Question (SOLVED) Win 11 > Sys Info > HW Res > Conflicts/Sharing -- Should I be worried? How do I fix?

[ahmed1776]

Hi! Someone recently suggested to me that the reason a game was not playing correctly could be a GPU driver issue. I decided to take a closer look at my system information, and I noticed the Conflicts/Sharing subtab under Hardware Resources. And to my surprise I found the following five sets of conflicts -- grouped below into separate tables based on the conflicting resource.

I am not sure what I should do to resolve these problems, and I am not even sure how long they have existed.

I would appreciate any advice -- apologies if I have not provided enough information to proceed, it's my first time posting in these forums. But I came here because I have found so much good information and advice in the past. I will describe my desktop after the tables below.

Resource	Device
Memory Address 0x53300000-0x5330FFFF	Realtek Gaming 2.5GbE Family Controller
Memory Address 0x53300000-0x5330FFFF	Intel(R) PCI Express Root Port #19 - 43C2

Resource	Device
Memory Address 0x52000000-0x52FFFFFF	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Memory Address 0x52000000-0x52FFFFFF	Intel(R) PEG10 - 4C01

Resource	Device
Memory Address 0x40000000-0xDFFFFFFF	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Memory Address 0x40000000-0xDFFFFFFF	Intel(R) PEG10 - 4C01
Memory Address 0x40000000-0xDFFFFFFF	PCI Express Root Complex

Resource	Device
I/O Port 0x00004000-0x0000407F	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
I/O Port 0x00004000-0x0000407F	Intel(R) PEG10 - 4C01

Resource	Device
Memory Address 0x53200000-0x53203FFF	Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650x 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (200NGW)
Memory Address 0x53200000-0x53203FFF	Intel(R) PCI Express Root Port #20 - 43C3

System Summary
OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model Z590 AORUS ELITE
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU Default string
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz, 3504 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends International, LLC. F7, 6/7/2023
SMBIOS Version 3.3
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Product Z590 AORUS ELITE
BaseBoard Version Default string
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Off
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.22621.1413"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 31.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 22.6 GB
Total Virtual Memory 33.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory 20.1 GB
Page File Space 2.00 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

[COLGeek]

No, you should not worry about this. Modern OSes and hardware (and drivers) are designed to share resources. This is very likely not your issue.

Are your motherboard chipset, network, audio, and video drivers fully up to date?

 

[ahmed1776]

Thank you for replying so quickly! That's a relief.

Regarding whether those are all fully updated, I am honestly not certain. (Sorry I have accidentally posted the reply before completing my answer. Editing now.)

When I check in Windows Update, I get "You're up to date," with a check time of a few hours ago. The same screen asks me if I want to download and install "Windows 11, version 23H2."

One of the reasons I am not sure is that my desktop tends to freeze up during updates. I end up powering down by holding the power button till it shuts off. And then when I restart and the system starts up again, I get the message that Windows is updating. But whether that is restoring the old system files or updating with new ones -- just not sure.

 

[COLGeek]

Intel drivers (chipset in particular) can be updated from here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/detect.html

Nvidia drivers here: https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/216299/en-us/

Realtek (audio and LAN/network) here: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z590-AORUS-ELITE-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver

 

[ahmed1776]

Thanks so much! I will check all of those now.

 

[ahmed1776]

The first link took me to a page of information for a Samsung monitor. I looked up my monitor on that site, https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/89fd1715, but it did not suggest driver updates.

Have downloaded updates from NVIDIA and the Gigabyte link. I did find a link there for different chipset drivers, but I have not downloaded any of these yet, and not sure which one(s) I need. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z590-AORUS-ELITE-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver-chipset

 

[COLGeek]

Sorry that was the wrong link. Stand by.

Intel® Driver & Support Assistant

The Intel® Driver & Support Assistant helps keeps your system up-to-date by detecting when updates are available.

www.intel.com

 

[ahmed1776]

Okay, here is where I stand now.

NVIDIA drivers installed without incident. (546.01-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql)
Realtek Audio driver installed without incident. (mb_driver_audio_realtek_6.0.9373.1)

Intel-Driver-and-Support-Assistant-Installer has been a mixed bag. I ran the installer, was taken to this page, https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/intel-driver-support-assistant.html, and it gave error message "Sorry, something went wrong while trying to scan." The suggestion was to refresh, and that did not work. Meanwhile I had to restart anyway for the audio driver. So I did that and reran the Intel installer, choosing the repair option. Did that and restarted as requested. On loading, I was prompted to update two Intel drivers which I did. But the web page continues to give the error message.

Before reinstalling the Intel assistant, I will see if these updates might have made the game function properly. Let me know please if there are other suggestions -- will be glad to get the system running as well as it should be.

 

[Colif]

20+ years ago I did similar and found a whole bunch of shared IRQ and thought I had to fix them. It wasn't as easy to find an answer back then saying what Colgeek did so I know I tried to stop them sharing for a while.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I end up powering down by holding the power button till it shuts off.

Don't do that. Result can be corrupted file system.

 

[ahmed1776]

Don't do that. Result can be corrupted file system.

I only do it when nothing else will turn the system off -- restart or shutdown freezes, machine will simply not power off on its own, and the unit stops responding to any keyboard or mouse inputs.

 

[ahmed1776]

And the good news is that the driver updates seemed to have solved my problems. Thanks so much! I do not know if the driver updates will also help with other issues I was having -- including the freeze-ups during system updates and at other times, but I do hope so. Will see what happens the next time I try to update Win 11.

Huge thanks to COLGeek