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my gaming desktop is perforimng like it lost a generation, a competitive shooter stutters in places that used to be smooth, all after teh NVIDIA driver update. id like to measure this properly instead of going on feel. whats teh right way to comapre two…
hmmmm ok did a BIOS update on my gaming rig, and afterwards Windows wouldnt boot. Turns out the update reset the storage mode. Windows was installed in RAID/RST mode and now it's AHCI. Switching back fixed it, but now I'm curious: which mode is actually…
This is sooo frustrating. Im trynig to update the graphics driver on my home built tower, and teh custom install option fails immediately: "Not compatible with this version of Windows." Windows Update says Im fully up to date, the Radeon Crimson Edition…
im literally losing my mind here this is sooo frustrating. I'm trying to update the graphics driver on my office PC, and the custom install option fails immediately: "Not compatible with this version of Windows." Windows Update says Im fully up to date. The…
ok weird one i ran teh MSI Live Update 6.2.0.74 BIOS/firmware update on my work laptop because teh support page said it improves stability. partway through, the progress bar froze. now when i press the power button, i get this: the fans spin, a light comes…
so annoyed rn USB is acting cursed on my desktop. a USB headset drops out at random, and the port stays dead until a restart 🤦 i updated the chipest driver from EVGA last week, and thats when it started. i checked Device Manager and sometimes a USB…
ugh. genuine question about update philosophy. My PC is stable on a driver from last year. The new Radeon Adrenalin Edition Graphics Driver lists fixes that don't really affect me. Do you update anyway for security and compatibility, or do you only upadte…
ok so long story short: my mini PC wont wake up after the P45DE Bios update. the battery is suffering, and sooo 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 teh…
something's off. a competitive shooter feels sluggish since the GeForce Graphics Driver update and the FPS counter agrees with me. that crash happened once too 🤦 im on a budget build. ive restarted, reinstalled the game, and turned off recording, before I…
help!! quick poll for people using Intel hardware for streaming: has Graphics Media Accelerator Driver 15.8.3.64.1504 or Windows Vista 64 bit treated u well? I've seen a couple of complaints online, but complaints are always louder than happy users 😂 I'd…
my older drawing tablet is from a pervious PC, before i buy a replaceemnt, Id like to try getting it working on my current PC... any tips for finidng compatible drivers, or experiences with generic drivers for this kinda device? also, how do i know when its…
guys pls help every time Im in a battle royale, somewhere around a cutscnee, the game freezes 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…
ugh. i lost a ranked match to this today, so forgive teh tone lmao a flight 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, teh only change was teh Arc…
guys pls help USB is acting cursed on my laptop. a USB hub drops out at random, and the port stays dead until a restart, i updated teh chipset drievr from ECS last week, and thats when it started... i checked Device Manager and sometimes a USB controller…
guys pls help i installed Shuttle AB60N RAID Driver on my small office server because teh support page listed it as reocmmended. the installer finished, asked for a reboot, and since then i get this every single time: it goes to the blue srceen, collects…
i play a strategy game every evening on my small form factor PC and know exactly how it should feel. after installing AMD Catalyst Legacy Display Driver 13.9, it's noticeably choppier, frame times are all over the place, and tonight it even crashed once: I…
my old webcam is bought secondhand. before i buy a replacement, Id like to try getting it working on my current PC. any tips for finding compatible drivers, or experiences with generic drievrs for this kinda device? also, how do i know when its simply not…
im literally losing my mind here i was waking the monitor from standby on my gaming desktop 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…
so annoyed rn somethings off. a strategy game feels sluggish since the Radeon Adrenalin Edition Graphics Driver update and the FPS counter agrees with me. That crash happened once too 🤦 i'm on a small form factor PC. i've restarted, reinstalled the game,…
help!! every time i open the NVIDIA app it asks which branch i want and i click whichever is selected. now i'm doing serious photo editing with deadlines and i care more about stability than the newest game fixes. is the slower branch genuinely more tested,…
hmmmm ok im genuinely confused... picture on my soundbar is great, but sound comes out of the laptop spekaers only. it started right after the NVIDIA driver update. ive checked the volume mixer, defualt device, everything I know of 😂 theres simply no HDMI…
im literally losing my mind here my setup is two monitors at different refresh rates, and its been rock solid. since installing NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Driver 537.58, one of the screens randomly blinks black for a split second... sometimes its every few…
Quick question: my PCIe Wi Fi card is from a previous laptop and Id like to use it in my current PC. Realtek offers 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet Driver. Does anyone have experience with this kind of thing? i dont mind some tinkering, but i dont want a…
this is sooo annoying. i had teh headphone profile set up perfectly in teh audio console, and a Realtek driver update wiped it out. now teh app refuses to run. I dont care much about teh exact version, I just want teh app and the headphone profile back... is…
help!! my wired controller isnt recognized by games. a fighting game crashed once when i plugged it in mid session. Windows sees the controller, and the test page in the game cnotrollers panel responds to buttons. But games act like nothing is there. It…
