Questions tagged [drivers]
Drivers are the middleware that allow computer programs to use resources of a specific hardware device.
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I can't get the mediatek driver 7902 to work
My wifi card is supposed to work with MX23 Linux + a liquorix kernel (6.6.12) as shown here:https://linux-hardware.org/?id=pci:14c3-7902-1a3b-5520&page=7#status lines EE37E and 1B3BB.
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Is it possible to use Windows 10 2015 with a 2020 laptop?
My laptop originally come with Windows 10 as of Jan 2020. Wishing to have a more beautiful destkop with a more Metro design, when I install an old version of Windows 10 (like a 2015 version (1507)) I ...
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Microphones Not Detected on ThinkPad Running Windows 11 - Possible Driver Issue?
I have a ThinkPad X1 Carbon running Windows 11 Pro. I'm facing issues with the microphones built into my Sony WH-1000XM3 and Sony WF-1000XM4. Windows doesn't detect the microphones on either of these ...
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AMD Graphics card drivers are not installing
I did a clean reinstall of windows 11 pro after I added SSD to my laptop. Now it is not working and showing confusing error messages I have attached pictures I also did a clean install for my drivers ...
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Why am I having GPU related issues on Lenovo Thinkpad P51 when connected to an external monitor?
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad P51. Below are my specs:
Intel Core i7 7820HQ
16GB RAM
Nvidia Quadro M1200
Intel HD 630
Windows 11
I updated Nvidia driver from 535 to 550 drivers. The issue is when I ...
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FFmpeg decoding h265 yuv422p10 returns Failed setup for format Vulkan: hwaccel initialisation errorer
I try to test h265 10-bit yuv422p10le decoding according to test command at
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro#Vulkan
ffmpeg -init_hw_device "vulkan=vk:0" -hwaccel vulkan -...
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Ubuntu VNC failing to connect after Nvidia driver update
I am using Real VNC to connect to an Ubuntu 18.04 desktop. Yesterday, I updated the Nvidia drivers to version 535 and ran sudo reboot. Since then, however, I am unable to connect to the desktop, with ...
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Understanding the Windows 11 "second stage" boot process, i.e.: where to inject a missing driver?
I'm suffering from an unbootable Windows 11 after converting the installation to IRST (Intel® Rapid Storage Technology) / VMD (Intel® Volume Management Device) RAID1 via backup/restore (Using the test ...
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Windows 11 is unable to load Android devices as MTP devices
I have a computer where Windows 11 works fine with my android phone.
However now I reinstalled Windows 11 (all updates installed ) and connected the phone.
The MTB driver loads and unloads and loads ...
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bitwig-studio window disappears after screen lock but keeps running (Debian linux, Nvidia, xfce)
I have been using bitwig studio for a long time on Linux with few problems up until the last release, version 5.2. This version switched to using Vulkan for the UI. My desktop has an nvidia video card ...
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Drivers for Intel NUC5CPYH Mini PC are not available
I need the audio driver for Intel NUC5CPYH Mini PC and I can't find that on the Intel's website. Why the drivers are gone and how do I download them
Here is the link to the driver page.
https://www....
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My HP Laptop - Pavilion 15, Windows 11 Mic is not working
My HP Laptop - Pavilion 15, Windows 11 Mic is not working, Its not recording anything or not working on google meet or elsewhere.
Methods I have tried
Give Access of Microphone
Update Driver
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Solved // Intel RST high memory usage
I've been giong crazy over the past few days trying to fix what I think is a memory leak caused by an unecessary Intel RST driver..
With absolutely no program running my memory usage is always above ...
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Why does the Samsung monitor driver installer ask to choose between HDMI and DP?
I have a Samsung monitor
installer app which I downloaded for Odyssey G4 monitor to install the drivers.
Now the installer asks me to choose between:
G40B_SxxBG40x(HDMI)
G40B_SxxBG40x(DP)
Currently ...
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GPU black screen after tweaking monitor refresh rates and resolutions in Nvidia control panel
I have a problem with my Display/GPU. So, my monitor supports 60hz by default and 75hz in lower resolutions. I tried making custom resolution in Nvidia control panel for native resolution(1080p) and ...
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Intel Driver & Support Assistant wants new network drivers but installation fails
Intel Driver and Support Assistant says that I should update my network drivers. Unfortunately, it fails to install and says No Intel Network Connections.
Device Manager says I already have the ...
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How to get RTL8812BU USB3 WIFI 1200AC adapter to detect as USB3 device?
The driver for the RTL88X2BU has been incorporated into the mainline kernel since 6.2.
Ubuntu 22.0.04 Kernel 6.15.0-44.
However when using this USB3 device it is instead detected as a 480M USB2 device ...
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Some bluetooth devices show up as "Connected" when it isn't in Windows 10
I have a bluetooth receiver device that I use with my wired headphones but the problem is, Windows 10 always lists it as "Connected" even when it's not. Therefore when I do want to connect ...
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Continuous pen strokes in Snipping Tool cause DWM to crash in Windows 10, but not in Windows 11 for some reason
Around the same time last year I had to upgrade my existing Windows 10 installation to Windows 11 because of a weird AMD graphics driver issue from the February 2023 version and onwards where strokes ...
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No video output after BIOS upgrade
My PC's WiFi was disconnecting intermittently. I tried common solutions like network reset and reconnecting, but they didn't work. After installing the latest WiFi driver from the MSI website, the ...
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Setting TX power using iw and getting random values back
Using an AW-CB375NF (RTL8822CE) 2x2 M.2 WiFi card and trying to understand the different TX levels (in preparation for sending an embedded device for compliance testing), I can't make sense of the ...
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Epson Perfection V330 Photo scanner drivers for Debian [closed]
I just got Epson Perfection V330 Photo scanner. Its a discontinued model and I'm trying to find drivers and software package for it. These page point to the software drivers:
The downloaded package &...
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Unable to uninstall failing USB driver
I found an old Nokia phone and wanted to check it before I sent it for recycling. When I tried to install the latest USB drivers for the phone the installation failed and now I get a regular pop up ...
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Restart graphics driver in Ubuntu
Windows has the Win + Ctrl + Shift + R keyboard shortcut. Is there anything equivalent for Ubuntu?
I have a Windows Desktop and Ubuntu laptop that I am using through a KVM on multiple monitors. When ...
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new hxsj keyboard rgb and key remap
i have bought a new keyboard which i am sort of unable to understand its the hxsj v200 the thing is that the rgb isnt working and if i press some function keys the keys are getting remapped for ...
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Screen blurriness: driver color misalignment?
My new OLED screen (Philips Evnia 42M2N8900) causes a lot of eye strain when working with text and it appears to be related to blurriness. In particular, the following examplary close up photos seem ...
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Diagnostic details: - The last unmovable file appears to be: \$Mft::$DATA [duplicate]
I tried to shrink my c drive but i noticed that there's a point i tried to fix it but during the shrink phase i got this defrag Diagnostic details:
The last unmovable file appears to be: $Mft::$DATA
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Windows 11 freezes on boot screen after I install graphics drivers (multi-GPU setup on workstation motherboard)
I don't encounter this problem on Ubuntu or Fedora, but on Windows 11, after the first boot and after I install drivers for the graphics cards (2x NVIDIA RTX 3090), rebooting will result in the ...
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Fix high DPC latency for stornvme.sys (NVM Express controller)
I have a PC with Windows 11 (I had windows 10 and updated when it came out the 11) and it frequently get unusable because of very long freezes. After investigating for a while it seems that the ...
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TP-Link USB hub not working properly on my Asus Zenbook 14
Last week I bought a usb 3.0 hub from tplink which offers 3 usb 3 ports and a gigabit internet port. I connected the hub to my Asus Zenbook 14 UM3402YAR laptop. After I wanted to test if the wired ...
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monitor loses signal when moving program window to it (dual GPU) - happens on Windows/Linux
I have 6 monitors plugged into 2 GPUs using DisplayPort, and sometimes the monitor will lose signal when I move a window over to it. For example, I moved Firefox over and the monitor turned off (lost ...
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5GHz channels blocked until iw scan completed
On my complex ath10 card on a debian 11 box after a clean boot
iw list shows
Frequencies:
5180 MHz [36] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
5200 MHz [40] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
5220 MHz [44] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
5240 MHz [...
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How do I setup another BT adapter after previous one didnt setup?
I built a new PC and to get my bluetooth devices connected to it, i initially used a cheap Bluetooth adapter, which in order to setup & install it's drivers, told me to disable memory integrity in ...
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Why does Deepin OS not show WiFi as expected?
I am a new user of Deepin OS. I had a problem, WiFi wouldn't appear or be detected even though I had installed the driver.
I use a Dell Latitude E5510 laptop.
when I check in the Terminal with the ...
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Why is a Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E card not recognized by Linux?
I just bought an AX210NGW and installed it in my laptop motherboard, however I am having some issues with it: Linux simply does not recognize it. I attach the description of my machine below.
Product ...
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Can I modify either inf or sys files to install a driver for a different device?
I understand driver signing will have to be disabled. I have an Avermedia Live Game 4k capture card which based on research and linux based github repos is similar enough to a CL511HN.
I want to use ...
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Problems with Ubuntu 23.10 on Asus Vivobook 16(X1605VA-MB957WS) [closed]
I'm using Ubuntu 23.10 on Asus Vivobook 16(X1605VA-MB957WS) and have the following problem:
The wifi card in the laptop Mediatek wifi card whose driver doesn't support the kernel of Ubuntu. So I don't ...
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My SSD is disconecting and reconecting imediatly on USB-C
I'm using Linux Mint on a HP Pavilion 17-cd1119nf.
Recently, i bought a SSD T7 of samsung.
When i plug it on USB-C, it get disconect then imediatly reconect when i'm using it. It can be when i ...
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How to force Intel Graphics Driver version 10.18.15.4279 not to be updated?
I have a 10-year old Lenovo Y50-70 that still works great (running Windows 10) and with its 16GB RAM still runs fast enough for what I do.
However, Microsoft's automated updates also updates my Intel(...
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Is this OEM section in an .inf driver file a bug?
I can't seem to find the driver name. Instead of specifying the name, this .inf seems to specify;
[Manufacturer]
%OEM%=OEM,NTx86,NTamd64
[OEM.NTx86]
%PRINTER1%=INSTALL_SECTION,USBPRINT\...
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Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Blue Screen while trying to install NVidia 555.85 WHQL (even clean install) through GeForce Experience
Here's my setup:
Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Q9650 @ 3.00GHz:
Intel Mother Board DP45SG
Bios: Intel Corp. SGP4510H.86A.0125.2010.0121.1927, 1/21/2010
I have 8GB DDR3 Ram with 9/9/9/24 stepping
and an ...
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How can a network card driver cause issues with just one wifi network?
I recently came across a question on Unix & Linux where the OP couldn't use one specific WiFi network, but had no issues connecting to others. Apparently, the system would connect and get an IP ...
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Issue connecting data to Looker Studio
While connecting dataset to Looker Studio I want to upload some files but after few uploads I encounter this error message:
"There was an error in processing your upload. Cannot upload more files,...
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HP Laserjet M283fdw stopped talking to Windows/HP Smart
I have an HP LaserJet MFP283fdw with non-HP toner. I turned off automatic firmware updates a long time ago to make sure HP couldn't stop me using non-HP toner.
But recently my Windows 10 PC has ...
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PC has no Signal, Mouse and Keyboard won't work
I'm having some issues. Recently, I updated all my drivers to the latest version. After all of the drivers were updated to 100%, I went back to restart my PC. After that, it showed no signal, the ...
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USB 3.0 Ports Not Receiving Any Power After Replacing Motherboard
Product: HP Z820 Base Model Workstation Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-Bit)
Motherboard HP Workstation Z820 V2 Dual CPU LGA2011 DDR3 Motherboard. USB Controller not noted other than that ...
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Windows 11 system corrupted? no WU, no in-place reinstall, no SFC, no DISM, …
Trying to update the Nvidia drivers to the latest 552.44 I realized my Windows installation is royally crippled...
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The drivers installation failed. And then it suddenly removed the 552.22 ...
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Is it not recommended to use unprivileged users to insmod drivers in Linux?
Background:
Unprivileged users can use CAP_SYS_MODULE capability to insert module to kernel.
Insmod a ko include load driver and driver init.
My issue:
My test driver will crate debugfs at ...
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Device Manager - Windows changes power settings without my permission
I have a touchpad problem with my settings in Device Manager in Windows 11.
I have drivers that control the touchpad on my laptop (Dell Precision 7780). I have set the "Allow the computer to turn ...
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how can i uninstall **ALL** the non-windows drivers permanently without data loss in windows 11
After experimenting with various driver installations on my laptop, I've ended up with numerous options for a single device in the device manager. How can I efficiently uninstall all the non-Windows ...
