Drivers

Forum discussion tagged with Drivers.
  1. SlamBeast

    Question Pc just blue screens after installing audio drivers

    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...
  2. Marsholo

    Question No WiFi or Bluetooth on new build. Missing WiFi driver NZXT B650E

    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...
  3. mrmaruniversal

    Question 7900 XTX High idle power

    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...
  4. Lienback

    Question Having some strange pixel crash

    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...
  5. P

    Question Audio and visual stuttering on new PC build ?

    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...
  6. Lrman

    Question NVIDIA Drivers fail to install

    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?
  7. S

    Question My GPU Clock frequency is at maximum in some games and at minimum in others.

    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...
  8. Pat22

    Question NEW High-End Gaming PC Build - DRIVER Installation Issues (cannot progress)

    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...
  9. B

    Question Never seeing Ethernet Adapter in Device Manager.

    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...
  10. DannyT_

    Question Gaming PC drop in FPS on a "Cold Boot" (a restart fixes the issue) ?

    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...
  11. T

    Question MSI X670 P Wifi Pro Board Issues

    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...
  12. BallBuster2023

    Question Driver malfunction with Intel WiFi 6 AX201 160 MHz ?

    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...
  13. Sideek

    Question My Asus Gaming Laptop runs games at only 15-10 FPS ?

    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...
  14. aranhadev

    Question Upgrading driver cards after 3 years

    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...
  15. L

    Question Windows 10 21H2 LTSC automatically deletes services/drivers upon restart.

    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...
  16. titi7454

    Question Help 3060 ti black screen

    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...
  17. B

    Question cant install ethernet drivers.

    need help asap, just upgraded my pc, went from an 8700k to a 12900k with a z690 wifi motherboard. i got everything up and running but no matter what i do drivers wont install. i have wifi barely working but its slow and the internet wont open intel or msi for driver download but i can open...
  18. E

    Question Persistent Sound problems. No Idea what to do

    I've been having this issue with my desktop sound for a while and I have no idea how to fix it now. For starters; sometimes when I'm playing a game, the sound will completely cut out and will only come back on when I do some sort of interaction, mainly when using mouse1. Also for some reason...
  19. charl3114

    Second monitor no longer detected in Windows

    First, this seems like it could be a Windows 11 issue or a graphics driver issue. I was unsure whether to post this in Graphics, Displays, or Windows 11. Ok, so as of about 4 hours ago today, my second monitor stopped working. I am generally pretty computer proficient, and neither me nor my...
  20. Assassin Iron Man

    Question Evil Disk Read Issue ?

    This one’s quite a lengthy read, but I’d appreciate it if you’re a tech wizard who could help. I made an audio file of this story to make it easier to digest: Backstory: So, a few days ago, I was trying to design a script for my controller while simultaneously asking ChatGPT questions on...
  21. W

    Question Does anyone have drivers for a SCSI Cable Adapter Card ?

    Hi Everyone, I'm not too tech savvy so please bear with me. I am looking for the drivers for the SCSI Cable Adapter Card described below. Does anyone have these drivers, and if so, how much would you ask for them? If not, do you know who might have these drivers or where I might find them...
  22. T

    Question Mangled screen and horizontal green lines with RTX 3060 Ti ?

    I bought a used RTX 3060 Ti a few weeks ago. I've been running it fine for a few weeks until about a week ago when it died on me. Windows throws a Code 43 error which would indicate a driver issue. However I've uninstalled the drivers with DDU and reinstalled multiple iterations of stable...
  23. W

    Question Both screens go off while gaming, need to reinstall drivers afterwards

    So whenever I start up a game both screens will lose connection while my pc keeps running. When restarted only 1 screen is on and when trying to start up AMD adreline i get the following message "The version of AMD software you have launched is not compatible with your current installed AMD...
  24. E

    Question Cannot get sound at all

    I've been having a problem with my system thats progressively gotten worse. It started with my creative stage soundbar no longer playing sound through Bluetooth connection. the stage would connect to bluetooth. all drivers up to date and everything is working normally according to the computer...
  25. supr4

    Question Driver problems with Radeon R9 270X ?

    I need help with a new graphics card that I bought, this card is used and I got it very cheap (I will try to summarize as much as possible) I question that when I put it on my pc and install the most recent drivers (Adrenalin 22.6.1 Recommended (WHQL ) 6/23/2022) what started to happen is that...
  26. T

    Question Would transferring a wifi card from an old laptop to a new laptop overcome missing driver issues ?

    So about a few months ago my old laptop started overheating super quickly to the point where it couldn't stay on for a that long before shutting down. So I decided to buy a new laptop and put my hard drive into the new laptop but in doing so the old hard drive has absolutely none of the drivers...
  27. R

    Question PC Suddenly not performing as usual

    Hey guys, So it started off with the PC not showing anything on the monitor, did a quick restart then suddenly all of my drivers are just gone, I DDU'd and installed new drivers, and things were looking good but I noticed that when I was playing Valorant I had lower FPS than usual used to hit...
  28. M

    Question Windows 10 installation doesn't recognize Intel VMD / IRST drivers

    I am trying to install Windows 10 on my HP OMEN 16 laptop and the installer doesn't show any drives. The drives are working. I have 2 NVMe drives and 1 already has Windows 10 installed. I can see the drives in BIOS as well as in Windows. After searching on the internet I found a solution > I...
  29. K

    Question Why does my GPU clock speeds keep dropping under load? (HWiNFO64 log file provided)

    GPU clock speeds keep dropping even when the temps are fine. I thought maybe it could be the cpu throttling but that doesn't seem to be the case either. I don't think it's an issue with the power supply either according to the log file I exported using HWiNFO64. At first, even my CPU clock...
  30. Dino Nuggie

    Question How to Update GPU Drivers without a Monitor/IGPU

    Hi, So I've seemed to get myself in an interesting situation here. A couple days ago I received a notification for a GPU driver update. As normal I didn't update in the moment as I was busy w/ something else. However, the next day attempting to boot up my PC. I ran into the issue where my...
  31. O

    Question BSOD's, slow explorer, slow internet etc ?

    Hi, My laptop is malfunctioning since a month or two. I have tried countless things, but the list of problems only gets bigger. So much happened and I do not know what is relevant, apologies for the long post. At first, the temperature of the CPU suddenly rose to 91c steady, both in idle and...
  32. 0xExtern

    Question Windows won't detect GPU after swapping GPUs

    I have several Nvidia GPUs ( GT 210 , GTS 450, GTX 650 Ti, GTX 750 Ti, GTX 1050 TI, GTX 1660 SUPER, RTX 2080 Super) I have a random habit of swapping to my GT 210 from my 2080 Super XD But the problem is Windows will never detect and try to install the appropriate GPU drivers for that particular...
  33. Brandon Umali

    Question Drivers for Acer aspire 3 a315 24p r255?

    Hi everyone, Good Day! Hope you're all doing well. I have a problem, I reformatted my laptop which is an Acer aspire 3 a315 24p r255 but now I cannot find the drivers to enable it's wireless network (wifi), touchpad and more. How or where can I download those and manually apply all the...
  34. K

    Question nvidia drivers causing black screen

    Hello. Today while using my PC I've been noticing artifacts(certain UI elements in my browser and/or steam were glitching out) and my monitors flashing black. I've decided to reinstall my drivers via geforce experience leading to my second monitor not being detected. I booted into safe mode and...
  35. slake8

    Question Unable to find drivers for my tablet

    I have an old Lenovo 367927u tablet which was running on windows 10 when one of my friend handed over to me . I tried reinstalling the the OS. The Windows is resintalled now but I'm unable to find the driveres. Touch Drivers, Wifi, Graphics, audio etc. Lenovo supports says everything is up to...
  36. N

    Question SD card slot are not working on a Windows 10 Tablet

    Hi there! I recently acquired a Windows Tablet PC (Fujitsu Q506/ME). When I first got it it had an installation of Windows 11, and on it the physical buttons on the side which are the SD card slot, the front and back cameras and the rotation of the screen did indeed worked. I installed Windows...
  37. J

    Question I am wondering if anyone knows how to fix permissions that might be related to windows updates with windows 10

    I found that HP hardware diagnostics will not run anymore after some windows updates. Event viewer seems to connect it to the latest NET Runtime update that was downloaded last month. There are also multiple issues in the registry with permissions and applications running recently apparently. I...
  38. O

    Question Wifi Connectivity Issues

    Hi everyone. First time posting. Really need some help so signed up in hope of receiving some... I have recently installed a PCIe WIfi card. The card is a MediaTek EP-9655GS. The trouble I am having with this card knows no end! After installing the card and drivers initially internet...
  39. Big Feef

    Question Games crash and GPU drivers crash as well ?

    I installed a new Samsung 980 Pro NVMe SSD. Cloned it from the old Sandisk Plus 120gb SSD using Samsung's Data Migration software. After cloning i converted the new drive to GPT and changed bios to UEFI to boot. The problem is that games crash after an hour or so of gameplay, both monitors go...
  40. M

    Question Why my Asus Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 Turbo crashes when loading its own Nvidia drivers?

    This card has been with me since Dec of 2018 and its more than 4 years old now. Fast forward this year, Jan 2023, i first encountered it crashed but reinstalled windows then worked fine again. 1 month later it crashed again, so did a clean reinstal of windows then it worked again. Then on the...