Device Manager

Forum discussion tagged with Device Manager.
  1. T

    Question Missing Drivers

    Hi everyone Im currently facing a problem within my device Manager and the problem is under the Tab "other devices" within it are 2 things called "PCI Memory Controller" and "SM Bus Controller" I have tried to update them trough the device manager but it doesnt work, I have also seen that there...
  2. MachoFantastico

    Question No ethernet - Intel I226-V - Ethernet adapter not working - Z790 Motherboard

    Hi folks, so I need some help. Basically a week or so ago my ethernet connection suddenly disappeared and I've spent the past week trying to fix the issue without any success. I have an Asus Maximus Z790 Hero motherboard and have had no real issue with it for the past year. However the ethernet...
  3. pictopye

    Question Could Bad CPU cause Drivers to not load or work properly, could it cause issues with Storage not being seen?

    Hi there, I've been trying to troubleshoot this problem on a new PC build running Win11 for a few months now. So any help or assistance would be fantastic - with a big thank you in advance. SO I have technically 3 problems, but I'm viewing them as 1 or 2 since they all seem related. #1 - My...
  4. B

    Info AMD RX 6400 was not detected in Device Manager - - - fixed.

    Ok, so I was having issues with my pc not detecting my RX 6400 and was updating the gpu drivers, BIOS, and even windows. Nothing seemed to help, until I updated my PC's drivers (ASUS M11AD PC) from the ASUS site, and also restoring my BIOS settings to defaults. I'm guessing the later is what...
  5. K

    Question SSD not showing in Disk Management (complicated error) ?

    Hi, I was using SSD for several months, and then today he stopped showing, however he is now showing in the other devices SPCC SOLID STAKE View: https://imgur.com/a/vkiMSOM (The second screenshot is that ssd on my other pc) That's also visible in the bios, but not in Disk Management.
  6. vikaskumar2299

    Question What is the difference between disabling battery using Device Manager and physically removing your laptop battery?

    Hi. I'm using Windows 10. If I want to use my Dell Inspiron 7570 laptop only with laptop charger, there are two options: 1) Remove laptop battery physically This option works fine for me. I just need to plug in charger all the time so it doesn't shut down accidentally without turning off...
  7. O

    Question Other/unknown devices

    Hi I'm setting up my new computer. Windows 11. All windows updates are installed, and extra checked for new updates, and all drivers seems to be installed But I see this in Device Manager: Hm is it the graphics card (RTX 4070)? But I have installed Nvidia's driver and software thing. It...
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    Question USB ports stopped working, how can I tell if its a hardware or Windows problem?

    I plugged in and out a few times in short succession a wireless adapter to test it, and since then the USB 3 port I used and another such port next to it (which are both inside the same box on the motherboard) stopped working. Although I think I might have used the other one too at some point...
  9. O

    Device manager exclamation mark

    Device manager exclamation mark Hi everyone, on my Legion 5i Pro there was an exclamation mark next to a driver. I rolled back the driver and the exclamation mark disappeared. I restarted and updated the driver again and that was successful and no exclamation mark has appeared again and every...
  10. MikeyGOG

    Question Intel Core i5-11600K ---- after unlocking threads, they do not show as additional cores. Flaw or feature ?

    Intel Core i5-11600K ---- after unlocking threads, they do not show as additional cores. Flaw or feature ? I unlocked the remaining 6 threads of the cpu via Performance monitor and Sysconfig. Please see pix in the link to my FB page...
  11. johnyleo16

    Question How to turn integrated graphics back on after disabling in device manager?

    Dont worry, I still have graphics on my PC so its not a brick. I was trying to force it to use 1660 super and it worked! Disabling my iGPU from the Ryzen 5600G allowed the Nvidia 1660s to finally be the primary card driving graphics in games. However, I realized if the 1660s ever failed and the...
  12. InTakeYT1

    Question HDD shows up in BIOS but not in Windows ?

    I have my windows installed on my NVMe SSD and my HDD doesn't show up in Windows (disk management, device manager, etc) but does show in BIOS. To get my HDD to show in Windows I have to boot into BIOS and exit out and then my HDD shows in Windows (file explorer, etc). Any ideas? HDD: Seagate 2TB...
  13. Bruunk

    Question SSD showing in BIOS, but not in Disk Management or Device Manager ?

    Hello, I just bought a new SSD with the intention of putting windows on it, and I have been having some troubles getting things to work I have spent the whole day scouring the internet for what to do about this but I can't seem to get anything outside of the ordinary. My issue is that the...
  14. B

    [SOLVED] Device manager is refreshing every ~7 Minutes and I don't know why

    About every 7 minutes I see my device manager flicker, and I have reason to believe this refresh is causing problems in other applications. I would like to try and figure out what is causing this to happen and put a stop to it. I am running windows 10 on a custom built PC. Specs: OS: windows 10...
  15. T

    [SOLVED] Problems on Asus Rog G14

    Hello. I'm a new user of an Asus Rog Zephyrus G14 (Ryzen 7 5800HS + RTX3050 Model) with Windows 11. I'm gonna have so many questions here (anybody wants to help me? haha) Let me list the questions here, some dont relate to each other i saw a reviews on youtube, they played PUBG with all Ultra...
  16. Nate88888

    [SOLVED] Controller failing to install drivers after plugging it into front panel USB port ?

    I plugged my controller into the front panel and back into the rear USB and now it shows up on device manager however drivers cant install on it. I have tried troubleshooting and it only comes up with PNP error on advanced view. The controller is Afterglow Wired Controller for Xbox Series X -...
  17. S

    [SOLVED] Hidden Devices - Lots of greyed out hid compliant vendor defined device

    I was checking device manager and found a couple of faded devices. I remember there was a feature on driver booster 8 which cleaned "unplugged device data." Everyday no matter what they kept showing up so it seems they are automatically generated for some reason. Are these generally safe to...
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    Question USB Hub throws Code 43 error at windows startup (have to reconnect it everytime)

    Hey! I bought a generic usb hub because my front ports are broken and the back ports are hard to access. Whenever I boot my pc I have to unplug and plug the hub again every time for it to be detected by windows. Device manager says "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)" and in...
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    Question LiveKernelEvent 144 Parameter 3003 (USB DEVICES)

    Greetings After having to remove all my USB devices from the pc and put it back together later on I am stumbling across this weird error ( title ) and it sometimes forces the pc to restart and others it just freezes if I am in game. At first I did some research and found out it was a GPU...
  20. Guilherme Soares

    Question Specific Wifi card problem that can´t solve!

    I bought a Intel AX210 wifi card to use on my desktop and I have some really weird issue. Sometimes it works and sometimes dont when I turn on the computer, it keeps disappearing from Device Manager and I get Code 45 error, but the bluetooth still works, so I dont think that device is...
  21. ExarKunDS

    [SOLVED] Windows has stopped this device because it reported code 43

    Hello to everyone. The other day I started getting the code43 error after installing the radeon 21.4.1 update on my rx580 card. I tried the old drivers, it didn't work. I used DDU, it didn't work. Software solutions did not work. But my computer does not show blue screen or distorted image...
  22. O

    Question Windows 10 Logo then black screen

    Hi all, This goes across hardware as well, but I chose to post in Software. I recently picked up a free tower computer and it was all working nice to begin with, at least for the day. GTX 960 - Sabertooth Z22 - i7 3xxx CPU - 16GB ram Then problem one started, and that was the CPU fan cable...
  23. Trap404

    Question Missing Ethernet Driver in device manager

    Hello, After the latest windows update my ethernet internet has stopped working. It does not appear in the device manager nor does it has blink indicators when I plug in the cable. It does work on my laptop but not on my desktop pc. Here is what I have tried after following other threads...
  24. S

    [SOLVED] Error in Device manager

    there is an error in "other devices" group of device manager. what could be the reason behind this issue?https://prntscr.com/y983fq
  25. bobbyboi

    [SOLVED] How to fix Orange Screen of Death?

    I booted my SSD today and I got the Orange Screen of Death. My screen is covered in vertical white and orange bars and I have no idea how to fix it. I turned off my PC and tried rebooting. It booted up, however this time I was on the HDD. I checked Device Manager, and even after waiting 15+...
  26. MLMDota

    [SOLVED] GTX 1060 does not appear in Device Manager, drivers cannot be installed

    Hi all, I received an MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB OC Edition for Christmas, but as of yet have been unable to get it to work in my current PC. I currently have a GTX 660 which works perfectly fine but no matter what I have tried to get the 1060 to work, I cannot get it to be recognized in the...
  27. S

    [SOLVED] Device Manager Issue - USB Disconnect Sound Keeps Playing Every Couple Seconds

    Hi all, After having psu issues I was able to finally get my newest PC up and running. I loaded up windows 10 and installed drivers but I've ran into a very annoying issue. The USB disconnect/connect sound keeps playing every couple seconds, it's driving me crazy! I've downloaded USB Log View...
  28. S

    [SOLVED] Windoes 10 Device Manager shows that i have two mouse

    hi, when i look device manager there are two different mouse drivers are shown in the list. windows 10 automatically reinstall if i uninstall the one which shouldnt be exist on the list. so what's this?
  29. twgamerbuilder

    GPU displaying video but not being detected

    I built a system for my friend and it turns on and runs fine, displays video through the gpu (rx 580) but the rx 580 isnt being detected. It doesnt show in task manager and it only shows in device manager with an yellow exclamation next to it. I installed the AMD drivers and upon finishing...
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    [SOLVED] Device Manager showing only HID Keyboard Device and HID-compliant mouse, no individual keyboard + mouse

    I own a Hyper X Mechanical keyboard and a Logitech gaming mouse, however in the device manager theses devices are not listed. Instead I see x4 HID keyboard device in the Keyboards tab and x2 HID-compliant mouse in the Mice device tab. There is nowhere in the device manager that show my actual...
  31. GFTA

    Question Graphics card not detected

    Hello, First of, I have a Acer Aspire E5-574 series Laptop. Specs: GPU: Intel HD Graphics 520/Geforce 920M CPU:Intel core i5-6200U Ram:4GB I have the problem that my Geforce 920M is not showing up in my device manager. It's my primary graphics card so now everything is now laggy. I cant...
  32. Cytama

    [SOLVED] Windows Can't Detect My GTX 1050

    Hi, I just built a new PC and had everything installed from scratch. When trying to install drivers for my GTX 1050, I get the error below. The specs for my PC from dxdiag are also posted. The mobo seems to be ok and I've tried everything except for reflashing the GPU bios since I'm a bit wary...
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    [SOLVED] HDD (D:) was missing, found it disabled in Device Manager but I never disabled it. Why? Should I be worried?

    I never disabled it manually and I don't recall ever updating my windows recently if that matters. I've noticed it missing today while trying to open CS:GO. Last time I played CS:GO was yesterday. Saw my HDD in BIOS which made me think the cable wasn't loose or anything. I'm fairly a rookie at...
  34. eddie986

    [SOLVED] Code 12 in device manager after instaling a new component in my old pc.

    Hey, A few days ago I found my old PC which was an office one (IBM) and I decided to use it for music and stuff.It had it's stock hdd which had Windows XP on,I switched the HDD with a new one which had more storage and had Windows 7 on it(also because I couldnt use internet on xp,even after...
  35. A

    [SOLVED] Device Manager Refreshing Constantly

    Hello, I am having an issue where my device manager is constantly refreshing. I have used the USBLogView by Nirsoft and it does not show any issues with USB devices. I have clean installed Windows 10 multiple times and installed all drivers associated with my motherboard. I may have reason to...
  36. J

    [SOLVED] Device Manager Refreshing Caused By Network, but Uncertain How to Fix.

    So, I have been playing Rainbow 6 Siege for a while, but it just recently acquired this stuttering problem. I did a lot of troubleshooting to find out that my device manager refreshes every second or so as if a device was being un-plugged and re-plugged. After lots of troubleshooting later, when...
  37. hoopty_handler

    Question Staggered GPU Setup Not Working

    I upgraded my system from an fx8350 CPU paired with an MSI 970 Gaming mobo to a Ryzen 5 3600 and ASRock B450 Steel Legend. This has caused my "staggered" gpu set-up (1050ti & Gt730) to throw a fit, with the 1050ti being the sole graphics provider. I use the 1050ti for the gaming / main monitor...
  38. TempTop

    [SOLVED] Controller plug-ins causing long load times; what can I do to fix this issue?

    So in my attempt to utilize my PS3 controller(s) on Windows 10, I installed some previous programs I've installed on another PC such as PS3 SCPToolKit and the Windows Xbox Accessories utilization plug-ins. But now when I attempt to use any of my emulators I have an extra-long boot time while it...
  39. Sebastien pham

    [SOLVED] Can't open any applications on my desktop

    Hey having trouble with my pc. After installing synapse software. I am unable to open any icons or am able to go to the start menu. Here are a few things that I did. 1. Task manager > windows explorer > restart 2. Powershell > sfc /scanner > dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth 3...
  40. S

    [SOLVED] component swap has made windows 7 unusable, mouse laggy, not detecting other USB Devices, chipset driver not even opening.

    Hello all, I recently purchased a new set of components for my pc; i5 9600k 16gb ddr4 2600mhz ram Asus rx 5700 msi h310m pro vdh plus 650w silverstone psu along with windows 7 pro 64 bit As soon as I got it, I instinctively set the driver disc aside, and due to circumstances which involved me...