Questions tagged [display-driver]
Software that allows the operating system to interface with graphics hardware.
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Losing ability to adjust brightness after every cold boot
My tablet comes with Atom x5 Z8300 and its built-in Intel HD Graphics. I have wiped out its old, pre-installed Windows 10 v10240 and installed Creators Update myself, but I also took the time to back ...
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X server not starting anymore
I recently updated my arch Linux system and now I can't start the X server anymore.
I don't use a graphical login screen but run startx automatically after login in.
Since the update I only get an ...
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Ubuntu detect wrong monitor
I'm in trouble with my PC. I have only one monitor, but Ubuntu detects two.
The monitor that was real on my system is Dell Inc. 24". When I start my computer, I can't see the login screen (because it ...
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Access denied during monitor driver update
I have monitor IIYAMA PROLITE XUB2790HS-B1.
When I want to update software (downloaded from IIYAMA site) I got below error:
How to update drivers? (like manually copy?)
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How do I install the drivers for the GTX 1050 ti in Linux?
I purchased the GTX 1050 TI,
I went to nvidia.com and chose
the right modelname from the
Drop-Down menue, whereupon
this download link emerged:
nvidia driver for linux
The name of the file is ...
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Lenovo G580 (20150)- Geforce drivers from Lenovo won't install
I've got Lenovo G580 (20150) and I'm trying to install the geforce graphics card present in the system. I don't know exactly what the gpu model is but it's something akin to Geforce 610M. I've got ...
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No display after "updating" intel HD graphics driver
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Y460 running Win7 x64 SP1, with switchable graphics - Intel HD / Mobility Radeon 5650.
When I tried to update my Intel hd graphics driver through Device Manager (Display ...
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Caps Lock, Volume control and Brightness Onscreen Display Missing in lenovo Think Center
I have done a fresh install of 64 bit Window 7 from a previous 32 bit. I have almost everything back, but some settings are not back. There used to be a display feature for example when I use to hit ...
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Generic Video driver for Windows 7 to replace VgaSave?
My laptop currently has some hardware problems (which I believe is a failing VRAM chip) that prevent its GPU from running at its full capacity. I am planning to fix it, but for now I am stuck with the ...
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Why can't X find my vboxvideo driver?
I am running Fedora 25 as a guest in VirtualBox 5.1.14 on a Windows 10 host. I have installed xorg-x11-server-Xorg and the VBox guest additions (using the ISO provided by VirtualBox itself). The guest ...
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Are memory leaks still possible with modern OS?
Are memory leaks still possible on Modern OS when the application exits? From my understanding, Modern OS manages memory quite well and will clear the memory once the application exits. This means ...
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Graphics Card Problems
I've just bought a new gaming PC. I installed Windows 8.1 (64bit) on my PC as that is the minimum requirements for most games. However my driver file says my graphics card is for a 32 bit system so I ...
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What is 'clean install' vs 'install' in AMD Graphics software?
I am trying to install 'Radeon Software' version 'Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.1'
When installing, I have two options: 'install' vs 'clean install'; what is the difference?
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How to undo effects of DDU
I recently called Nvidia asking how to manually remove my graphics driver and all other previously installed drivers and any other lingering folders and registry entries. I should have never called ...
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How to remove redundant compatible device drivers on Windows 10?
I just experienced a failed video driver installation for Intel HD Graphics driver on Windows 10.
The failed ones are still shown as the compatible hardware. See below:
I have rolled back to the old ...
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Is there a general rule for windows drivers as to which can have filter drivers?
Specifically I would like to know if for WDDM if the windows provided display port driver/display mini port driver can have a filter driver between them? I have read on an OSR forum that the old (XPDM)...
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Nividea Geforce 820m grafics card only displaying black screens
Please help me. For a few weeks I've a a really bad problem. My Geforce 820m graphics card shows Unity and other programs as only a blank screen, crashes my programs and even sometimes stops my ...
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NVS 4200m Not using all Shared system memory
I have a laptop and it has the Nvidia NVS 4200m wich is 500Mb dedicated memory and 2GB Shared system memory how can i force my pc to use all of the Shared ssytem memory Becase it only using the 500Mb ...
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DVI-I to VGA adapter not working (Analog signal issue?)
I have two monitors that have only VGA imputs on them. The computer I'm plugging them into has VGA and DVI-I outputs on the motherboard. To connect the DVI-I to the second VGA monitor I'm using the ...
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Multiple legacy GPUs drivers problems
I have two AMD GPUs, HD4xxx and HD5xxx series, running without CrossFire. After installing the second one (HD5xxx), drivers were added to Windows automatically, then, after reinstalling legacy drivers ...
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Windows 10 Screen Resolution HP 2010 Series Monitor
My friend has an HP 2010 Series Wide LCD Monitor screen resolution problem with
Windows 10. It seemed to be OK with Windows 7. Her screen is stretched. Everything is distorted.
Her screen seems to ...
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4k display flickering on HP z24s monitor on 60 Hz with DP1.2
About a year and half ago I bought a new 4k monitor: HP Z24s.
The very first batch.
And there has been a constant disappointment. I decided to not return the display to the shop, because everything ...
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How to enforce Windows 10 Pro (64 bit) was a resolution of 1280 x 768?
I have a problem with setting the screen resolution to 1280 x 768 in Windows 10 Pro.
I have a LG monitor 19M38A-B and the motherboard:
Motherboard Model: GIGABYTE M61SME-S2 and
Motherboard Chipset: ...
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Display driver error when running/starting Adobe Photoshop CC
I've had this error for months now and as a result, I rarely use Photoshop. When I open or run Photoshop, there would be a time when Photoshop freezes and then the whole PC freezes as well. Both will ...
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Laptop brightness adjustment not working AMD graphics card
I have a Dell Precision M6600 laptop with an AMD Radeon HD 8950 graphic card running Windows 10. When I use the graphics driver from AMD, computer games work great, but the brightness control does not ...
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Windows 10 Session restarting + no graphic card
I have a weird issue:
My setup has 2 screens plugged with DVI, and one TV with HDMI, all on my GTX460 video card (drivers up to date).
Sometimes (I think it's when I am gaming and watching video, it ...
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Windows 10 booting to black screen without mouse pointer and logo
I have a Dell Inspiron 7437.
I recently upgraded from win 8.1 to win 10 with anniv updates.
Things worked well for a few days. On one day after I had put the laptop to sleep, it wouldn't wake up.
I ...
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Qemu Windows VM bluescreens launching Just Cause 3
Now this is quite specfic, and I'm sorry about that.
I am running a Windows 10 virtual machine using QEMU inside my physical Arch Linux install. The virtual machine is set up with GPU passthrough. It ...
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Windows 10 driver no longer allows screen to work
I just built myself a windows machine, and after I shut it down after the first connection to the internet the screen no longer worked. I turned on narrator and I know the computer is still working, ...
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Factory Restore using HP Recovery vs Windows Refresh/Reset
I am having some display driver trouble with my Windows 10 HP laptop, and after multiple rounds of support from Costco and HP, I was told to just factory reset my laptop. I was given instructions to ...
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Geforce 368.69 driver installation on Windows won't work and ends in black screen
I've downloaded and attempted installation of the Geforce 368.69 driver both as the standalone and via Geforce Experience, done also on fresh installs of windows 10 AND windows 8.1 (mainly because I ...
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How can I crash my display driver?
I would like to crash my display driver and have Windows recover from it.
When this happens in the wild it's accompanied by a status bar message such as:
Display driver amdkmdap stopped responding ...
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Gaming and 1080p video stutter
After I installed nVidia 368.22 driver (365.19 previous) I started having random stuttering in games and 1080p video. Games can be fixed with alt-tab. Sometimes after stuttering in video I get the ...
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Black screen and losing video signal when running demanding games
I have recently upgraded my system with an Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card
My build (+ 16GB memory, 1 SSD, 1 HDD)
Now whenever I run something more demanding the monitor loses the signal ...
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Should you install GPU drivers on HDD or SSD?
I have always been wondering the following questions:
Where should the GPU drivers be installed? HDD or SSD?
How often are they read?
Does it need to be fast?
Is there any performance gain when they ...
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I can't play movies on windows 10 after an upgrade from win7
Youtube is working and Streaming software like stremio or PopcornTime also works.
But when I try to play video files it doesn't work. The computer freezes I get strange colorful squares on the screen. ...
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Red dots over the LED monitor
What I have:-
1x GTX N560 Ti Hawk
1x DVI-I to VGA converter
1x LED Monitor from LG (I don't remember the model name)
I am getting red dots all over the screen, I am confirmed that its not the ...
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Strange graphics artifacts (like diagnostics circle) in games and Viber
I have strange graphics artifacts in Viber and 3D applications (like some games). This is stange circle maybe some kind of diagnostics one but I don't know what is it.
Maybe you know how to solve it?...
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operating system does not show max supported resolution
My product specs list shows that my notebook sports a 1080 resolution display:
http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-15-ab200-Notebook-PC-series/8499306/model/8818875/document/c04799692/
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Is it safe to update the GPU drivers on this laptop?
I have an old VAIO VPCCW1NFX/B Notebook which comes with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M GPU.
Today when I wanted to use the Parallel Computing Toolbox 6.6 of MATLAB R2015a, I found that it's better to ...
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Windows 8.1 flickering Black Screen after update, without safe mode
I think I will pull my hair out of my head before I'll solve this problem.
I decided to do an Update in my Windows 8.1, cause it wasn't updated a year already, and cause of some problems that I had ...
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Trouble installing emulator software (windows 10)
I have a pretty old but decent laptop, an Acer Aspire 5738Z-4111.
I wanted to install some emulator software but all show that my graphic drivers are out of date (except bluestacks emulator which I ...
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AERO can i have it?
Can i have aero on this graphic card . does it support aero on windows 7
ASUS V9570/TD (nVIDIA Geforce FX5700) 256 MB
Please if someone knows are nVIDIA GEforce FX5700 or ASUS V9570/TD Supports aero
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Terminal lines intermittently invisible or corrupt on Ubuntu 12.04
I am running gnome-terminal under Ubuntu 12.04 and I have a weird problem that I haven't managed to find any info on. Whenever I type a command, the resulting output is frequently - but not always - ...
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Where Can I get windows XP drivers for ASUS X551C?
I have tried to get windows xp drivers for my Asus X551C laptop. I couldnt get right driver for display to adjust its brightness. I tried to install audio , chipset and networking from some where in ...
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Intel NUC6i3 Skylake with Windows 10 - Intel HD 520 Audio over HDMI Fails
I recently got my Intel NUC6i3SYH. I already tested some other NUC like PCs and the NUC5i3RYH without any issues.
The system runs fine except one bug which somehow is connected to the Intel HD 520 ...
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Which drivers should I install?
I have HP Compaq Elite 8200 Small Form Factor desktop PC with Windows 7 64-bit.
I can download drivers for my PC on HP website but cannot decide which one is appropriate one.
I know that there are ...
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Device Power State Failure, Windows 10
Basically, I got a new laptop from ASUS, the N551JW. It's a great device all around, but sometimes, I get a BSOD (Device Power State Failure). I have hunch it's the graphics card driver, because it ...
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Configure graphics driver for Arch Linux on Lenovo Z710
I want to configure my graphics card driver on Lenovo Z710, because my laptop is overheating. On Ubuntu I installed bumblebee and other stuff, but my system crashed; this time I want to avoid this.
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Windows using wrong display driver
I'm having a problem with my Windows 10 Asus laptop. I think a recent Windows update might have caused a bit of a problem. Previously, before the update, I was using an Intel display driver. However, ...
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