Anika A.

wait what idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh. @cpereira 35 did u ever fix it?

@tariq.petrov nah thats not it, starting has nothing to do with it

do u still reimage devices regulalry, or mostly ship new hardware? ?

many boards share PCIe lanes between certain M.2 slots and SATA ports. using that M.2 slot can disable one or two SATA ports. check the manuals lane sharing table; it explains teh disappearing SATA drive. lmk how it goes

hmmm if rollback doesnt help, do a clean install: download the driver you want first, disconnect from the internet sooo Windows Update doesnt push its own, boot into Safe Mode , run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller), then install teh…

hmmm check power before blaming the drievr. A PSU thats borderline or a daisy chained PCIe cable can cause exactly this under load. If its a desktop, use two separate PCIe power cables if teh card has two connectors.

hmmmm quick q do you see Event ID 4101 in the System log at teh same times as the black screens? ??

@routerhound measured both drivers prpoerly and teh new one realy was worse in a strategy game on my small form factor PC... rolled back and reported it. thanks for teh method! owe u a beer 🍺

For photo editing, stability matters more than the newest game optimizations. If theres a separate stable/studio/recommended branch, thats usually the better fit.