cleraly lists Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Im on one of those. I ran teh official installer on my gaming laptop and got this: it says the driver isnt…
three black screens tonight, all while watching a video in teh browser. the third time it didnt recover and i had to hold teh power button. the gaming laptop is about two years old. i updated to Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver 8.42.3 because a game…
firmware update nightmare. i was updating the desktops BIOS using the ALiveNF5SLI 1394 Bios package from ASRock. then teh fans went to full speed 😂 since then, black screen. im reasonably technical but Ive never had to recover a BIOS 😤 is this repairable…
ok so i keep seeing SM Bus Controller on fresh installs and I never know which driver it needs... this time its on my work PC. can someone explain how to identify it using hardware IDs and where to get the right driver safely? ideally Id like a method I can…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts im getting realy tired of this.. xD student laptop, Wi Fi works perfectly all day until I put it to sleep. After unplugging the charger, this: other devices in the house are fine, so the router isn't the problem. the Wi…
ok so quick request: Im trying to find the version of Camera Codec Pack that came before the current one. The reason is simple, the mic sounds worse. Device Manager wont let me roll back since the old package isnt cached anymore. What are my safe options…
guys pls help since I installed ASRock 880GMH/USB3 Bios 1.30, my gaming laptop restarts instead of resuming. before the update, sleep was boring and perfect. now its a daily surprise. last time I opened the lid there was this: i've checked power settings,…
long time lurker first post lol printer software question: for printing and scanning, do u install teh full vendor suite or just teh basic driver? my label printer works with the Windows built in driver already, but i'm not suree what i'm missing. i'd love…
guys pls help wi Fi option missing on my gaming laptop. it happened right after installing a new Wi Fi driver. i can use my phones USB tethering to get online temporarily, so downloading smth is possible. before i start installing random drivers, Id love to…
After a fresh install on my mini PC, Device Manager shows a SM Bus Controller with a yellow mark. Everything seems to work, but i hate leaving unknown devices around. Does ASUS P5KPL AM Bios include the driver for this? How do i find out what this device…
Since the Realtek RTL 8139/810X/8169/8110 6.06 (Windows ME) update, audio on my PC crackles and pops, mostly when mvoing windows around. Its like someone is crumpling paper next to teh microphone, except its in my headphones. Sometimes the sound briefly…
