Questions tagged [drivers]
Drivers are the middleware that allow computer programs to use resources of a specific hardware device.
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Why does my external mouse keep disconnecting when I play games on my laptop while it’s charging (plugged in)?
I’m using an MSI Bravo 15 B5DD. When I launch a game, my mouse starts disconnecting and reconnecting repeatedly, and then disconnects completely. The RGB lights are still faintly (flickering) on, like ...
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Why am I getting broken/inverted colors on an Nvidia graphics card?
I've gotten these weird colors on my output, it happens randomly and only on videos/streams, I've also seen that sometimes when scrolling through code in VSC, chats from discord or zooming in and out ...
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How to restore/reset win10 bluetooth interface to factory without system wipe [closed]
I was having problems with my bluetooth mouse randomly disconnecting, so I consulted AI on how to wipe all the drivers so I could start from scratch but in the process it seems I wiped some crucial ...
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High Memory \ Memory Leak - Large Pool and Non-Paged Pool
I've been chasing one of the strangest issues i've ever personally dealt with on my computer. As you can maybe guess from the title, I believe i've got a nasty memory leak. This issue has been ...
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Why do I get a dim screen on a Razer Blade 15 laptop if I enable the dedicated GPU?
Context: I bought a Razer Blade 15 from 2022 RZ09-0421 laptop second-hand, it was slightly dirty and some of the keys as well as the touchpad weren't functioning properly.
I opened it and cleaned ...
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Windows 11 Home - issue with USB hub driver update
I am using Win 11 Home on a Dell XPS 13 9360. I plug a USB hub into it using USB c connector. This normally provides power, HMDI, wired network and USB A connectors. This has worked just fine for a ...
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After installing the libusbK driver, I do not see the usb stick as a drive. How can I get back the working mass storage driver on Windows?
I installed the libusbK with the zadig tool to install the libusbK 3.1.0.0 driver to plug in an antenna.
After this, my USB stick (or rather the adapter that holds the SD card) could not be browsed ...
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What's the issue with my iGPU Passthrough?
Have an X870E Aorus Pro w/ 7900X running Proxmox (Linux endwalker 6.14.8-3-bpo12-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PMX 6.14.8-3\~bpo12+1 (2025-09-12T11:29Z) x86_64 GNU/Linux, GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="...
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Apps and games are crashing randomly on my laptop. I suspect my disk drive might be the cause
My laptop is an ASUS TUF Dash FX517ZE
Cursor: Crashes are rare and often display a blank 'toast' notification with no error information.
Valorant & TCG Card Shop: These games frequently crash ...
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Windows 11 installs wrong MTP driver every time a new device is connected. Any way to uninstall/remove it?
I have freshly installed W11 and a few programs for tinkering with phones (Chimera Tool, etc.) that install their own drivers. Now, every time I connect an MTP device to my computer (phone in file ...
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How to install AMD Radeon video drivers without any bloatware (Adrenaline, AMD Install Manager)?
I am trying to install a minimal set of Windows 10 drivers for AMD Radeon RX 7700 video card on my laptop. No matter what I try, I can't get rid of all the bloatware. Here is what I have tried so far:
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How can I know which driver is being used for my Bose QC35 II Bluetooth headphones (preferably without having to remove drivers)?
I use Windows 11 24H2 Pro with a MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH laptop with:
Bose QC35 II headphones
Bluetooth BT 5.2
Built-in Audio: Nahimic 3 / Hi-Res Audio
I see two drivers for the Bose QC35 II ...
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How to modify drivers on an offline unbootable (SATA failure) Windows install?
I bricked my Windows install by installing a SATA driver for a PCI card, that messed with my onboard SATA chipset to which my boot drive is connected. I can only access the drive by plugging it via ...
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Linux: How to disable HDMI audio with Meteor Lake integrated chipset?
I am using Intel Meteor Lake chipset which has a single device for both built-in audio and HDMI:
This means that the go-to solution - just disable the entire controller you don't want - causes ...
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'oem17.---' instead of 'oem17.inf' in Device Manager. Cannot remove driver
Not sure how I ended up in this situation, but I've got some sort of dangling reference to a driver that isn't actually -- or at least isn't fully -- installed. In Device Manager on Windows 11 Pro, ...
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