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  1. SpencerV17

    Question AMD Drivers Uninstalling each time PC is Booted

    I recently gave an Alienware (R6 I believe) prebuilt with an i7-7700 to my cousin. I took out the Nvidia GPU and replaced it with an RX580 4gb card. We set up a fresh install of windows 10 pro and installed the appropriate video drivers. After some use, the graphics drivers now uninstall each...
  2. slowqueen

    Question Ethernet device not showing up in Device Manager, attempt to install driver fails ?

    In the process of building a machine, finally got it mostly working, but now I can't get the ethernet to work! When I plug a cable in, it gets all blinky like it's working, but no ethernet connection shows up in Network Adapters or Device Manager, even with hidden devices shown. In the BIOS...
  3. D

    [SOLVED] Wifi adapter randomly stopped working after a restart ?

    Hello, A couple of hours ago I restarted my laptop because it wasn't detecting my earphone when I plugged them in. After restarting the audio problem was fixed but my wifi adapter (Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Wireless Network Adapter) was no longer recognised. I restarted my laptop again...
  4. Tomsker

    Question Washed out / Transparent colour display after driver installation

    This happened after I install the new Nvidia driver - version 496.13, the display shifted to a greyish colour and everything seems transparent. The monitor then went to sleep mode I tried to reinstall my GPU driver and changed my DisplayPort cable but nothing works. When I perform a clean driver...
  5. E

    [SOLVED] What driver for internal to external DVD Player SATA to USB

    Dear reader/professional/helper, I m trying to use an old DVD-Rewriter (LG GH22NS30) with a SATA to USB (FantexcUSB to SATA Adapter, external power suply 12V/2A included) on a Windows 10 Pro System. The error I get is an "Unknown USB Device (Set Address Failed)" in the Device Manager. Windows...
  6. L

    [SOLVED] Download failed - network error

    Hi everyone, since I installed Windows 11 I seem to have an issue with downloading anything over browsers. Every download gets stopped, and I get message "Download failed - network error" so I have to resume it 5/10/50/10000 times (depending on the file size) until it's finally downloaded. I...
  7. SparkyTech934

    [SOLVED] Understanding RAID 5 and Disk Failures

    Hello everyone! I'm in the process of deploying a new server (running Windows Server 2019) that I plan to host multiple VMs on. I have a RAID and/or Intel RST related question I was hoping someone could help me with. Before I get too far, let me break down the key storage specs of the server...
  8. G

    Question nvlddmkm.sys NVIDIA Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR

    My PC keeps crashing, I have used UUD to uninstall drivers and even reinstalled an older driver to see if its a bug with a newer driver. I have just installed Windows fresh before this happened as I replaced my SSD and motherboard. XMP is enabled at the moment. Any ideas please? On Thu...
  9. R

    [SOLVED] New PC screen going black when playing games [GPU died]

    Hi everyone, I'm at my wit ends. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I worry it's a HW issue and if it is, I'd like to start the return process asap. All parts were purchased in the last 30 days or so. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or require more info. During the build I...
  10. S

    [SOLVED] No Ethernet or WiFi

    Hi all, I am having an issue and I can’t seem to get to the bottom of it. I was playing online when I suddenly lost internet connection. I use a 5G router with a 5G SIM card. I figured connection must have dropped and shut down for the night. The next day I noticed that my PC wasn’t connecting...
  11. 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 -...
  12. Protadec

    [SOLVED] PC Crashes to black screen with sound freeze

    Hi, I'm having serious issues with my PC. Whenever I launch any game, it crashes the whole PC in no more than 5 mins. Black screen and loud sound freeze. And even without touching it, after a random amount of time, it occasionally just crashes on idle and restarts. I reinstalled windows, some...
  13. S

    Question GPU displaying BIOS and safe mode but not Windows 10 (normal)

    I have a 4 year old Asus Dual GeForce GTX 1070 O8G that was working perfectly since a few days when my computer turned off on its own while gaming. After the restart, I saw the screen of my motherboard with the loading icon, then nothing else, a black screen. The GPU's fans are spinning and led...
  14. igedeari98

    [SOLVED] GPU crash, is it driver or hardware failure? Should I buy a new one?

    Recently my GPU crashed while playing games and sometimes when watching videos on youtube. The crash I had was a freeze and my screen turned into a red chessboard before the display went off and then back on. The same problem will reappear a few moments later. The GPU I have is Sapphire RX 550...
  15. Ragnorian

    Question Gpu BSOD errors

    Have spent the last 3-4 days troubleshooting this error and haven’t gotten very far. SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED nvlddmkm.sys Blue screen error upon plugging monitors into gpu, gpu not recognized by BIOS, device manager, unable to install drivers, or they aren’t recognized if they are...
  16. D

    [SOLVED] Graphics card artifacts when running at 4 kin less than 5 min

    MOBO asus z370-e Ram 48gb corsair vengeance Cpu 8086 i7 GPU 1 Asus gtx 1080 ti 11gb (problem card) Gpu 2 asus gtx 1060 6gb turbo PSU evga gold 850 So my graphics card has me at wits end. After a few minutes of trying to play a game in 4k itll either artifact and crash or crash to black followed...
  17. F

    Question Graphics Card Driver is not updating

    System Specs: Geforce GT 610 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3210 CPU @ 3.20GHz 4gb ram Windows 10 When i go to device manager and update the driver from there, its saying that its already up to date. But in all sites such as systemrequirementslab its saying my driver is 58 months old or something...
  18. G

    Question Microphone not working

    Hello all, I'm currently running Windows 11 and The microphone was working fine when I first updated, fast-forward to now, I put my computer on sleep mode then come back the next day to find my microphone not working at all. I have the "Tronsmart Glary Gaming Headset" and its of type USB input...
  19. E

    Question Help with info on drivers after fixing crash

    Good afternoon and thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully help. I had an issue not long ago where the windows update got shutoff in the middle and it caused files to become corrupted. I didn't fully know what to do at the time and since this was my first full Pc build I didn't...
  20. K

    [SOLVED] Blue screen while driver update

    So i was updating some random driver and my pc blue screened. I tried getting into safe mode but when it restarts it just blue screens again. Please help!
  21. Usernameisrequired

    [SOLVED] Windows 10 Installer cannot find M.2 SSD on Inspiron 15 5502

    I am trying to reinstall windows on my Inspiron 15 5502 but it appears to be impossible. The Windows 10 installer cannot find the drive and I have been trying to figure out if or what drivers I should be installing but I'm not sure. I've been looking at the drivers from the link below...
  22. M

    [SOLVED] Ethernet Controller has no driver but can't figure out which driver to download and from where

    Hi there, Windows 10 computer just got reimaged and an ethernet controller we were using is no longer working. We suspect that the driver for the ethernet controller is no longer installed. I am using a Dalsa Genie Nano GigE PoE camera connected to a power injector. When I go to Device Manager...
  23. Michu1884

    Question Why is 500hz and 1000hz mouse polling rate causing lag ?

    I have corsair harpoon mouse and when polling rate is 500 hz or 1000hz in Icue software in some games (battlefield 5, cod warzone causes hugee fps drops) and when draging (cpu z - I noticed issue with only this program) window it lags. I tried many many things like updating drivers, uninstaling...
  24. R

    [SOLVED] Replaced my graphics card, but didn't delete old drivers, so now i have a black screen.

    I got the new RTX 3060, for my 3d modeling and for gaming. The previous card I was using was the RX 580 8GB, and I just wanted to replace it. However, when I powered it up, it just showed a black screen. I Googled a bit and saw that you had to delete the previous drivers before installing the...
  25. Luck243

    [SOLVED] Random Black screen after updating drivers

    So Today i updated my drivers because a friend told me to, after updating them i get random Black screens, my pc is laggy and somtimes with the Black screen their is a USB disconnecting sound. When i try to play games i get kicked out saying my graphics driver crashed. If somone knows a solution...
  26. MatthewJamess

    [SOLVED] HP EliteBook 840 G3 Audio Problem

    My laptop had been working great for a couple or years now, but it started having problems a few weeks ago. It started with my discord mic sounding awfully, so I opened HP Assistant to check for any problems and updates. I had many updates to download, but the important for this issue is an...