Drivers

Hello, I am having constant crashes on my system anytime I game. So this started with a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSD. I got crashes and sent the drive back twice. They replaced it with a Samsung 990 Pro 2TB and since then the latest nvidia drivers have also been a [language] show on my system...

[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...

Hello, when my mobo software downloaded drivers for my gpu and cpu it downloaded amd adrenalin for my cpu I think, but I also have nvidia control panel because I have an nvidia gpu, but I have heard a lot that you should not have both of them at the same time but isnt it necessery to have them...

So I've got a good deal on a Sapphire Nitro+ 7900XT and decided to upgrade from my 6750xt. Prior to this upgrade I've never had any issues with the drivers or any games. While performing normal tasks like browsing the web or watching youtube etc. there is no issue, however, once I boot up and...

I recently got a new gpu and decided to delete my old gpu drivers and I installed my new one and it didn’t work so I put my old one back in and now I’m stuck on bios and it WILL not go into windows at all when I turn it on it goes straight to bios my pc worked fine before I uninstalled the gpu...

Hello, I'm asking for help because I have a problem with my headphones, there's no sound coming from them. I've done all the basic operations. At first I had no sound at all, so I installed the drivers. It didn't work, then I used the problem solver and it worked. Then I tried connecting my...

Good morning! Got a problem that I'm hoping there's an easy fix for. Yesterday I installed a new AMD GPU to replace my Nvidia but I got the dreaded "no signal" on the monitor. I replaced the old GPU and got the same thing, then I tried the integrated graphics on the mainboard and still have no...

Hello, I have the ASUS ROG Strix laptop, but the motherboard connector to the main monitor was fried(I was told service), and the main monitor was not displayed anymore, easy workaround: I used it with a second monitor.Worked perfectly until one day, I got fed up with the Gforce experience...

I just bought an Asus TUF F15 laptop and when I started the windows installation the touch pad wasn't working, I thought it was a windows installation quirk yet again and just connected my mouse and ignored it , but I was wrong, After installation windows does not have any driver or any...

I'm at my wits' end and hoping to find assistance on an issue I'm having with my PC build. My computer has been experiencing BSOD between 2:30 a.m and 5:00 a.m. every night. The PC functions fine during the day, which I use as a combination workstation and PLEX server. Here is a brief history of...

This is happening on my Lenovo Legion 5 Pro. I remember checking for and updating everything around late August before school started and at the time, there were only two windows updates and both were successful. I was checking system updates today and noticed a huge list of pending installs. I...

The card is a RX570 8GT OC https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/Radeon-RX-570-8GT-OC When I run GPU-Z it comes up as Asus 570, also in the task manager, the bios is this one https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/224117/224117 which I am not sure if that is correct for it, it seems to be operating...

I recently had to replace my motherboard and CPU for new ones(MAG B550 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI, AMD Ryzen 9 3900X). I replaced the components without issue but when it came time to install windows, my m.2 drive (Samsung 970 EVO) is not available in the setup. My drive is visible in bios. I was able...

Hello all! How are you? I have been getting Blue Screens for maybe a year. Until today, the crashes wouldn't happen when I was gaming, so it wasn't that big of a deal as I have another computer for desktop use. I cannot understand where it is coming from. I installed WhoCrashed to find the...

Hi, I’ve just finished building a new PC, but have run into an issue with networking whilst installing Windows 11. When it reaches the internet step, it does not display any available networks, despite other devices in the same room having a very strong connection. I have so far tried...

Hello everyone. I'm having this problem that's been causing a lot of issues for me and it's already driving me a bit insane. After resetting and formatting my PC, my device manager tells me that my "Simple PCI Communications Controller Driver" doesn't exist, or isn't installed or whatever. I...

I just installed Windows 10 on my PC, downloaded audio drivers from manufacturer's website but Realtek Audio Console isn't working, motherboard is ASUS TUF B550M-E Is there any fix for this, i searched the internet but nothing seems to work.

Hey all! I currently have a GTX 970 installed with its respective drivers. I picked up a 1080 from a friend who said it might have some cooling issues. To cut a long story short I was just wondering if I can use the 970 drivers as I will be swapping cards back and forth while I do tests. I...

Hi everyone, I'm having trouble with my Rampage Prestige Virtual 7.1 Surround Gaming Headset (model SN-RW77). When I plug it into my Lenovo V15-IGL running Windows 11, the RGB lights don't turn on, and the headset isn't recognized by my PC. Here's what I've tried: Tried All USB Ports...

Hi, I just recently purchased a used gigabyte aorus laptop from facebook marketplace. It didn't come with a hard drive and I was okay with that because I was just gonna use the nvme from my other laptop and put windows on it. Unfortunately even though the drive works in my acer laptop, I plug it...

Hallo, This is more of a what do you think this could be than anything. I've got an RTX 3060 & an old BenQ xl270z 144hz monitor. A few weeks ago I had driver corruption and a faulty DP cable (or so I thought...maybe it wasn't) at the same time. Used DDU and got a new DP 1.4 cable, took some...

Hello, I have a bunch of issues with the motherboard. First, the back panel jacks are only working for outputting audio to my headphones, but they do not accept input audio from my mic (mic is seperate from the headphones). Front panel is working just fine. Another issue is that after...

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...

When I close games my PC black screens and I have to do a force shut down, then after powering it up again I gat green lines all over the screen and have to restart it again to fix the green lines. I have tried factory resetting windows and I even used DDU to do a clean install of the graphics...

A few days ago I installed a new cpu and ram. Everything went smooth for the most part except I had no audio drivers. All my audio peripherals worked besides my speakers so I figured it was the Realtek audio drivers. So I installed the latest ones from my mobo website, ran setup wizard and...

I just finished building my new pc and after a fresh install of windows 10, wifi and bluetooth arent showing up as an option. I went to the network drivers and there isnt a wifi driver (see imgur link). I went to the mobo's product page and found multiple different WLAN drivers as well as...

Bought a 7900 XTX, works great. I know there are some bugs with the 100W power draw just at idle with the vram being maxed out. I have 2 1080p monitors and 1 1440p 1440p - OMEN 27i IPS 165Hz (display port) 1080p - Odyssey G40B 240Hz (display port) Acer S271HL 75Hz (hdmi) I have heard these...

I have a brand new pc but i feel something is wrong.. Pc spec : Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost ASUS TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI D4 MSI MAG A650GL 650W PSU Kingston NV2 NVMe SSD 1TB Intel Core i5-13500 Tray Windows 11 Since i got it, i have some strange pixel error appearing random, but...

I just built a new PC with the following specs. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mPjyZJ At first everything seemed fine, but for the past two or three days I've noticed when I'm playing a game (anything from Bloons TD6 to Baldur's Gate 3) and I have a browser video playing, or I'm in a discord...

I really dont get this... everytime I try to install new Nvidia drivers it fails. I basically rebuild my whole pc with new parts and a new graphics card, still get this issue. Does anyone know why this happens?

Hi. My problem is that my GPU Clock Frequency is at maximum (1366mhz) in some games, and at minimum (300mhz) in others. I need my GPU to use the frequencies I need when I really need them, not to use the maximum unnecessarily I've never had this problem before. I always take care of the...

So I just finished building a brand new gaming PC (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZQ42bL), and have run into severe issues trying to get this up and running (finished it on 2023-DEC-10, Sunday), and I am nowhere close to being finished setting up the drivers, and have run into a brick wall...

I have been trying to get my ethernet to work on my desktop. I have plugged it into a known good switch, with a known good cable. I've also tried to bypass the switch by going straight to my router and still no luck. I have made sure that my LAN controller is enabled in BIOS, the adapter never...

Hi everyone, I am having a strange issue with one of my new PC builds. The issue is that when I first boot my pc up in the evening to play some games, I notice my frame rate is pretty low compared to usual. However, once I do a quick restart the frame rates are fine (much higher). To give an...

Having a hell of a time setting up my new PC I built on Black Friday. I'll try to post as much valuable info as possible. Windows 11, Full version not cracked. MSI Center says Im all up to date on drivers, Windows assistant says im all good on drivers too. Manually installed most of the...

Hi, I'm having constant issues with the wireless module on my laptop since I've bought it. Works fine, until I unplug the power adapter and try to download something. Then the connection goes off and suddenly the option to connect to a wireless network completely disappears from the control...

Hi I have an Asus TUF Gaming FX506LH Laptop. CPU - i5 10300h GPU - GTX1650 4GB RAM - 8GB DDR4 The laptop used to run games well at 70-60 fps, but now it cannot run games well, as it runs them at 10-15 FPS in the game Forza Horizon 5 on Very low settings. I doubt that this is a problem with...

hi! so recently my PC performance has worsened and it was only recently as well where i found out about updating drivers card. I was thinking it could solve the issue since my PC sometimes blackscreens and cant even run most games anymore. I've already scanned for viruses and there was nothing...

Hello dear users and experts of Tom's Hardware. I have Windows 10 LTSC 21H2 (19041.191206-1406) downloaded and installed from Microsoft MSDN, after installing apps like zentimo xstorage manager, windows automatically uninstalls service for this app, so I have to re-install after every reboot, it...

Hello, recently I bought a second hand RTX 3060 TI (GV-N306TGAMING OC PRO-8GD rev.3.0 is on the back of the card) The problem is that it goes black screen after bios boot. I think it's a driver issue because I just switched to my old card (GTX 1060) with the old drivers and the same thing...