Questions tagged [drivers]
Drivers are the middleware that allow computer programs to use resources of a specific hardware device.
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Windows 10 laptop > Reset this PC > now stuck in boot loop
TLDR: This laptop is a Dell Latitude 5420 with an NVMe SSD drive -- and apparently Windows has lost the driver for that drive? It can't boot, and I can't (re)install Windows on it without that driver....
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Is it possible to install a device driver for windows on mac OS?
My university acquired a very specialised device, and in order to control it I need my computer to have the appropriate driver. However, the company manufacturing the device only provides a driver for ...
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HP Pavilion dv6748us: Dummy Output on Linux Mint 20.3
I recently installed Linux Mint on this HP Pavilion dv6748us laptop to use as my main "portable" device aside my phone.
Up until now, it was a nightmare to set all up. Given that it has an ...
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How to use Windows network card drivers in Kali Linux
I bought a wireless network adapter so I put it in my Windows PC, I installed the driver automatically by an .exe program that installed in it; then I installed Kali Linux (last version) to start ...
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Do Windows 11 Recovery Drives contain the currently installed drivers?
I tried to reinstall Windows 11 using the installation media by following the steps on the Create installation media for Windows page. When I booted the USB, I found that it did not contain drivers ...
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How to uninstall the "LE_WH-H910N (h.ear)" driver on Windows 10?
How do I uninstall the LE_WH-H910N (h.ear) and LE_WH-H900N (h.ear) drivers?
When I go device manager and uninstall the LE_WH-H910N (h.ear) driver, the LE_WH-H900N (h.ear) will instantly show up to ...
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Windows audio sounds muffled when plugging headphones back in
I've recently began to encounter an issue where my audio would sound very muffled. Often times, voices are completely drowned out by some other audio. For example, when playing Overwatch, I can barely ...
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Second screen working but doesn't display anything
thanks for passing by
I've ran into an issue lately ; I have a PC with two screens, one being HDMI plugged to the GPU (GTX 2080 Ti) and the other connected to the MoBo's HDMI port : Intel UHD Graphics ...
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How can i use the touchpad while typing? (Lenovo)
i have a pretty old lenovo ideapad running Windows 10 22H2 and this thing's annoying me, the fact that the synaptics driver is old and there's no PalmKms registry key to enable the touchpad while ...
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Linux: Chrome Starts *Very* Slowly After Enable Nvidia Driver
I have a Linux Mint laptop computer with two graphics cards: one built-in to the Intel motherboard, and a separate Nvidia card. For a long time, I've just been using the Intel card, but recently I ...
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atio6axx Access Violation when opening Minecraft
A few days ago, I was prompted by tech support to update my BIOS for another issue I was experiencing with my docking station. While that problem has been fixed, I am now experiencing problems when ...
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Can't connect to Logitech MX Device with Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter on Arch Linux
This is a repost from my thread on arch forum and my reddit post.
Hello,
I'm running on a new fresh install of arch. I use a MX Master 3S Mouse and a MX Keys keyboard from Logitech.
On my previous ...
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Cannot fix mouse double-click issue on Windows 11
I have suffered from double clicking problem on most of single click on Windows 11 and tried to solve the problem by applying the following steps:
I have encountered this problem for my 2 different ...
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Intermittent Issue with the USB port on the front of the case (working only after a reboot)
I recently updated my PC setup and there seems to be a problem with the USB 3.0 port on the front of the case.
All other USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports are working well, but this single port behaves very ...
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All network devices not connected (code 45)
I have an HP pavilion laptop running Windows 11 Home
For no reason I can tell, today when I went to use my laptop all networking hardware no longer functions, in fact the device manager shows it as ...
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Windows 10 1607 LTSB no driver for Geforce RTX 4070 Ti
We have a pc with Windows 10 1607 LTSB, and for this OS we need the "standard" NVIDIA drivers since the DCH drivers are not compatible with the OS.
For the 4070Ti, there are currently no ...
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Windows 11 Randomly Freezing Up
Using an HP laptop running Windows 11 Home 64-bit. AMD Ryzen 5 5500U CPU with integrated Radeon Graphics. My drivers are working and up to date.
My PC has started freezing up randomly, sometimes not ...
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Grey Screen on boot from GPU on PC
New to Manjaro, previously have only used Debian-based distros so sorry if Im missing something obvious. I have an AMD rx 560 that was tested and working before I bought it but whenever I try to use ...
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Can't automatically load my efi driver on each system boot
I am trying to make my UEFI driver start on each boot by setting up NVRAM variables via my own program.
I've made a program that puts my uefi driver into the EFI partition on the disk and set system ...
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System hangs when GPU is working
I have this setup:
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16 Core
GIGABYTE X670E AORUS MASTER
DDR5 Corsair VENGEANCE 5200 MHz 32 GB
AMD RADEON™ RX 6800 XT da 16 GB
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™
With a dual boot for ...
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Wifi low dbm on Linux & Windows, but not driver or adapter
Low WiFi dbm on Windows and Linux, but new adapter doesn't fix the problem.
I recently brought my laptop into the shop to replace the power connection. When it came back, I ran the recommended ...
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Is there a way to run Windows RGB mouse drivers on Ubuntu?
I just got a new gaming mouse that is software programmable. The problem is that the software only runs on Windows and Mac. Not a big deal, I thought. I was able to use Wine and install the app but it ...
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Windows 11 VPNs failing with "(Code 56) Windows is still setting up the class configuration for this device"
I installed some VPNs and they worked a few days ago, but now all of the VPNs stopped working with my computer. I have tried several more VPNs such as Windscribe, Nord, Radmin. They all don't connect ...
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Can I use/mix any drivers from 2 motherboards if both motherboards share the exact BIOS firmware version?
Let's say I don't know (and there is no way to check) which of these 2 motherboards I have:
ASUS PRIME H310M-C
ASUS PRIME H310M-C/CSM
, but I checked up and both motherboards use the same BIOS ...
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How to Bulk-Remove All Hidden Devices in Device Manager? (Sample PowerShell Script for Single Devices)
So a while back I put this together to clear devices and then re-scan:
$deviceName="Insert Device Name Here"
foreach ($dev in (Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object{$_.Name -eq $deviceName})) {
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Intel Compute Stick with Celeron J4125 - Third Party Driver Install
I purchased on Amazon Intel Compute Stick with Celeron J4125 ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP9BS81D ), with Windows 11 Pro. Wi-Fi was working fine, until I installed Ubuntu 22.10. I downloaded the ...
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Custom paper size in "Send to OneNote 16" driver
Is there an affordable way to add a custom paper size to "Send to OneNote 16" printer driver? Some time ago I tried to add some lines to the .gpd file associated to driver and to add custom ...
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I need help doing a bash shell script to index .inf files by hardware ID
I'm working on a new system to automate drivers installation in Windows 10/11. Some time ago, I downloaded a drivers collection from driverpack (the drivers collection is fine, but the software to ...
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Is there a risk installing Win10 printer driver in Win11?
I need to set up my old Brother MFC-6490CW printer/scanner to run from my new computer under Windows 11 Pro 64. I want to be able to connect via Wi-Fi, if possible.
On the Downloads page for this ...
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Can't share network printer from windows 11 to windows 7
I have a Kyocera TASKalfa 220 plugged into a Windows 11 PC and I want to share it with a Windows 7 one. I can share files but when I try to add it (the printer) to Windows 7 through the network it ...
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How to trace Windows Driver memory usage?
On multiple servers running Windows Server 2022 Azure edition there is a constantly growing page pool, increasing the committed memory to its maximum.
Task Manager Memory usage
Upon checking with ...
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Can I select certain third-party drivers to disable in Windows 10?
I am in a complicated situation where my PC is constantly rebooting on its own. I've verified it isn't my RAM, SSD, USB devices, etc. It is possible that its' my PSU, as there's no clear way to test ...
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Windows 10 computer can't see internal Dell RD1000 device
I have an internal (SATA) PowerVault Dell RD1000 device with some cartridges. In a Dell PowerEdge T610 server,with Windows Server 2012, the device works perfectly.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte-B250M-...
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Bluetooth completely disappeared from laptop?
I was trying to resolve a Bluetooth earphone stuttering issue on my laptop and one of the articles I read suggested to pick the other bluetooth option for my earphones (picture from the article below)....
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RHEL server + what is the meaning of the kernel messages about Hung TX queue XX
We have 524 RHEL machines. in our Hadoop cluster ( all machines are DELL HW )
all machines are RHEL 7.2 version (old kernel version)
uname -r
3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64
last week we seen the following ...
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ELAN touchpad can't scroll Windows 10 start menu
I can't seem to scroll on the Windows 10 start menu with an ELAN touchpad. It scrolls on other places though like the Settings app or any other Win32 application but not on the start menu. I've ...
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platform driver has no bind/unbind property file
On my iMX8 with linux 5.19 I want to remove the PCI platform driver - which should be something like:
# Dummy address
echo 12345678.pcie > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/imx6q-pcie/unbind
However there ...
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Where are Windows' store printer drivers names located?
I can install a printer driver with pnputil by using:
pnputil.exe /add-driver .\MYINF.inf /install /subdirs
I can enumerate them with
pnputil /enum-drivers /class ...
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How to get rid of some drivers that won't let me enable Core Isolation>Memory Integrity in Windows 11?
So I am trying to turn on the security feature called Memory integrity inside Core Isolation in my machine, running Windows 11.
It won't let me because I have a list of probably outdated drivers, ...
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I want to force Windows 11 to only use 2.4GHz WiFi. But the driver options doesn't allow this. Is there another way?
I'm running Windows 11 on a 2019 iMac. I want Windows 11 to use 2.4GHz because I'm constantly getting disconnected on an application because the 5GHz strength is getting impeded. The signal strength ...
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How to fix signatures hidclass.sys , hidparse.sys , hidusb.sys in windows 10
Blue screen - 0x000021a
Windows boots when disabling mandatory driver signing. sigverif.exe showed hidclass.sys , hidparse.sys , hidusb.sys not signed. And now also basicdisplay.sys , basicrender.sys ....
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Streaming video resets my internet connection through LAN adapter on Windows 11
As soon as I got my new Dell XPS 15 9510, I started noticing some odd behavior. If I simultaneously use the webcam with any program (Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Stream Yard), my internet connection ...
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Audio device disappeared
I have a rather complex setup. I have 4 audio cards(external and internal sound cards) and I run several virtual audio devices.
I had everything working more or less(I'd get problems with VAC crashing ...
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Can't uninstall a USB audio device driver. (Windows 10)
I'm trying to uninstall the driver for a USB audio interface (the Steinberg in the image below), because I want to install a fresh version, since the current one is acting flaky. For some reason a ...
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How to create a Windows setup usb/iso but ignore specific hardware component or driver
A common issue I find online is people with the "DRIVER PNP WATCHDOG" bluescreen during the setup of windows from say a bootable ISO created with the Microsoft iso tool or with Rufus.
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How can I silently install the Intel graphics driver (DCH)?
I am trying to install the latest graphics drive package (DCH) silently. The suggested switches from the readme don't seem to do anything. Running installer.exe -s just produces the install windows (...
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How can I enable the 4 SPI interfaces on BeagleBoard X15 so that they are visible in the /dev directory?
I have configured and compiled the Linux kernel using buildroot. I want to have access to spi buses on this board in user mode. Here are the steps I've take to compile the kernel.
1- clone the ...
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Is it possible to pass through Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 to a Windows VM while working in Linux
Considering to switch to Linux as primary OS. Which distro is not important (I guess). The only thing stopping me from switching OS is a driver for Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 sound card. It is not ...
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OpenSUSE Tumbleweed after update graphic mode fails
I used the package updater to install the latest patches und updates this morning. Since init 5 i.e. graphic mode doesen't work anymore!
NAME="openSUSE Tumbleweed"
VERSION="20230301&...
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WiFi Network Adapter Missing on windows 11
I recently moved and used to connect my PC to the internet via Ethernet. I now need to connect it via WiFi.
My PC has an Intel AX200 WiFi chipset on board its motherboard, ROG X570-I. In the UEFI, ...