driver

Forum discussion tagged with driver.
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    Question Did a crypto mining virus kill my GPU ?

    Hey guys, I got a crypto mining virus on my PC and and after realizing, I quickly removed it and ran multiple virus tests and did Windows updates. But after restarting the PC, as soon as Windows and the GPU driver loads, the monitor loses the signal. But booting in Safe Mode works no problem...
  2. uberfox

    Question Computer black screening after a couple minutes of on time

    As the title says, ive been having black screens occurring minutes after turning on my pc. My best guess is a video driver error which ive tried fixing various ways, like reinstalling it, trying to fix other errors in even viewer and nothing seemed to work. I also went into safe mode and didnt...
  3. M

    Question help monitor is outputting wrong images

    Hi, so I have the m271V2 gigabyte monitor and a 4080super. After a windows update, and driver update (I have tried rolling back both updates and drivers multiple times) my monitor and games default to 4k. Now even when I change it to 1440p game image quality is as though I was rendering a...
  4. pjkw

    Question Screens flick and glitch while idle

    Normally after a few minutes without running any game, in Chrome or on the desktop, the screen flashes (like when updating the GPU driver) and flickers a few times and then stops, but sometimes there are some glitches. As you can see in the video, these things usually happen when the GPU usage...
  5. Under Gamer

    Question Best Method for Drivers Installation on Windows (Asus, Intel and Nvidia) PCs. Correct?

    [Moderator Note: No specific problem posted. Moving thread from Windows 11 to Opinions and Experiences. More applicable category.] iven that there are several options and sequences we can follow for driver installation after installing Windows, I, with an Asus Z790 setup, Intel CPU, and...
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    Question RTX 4070Ti Super not working properly

    Hi! My friend updated his Asus RTX 4070Ti Super graphics driver to the latest version. Then we heard about the whole driver situation and he tried out some games and none of them worked. The gpu had no problem before the update. He played Cyberpunk 2077, Stalker 2, and so on on 4K ultra, but...
  7. 7Delta

    Question Intel(R) Quick SPI Host Controller - 7A50 driver error + Headphones not being detected

    Hey! So recently i changed my mobo from Asrock B760M-H/M.2 to ASUS Prime B760M-K. Everything works fine except this driver: This is the error message I get: Also my audio devices are not detected except for the screens. Things i've tried: - Format the PC - Reinstall all the drivers - Install...
  8. Agyriotic

    Question Constant bsods

    Hello everyone, I've been experiencing a crazy turn of events with my pc lately. I’ve built it myself using research and cross referencing compatibility lists etc. I never truly got it stable but it never had bsods like this before(to the point it wouldn’t post or would post then crash...
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    Question Windows 11 is slow even in Safe Mode, even after formatting, fresh install and updating ?

    My cousin bought Mi Notebook 14. It has i5-10210U, 8GB 2666MHz DDR4 RAM, SATA3 SSD by Kingston. Recently it got very slow. The task manager kept showing less than 20% CPU utilization. Also, less memory usage. Still the performance is noticeably slow. Each click / UI interaction was laggy...
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    Question Which intel chipset driver?

    I have built a PC with Asus Prime Z370-P motherboard. I am now running Win 11 on it. In device manager the following needs drivers: PCI Memory controller PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A2A1&SUBSYS_86941043&REV_00 SM Bus Controller PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A2A3&SUBSYS_86941043&REV_00 In windows update, there is...
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    Question Random black screen and driver crashes

    My Pc; Intel i5 12400f ASUS EX-B660M-V5 D4 2x CORSAIR 8GB Vengeance LPX ASUS DUAL Radeon RX 6700 XT OC 12GB NZXT C650 650W 80+ Bronze Monitor1 : 165Hz Viewsonic omni (connected with dp) Monitor2: 75Hz Lg (connected with Hdmi) I have been having a random black screen problem for 3 days. It...
  12. magrega

    Question S0 Sleep State causes bluetooth audio stutter ?

    Hi! I have an Asus Vivobook S 14 M3402RA laptop with an Intel AX210 WiFi/BT chip. Laptop is running Windows 11 24H2 but I also tried Windows10. I have a major issue. When my laptop enters sleep mode while bluetooth is on and playing music, it starts stuttering a bit, skipping audio from time to...
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    [SOLVED] Is it safe to uninstall Gigabyte Control Centre?

    Hey guys, for the Gigabyte Control Centre. Can I safely uninstall it? See it wants to remove a bunch of stuff when I uninstall it. I didn't build my pc myself so I'm not sure if the person who built the pc used it to configure my system. Worried ill mess stuff up if I uninstall it and it's...
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    Question System stuttering while playing games and on desktop.

    Here is the long story: One month ago I began experiencing random system stutters. These stutters would often freeze the system and have the audio buzz for a split second then continue normally. At first, they were infrequent but as time passed they became more noticeable. The system stutters...
  15. Mr Bean66

    Question Help Needed: Unable to Install Windows on New PC

    Hi all, I’m running into some major issues trying to install Windows on my new PC and I’d appreciate any guidance or suggestions. Background: Old Installation Disk on New PC: I tried transferring my old Windows installation disk to the new PC. This resulted in blue screens which read...
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    Question PC freezes daily because of two corrupted drivers

    My pc freezes once or twice per day and I have to forcfully turn off my pc each time and reboot the errors from the event viewers are listed in the pictures bellow : View: https://imgur.com/a/T3la3hg Can you recommand me a good driver scanning software ? My pc is up to date (bios firmware...
  17. GUMSHi

    Question BSOD; DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION. GPU driver's fault or no?

    Hi, I'm running a PC with an i5 4590 and a used mining card called the P106, roughly equivalent to a GTX 1060 6GB. I got the card close to two years ago and it ran very well until about August of this year where it randomly stopped working. a BSOD happened and it showed VIDEO TDR FAILURE or...
  18. Galanoth

    game error

    I had to downgrade my driver from the lastest version to one of the earliest ones to fix a horrendous graphics issue in Forza Horizon 3 but now every game with OpenGL or Vulkan has issues with HDR. For example it turns off hdr when switching to another program or when closing the game, every...
  19. kkan

    Question Is my GPU on its last legs?

    Hello, One and a half years ago I purchased a used ASUS TUF 3080 10GB. Its been worked well. Two days ago I started crashing in Witcher 3. after about 30-50min of playtime I though it might be due to some memory leak within the game as it was the only game that I was crashing in. After few more...
  20. Archon of the Valley

    Question Transparent Taskbar and opaque Start Menu with the last two Nvidia driver releases ?

    Previously, I made a post here about this same issue where the Taskbar would go transparent (without the blur effect) and the Start Menu would be completely opaque. With that previous issue, I was able to whittle down the cause to a toggle in Winaero Tweaker that I accidentally enabled, which...
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    Question upgraded from rtx 3070 to a radeon 7900 gre and getting WORSE frames+stutters?

    hi all, i was just wondering if yall can help me figure out why this new card is working so poorly compared to my 3070 the system im running is: ryzen 5 5600x 16 gb ddr4 ram radeon 7900 gre 550 watt power supply (i know, a 750 watt is coming soon, but this is my main concern) i did the whole...
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    Question How do I Install dual GPUs ?

    Hi there. I have an RX 6800 XT and an RX 580 8gb and I want use both at the same time (Not crossfire X ) not in-game but for Rander. My motherboard supports Dual GPUs but when I install the RX 6800 XT latest driver it doesn't recognize the RX 580, and when I install RX 580 latest driver from...
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    Question A strange problem with the iGPU ?

    hi, i have recently assembled my pc: CORSAIR 4000D AIRLFOW MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI RYZEN 5 7600X MSI MPG A850G 32GB DDR5 5200MHZ CL36 (KF552C36BBEK2-32) THERMALRIGHT PHANTOM SPIRIT 120 SE I don't currently have a dGPU, but I plan to purchase one soon, the problem is. my AMD Radeon iGPU...
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    Question Trouble with finding unknown driver

    Hello I've just registered on this forum, and i have to say the "archive" here has helped me a whole lot of times, and i am really grateful for that. However there is one issue i have witch i somehow can not manage to solve, and that i have been searching around the internet for ages and only...
  25. Nitsugaaa3

    Question Ethernet Problem

    Hello, how are you? I have an issue with my Ethernet connection: it becomes unstable at high speeds. I have a fiber optic internet connection with a download speed of 1 Gbps. I’ve already updated drivers, reinstalled Windows, and changed the Ethernet cable, but the problem persists. The only way...
  26. Ruwaid123

    Question Xbox Elite 2 Controller showing as HID Keyboard Device on bluetooth

    Hi Everyone, I've purchased an Xbox Elite 2 controller and its showing as HID Keyboard Device in my device manager. Iv uninstalled all drivers and installed the xbox accessories program, ensured that the controller is up to date. Same issue Wired, seems to be appearing fine as an xbox...
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    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...
  28. jomgeorge

    Question BSOD and crashing after SSD upgrade on laptop ?

    Hi everyone, I'm experiencing a strange problem with my ASUS TUF A15 (2022) laptop, and I'm hoping someone here can help me figure it out. I really appreciate any advice or insights you can offer. Here's the situation: I originally had a PCIe Gen 3.0 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD in my laptop, but I...
  29. Milan0308

    Question Windows driver updates vs manufacturer driver

    So windows downloading a newer driver that's on the manufacturer site (Asus) such as: Intel management interface. I check it on armoury crate too. I saw that newer drivers are not always the best for my hardware. So should I disable windows drivers update? And windows not download my chipset...
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    Question DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE : Lenovo Laptop. Need help identifying faulty driver.

    Some context. Laptop seems to behave weirdly whenever I connect an external USB storage device. This ranges from extremely sluggish speeds when navigating Windows explorer to Strange UI glitches. All of this culminated in a BSOD yesterday night. I had plugged in the drive for some work. Post...
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    Question Having trouble with display output, bios, and graphics driver.

    I had recently built a new computer with a AORUS B650 Elite AX, a Ryzen 9 7900x, and a GTX 980 TI, now using the integrated graphics until I get my new graphics card. I had started facing problems in the beginning where I kept having trouble getting the BIOS to output to the dedicated GPU. The...
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    Question Huge latency spikes

    Hi all, I'm at the end of my rope here. So far I've tried all solutions and potential fixes I could find till now. I really hope someone has the permanent solution. Small recap. Beginnning of this year, January, I was getting constant latency spikes. I've been tracking them with LatencyMon and...
  33. WiSurvive98

    [SOLVED] HELP! After Clean Install Windows 10 Audio Missing

    I just do clean install windows 10, everything seems normal, no problem, but i just notice that my Audio is missing, it says "No speakers or headphones are plugged in" Both Rear and Front panel not working I've tried these steps: 01. I've install Realtek Audio, it installed, but nowhere to be...
  34. Omar Omari

    Question Front and rear audio jacks on motherboard, "Board Explorer" show as "Disconnected" as opposed to other slots' "Empty", and no audio output or input ?

    Front and back sound jacks on motherboard "Board Explorer" show as "Disconnected" as opposed to other slots' "Empty", and no audio output or input I have encountered this problem after buying this computer on facebook marketplace, and I didnt think to check the audio. PC specs. MBD: MSI...
  35. aymen11512

    Question suddenly im getting a black screen and my gpu fans going full speed

    hello, 2 days ago i started having an issue with my PC, when im playing (mainly rainbow six siege because thats all i play) i get a black screen, sometimes the gpu fans go on full speed, sometimes the rgb on the gpu starts flickering, so i have to shut the pc down from the power button on the...
  36. kelerman23

    Question Strange annoying issue with nvidia gpu - sudden jump in gpu usage and drop frames without any reason!!

    Hey i have a strange issue with my rtx 4060 on my dell xps laptop the issue is on all games after a while of playing the usage of gpu jump to 100% and the frames drops to the half without changing sitting in the same scene in the game without changing anything like for example fifa 23 or...
  37. Dasa

    Question MX500 current health 84% current driver M3CR023, need action?

    So I have MX500 500GB for several years and it is my youngest drive (rest is not SSD but much older) and decided to check health and driver after reading some post and I have no clue if I need to take action or not? it is very difficult to transfer files and re-download everything, so want to...
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    Question Seeking advice on AMD CPU software/driver re-installation

    Hi, these are my installed software/drivers already installed but dated. Image link: https://ibb.co/k1dpcW3 I want to download the latest CPU/Motherboard chipset related software/driver for my system. For this, how do I proceed? Can I use Revo uninstaller to remove them individually? If so...
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    Question Windows 10 not recognizing any audio besides hdmi after installing new gpu (please read, I have tried everything for 2 days now)

    So I recently upgraded from a gtx 1660s to an rtx 3060. No issues at all at first, everything seemed to go as smoothly as possible. I go to start a game to test the new card after installing the newest drivers, and notice there is no sound. "Okay, obviously I need to change my default output...
  40. lyingfire

    Question Microphone has "noise gate" sound ONLY in certain apps

    As said, whenever I'm talking through discord, game chat or even OBS my Blue Yeti microphone has this noise gate filter added on to it and severely lowers the sound quality. HOWEVER, only on Fl Studio does my mic sound perfectly crystal clear. I've updated my drivers for both Realtek and Blue...