Questions tagged [drivers]
Drivers are the middleware that allow computer programs to use resources of a specific hardware device.
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My gpu driver times out randomly
I have a RX6800 XT gpu, and ever since I built the pc, it has had issues when running any modern game where the drives unexpectedly crashes out of nowhere. I am not doing anything specific in any of ...
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Windows midi+Bluetooth reconnection issue
midi keyboard that works only via bluetooth (Pop-piano MP228)
bluetooth adapter for PC Ugreen 5.3
Windows 11
Midiberry
Everything works fine in Midiberry with a fairly low latency, but every 20 ...
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Can't reinstall Webcam Software on HP DV5 Windows 7
Some time ago I uninstalled the HP DV5 Laptop Webcam drivers and software for privacy, to know "the webcam is not avaiable" (I know it sounds paranoid).
Today I tried to reinstall the ...
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bluetooth stutters in S0 sleep mode
I have a Vivobook S 14 laptop (M3402RA model) running Win11. I have a problem with it entering S0 low powered idle mode. During this mode my bluetooth starts stuttering making listening to audio ...
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How do I connect joystick to Windows 2008 machine?
I have a machine running Windows 2008 x64 and tried connecting a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick. While the device appears in "Devices and Printers" in the Control Panel, I can't calibrate ...
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Mouse- / Screen-flickering in video games depending on the input method
For some time now, I have been plagued by a problem with my mouse behavior that makes playing some video games completely or partially impossible. This is best illustrated in GTA V, where you can ...
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Do additionally installed drivers survive Windows 11 "Reset this PC"?
I have laptop in which I swapped SSD for aftermarket one and don't have access to the recovery media/image. Some drivers needed for laptop to function properly need to be installed from vendor's ...
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How to fix x server not seeing display after reinstalling nvidia drivers
Graphical environment won't work after reinstalling nvidia drivers. Drivers are working. They are loaded and running but X server doesn't see any displays
After uninstalling driver, I've tried to ...
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How to figure out origin of driver error on Windows 11?
On my Windows 11 machine, I get a non-descriptive driver error on each boot after login:
The Error: Driver Error 0x5 does not tell me anything about which program causes it or which device has a ...
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How to disable touchpad momentum in Windows 11?
I have an MSi Stealth GS66 12UGS laptop.
The touchpad has momentum (or inertia). It works like this:
When I drag my finger, then stop and immediately lift my finger, there is no momentum. (good!)
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Multiple copies of Realtek audio codec in device manager causes low sound
In
c:\windows\system32\DriverStore\FileRepository
I have the following folders:
realtekhsa.inf_amd64_d715...
realtekintapo.inf_amd64_8a55...
realtekservice.inf_amd64_c607...
realtekservice....
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Shows Invalid URL After Clicking Download on Realtek Audio Driver
I am trying to download the Realtek Audio Driver from the official site (https://www.realtek.com/Download/List?cate_id=593&menu_id=369) due to audio issues following a recent Windows update. I ...
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Why is audio and WiFi not working after Windows 10 update?
I'm facing an issue where my audio device is not working after installing Windows 10 and Realtek drivers. I initially installed Windows 10 on my system.
After the installation, I found that my audio ...
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A "HID-compliant mouse" and a "USB composite device", both have no records in their "Device Manager - Properties - Events"
A "HID-compliant mouse" and a "USB composite device", both have no records in their "Device Manager - Properties - Events". Both are "currently not connected".
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Is it possible under Windows to rewrite the USB product ID, or to process data from a USB device and output it as a different one?
I found this project which outputs USB data from an Arduino module, spoofing/acting as a SpaceMouse and it is recognised by the official drivers.
Using Windows how can I read the data output by my ...
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Jumper Tech EZbook S5 PCI Device needs further installation by Windows 11 and USB flash drives not recognized
I was given a Jumper Tech EZbook S5 with the Apollo Lake Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N3350 @ 1.10GHz and Win11 Home installed.
I found the USB ports could not recognize USB flash drives.
Device Manager ...
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My computer keeps coming out of sleep even though I've turned off all the wake sources
I've got a newish computer, and the biggest problem I have is that the thing will not stay asleep.
As soon as I tell it to sleep (or when the sleep timer fires), the display turns off, and the ...
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Bluetooth stops working after sleep windows 11
70-80% of the time, after I wake my computer from sleep, I don't have the Bluetooth working.
It disappears from here:
In the device manager, I have to check View => Show Hidden Devices to see it.
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Laptop screen is white, even for safe mode, how to get data out?
so while trying to update display drivers, screen became white, and I ve tried everything including trying to go safe mode and it was still white, so now I want to know how to get my data in driver C ...
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Adafruit MCP2111 board gpioget: error reading GPIO values: No such file or directory
When plugging in a Adafruit MCP2111 board, and running
gpioget 1 0
gpioget: error reading GPIO values: No such file or directory
the board is detected:
lsusb
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 04d8:00dd ...
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How to read a FAT (not FAT32) formatted Floppy Disc?
I have some old 1.44 Mb Floppy Discs and have purchased a Generic USB Disc Drive but it won't read the discs.
I am running Windows10 on lap top.
Tried all youTube vids!!
Frustrated English Silver ...
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Which Debian 12 package contains the driver for Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-S GT1?
I am looking for the driver corresponding to:
lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|Display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] (rev 04)
Subsystem: ...
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How to maintain compiled Linux drivers through updates
I built a new PC using the new AMD 870 chipset. This came with a Realtek 5gb network adapter that doesn't seem to be supported out of the box with Debian or NixOS distros. I was able to download the ...
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Why do Apps and Features and ODBC administrator show different versions for the same driver?
I am running Windows 10.
Today I uninstalled the 64-bit ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server and reinstalled it, to ensure I had the latest version. I downloaded the driver from the usual Microsoft site.
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Wifi driver rtl8821 no longer works after kernel update
as my wifi card doesn't yet have a Debian12 driver, I use a wifi adapter: TP-Link AC600 T2U Nano. As long as I boot with kernel 6.1.0-25, everything works fine with the rtl8821cu driver installed. The ...
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Is it possible to find and transfer drivers from one pc to another?
I have PC1 and PC2. PC1 recognizes my Redmi 9A android but PC2 doesnt. PC2 recognizes my Bello2 android but PC1 doesnt. Can I search somehow which drivers/infs/files allow this recognition and ...
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hw clock - No usable clock interface found
I'm running Linux 6.1 with Yocto 4.2 mickeldore. I'm trying to get my hwclock to match my system clock via the command sudo hwclock -w --verbose
It fails to do so and spits out the following verbose
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Windows: install an *older* driver version from command line
My TP-Link Archer USB Wi-Fi dongle started acting up a couple weeks ago: latency to my AP spikes to 2800+ms every ~10 secs. This is a common problem it seems, but none of the suggestions on the web ...
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Adaptec USBXchange USB to SCSI adapter on Windows 11
I have an Adaptec USBXchange USB to SCSI adapter that works up to Windows XP, but there are no newer drivers.
I reverse-engineered the Windows 98 driver by capturing the USB packets as after it is ...
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Install nvidia-legacy-300xx-driver on Debian Bookworm
Recently I've tried to follow a video of the "Linux gaming experience", because I want to completely switch from Windows, which I use only for gaming, to Debian, which is installed with ...
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How to Prevent USB Reset After Suspend on iMX6 Board?
I am working on an iMX6ULL board running a Debian-based OS with suspend capabilities. A USB hub (USB2514) is connected to the USB bus. When a single device or two devices with different VID and PID ...
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High Ntoskrnl CPU (and Battery) Usage Probably linked to Intel Display Driver
The bug shows on driver versions 31.xx more than on the newer ones (32.xx) , and on both versions it never shows if the Intel Graphics Command Center App is running and the screen is On (and ...
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My PC don't detect my camera
I have a USB camera connected to my computer but isn't detected, and I can't see it in device manager.
I tried to restart the computer, connect the webcam to different USB ports, camera ...
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Huion tablet driver pressure inputs not registering
I've got a new laptop and after a long while, I decided to use my tablet but I forgot I don't have drivers installed.
I downloaded the new drivers for my H640P tablet. Everything setup, all good. It ...
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External Monitor Flickers When Windows Tries to Turn It Off After Idle
I’m experiencing an issue with my Dell Latitude E7470 (Intel i7-6600U, Intel HD Graphics 520) connected to an LG UltraGear monitor via HDMI on Windows 11. After a few minutes of inactivity, both my ...
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Why is my Lenovo ThinkPad running Ubuntu using the e1000e Ethernet driver?
I have a brand new ThinkPad E16 Gen 2 laptop, running Ubuntu 24.01.1 LTS. I have recently had problems with suspend and I narrowed it down to the Wake on LAN functionality of my LAN adapter.
While ...
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wdiwifi.sys seemingly causing crashes and BSODs?
I've had my laptop for a while now (Lenovo Yoga slim 7). I've encountered this problem that when I close the lid, the pc will completely shut everything off and reboot on the next opening of the lid. ...
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How or where can I get a Linux driver for the Dell Latitude 5400 fingerprint scanner?
I have a Dell Latitude 5400 with a fingerprint scanner which I don't have drivers for. I'm running Debian 12 on Linux 6.1.0-25-amd64. I can't find anything on Dell's official driver download page for ...
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Cannot seem to install virtio scsi drivers in a VM of Win server 2022
The Win server 22 VM did get the latest virtio-win ISO installed. Im passing the entire device like so:
<controller type="scsi" index="0" model="lsilogic">
<...
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Camera is black on Acer laptop
I have an Acer laptop that uses Windows 11 and has a built-in webcam. I can turn the camera on with the camera app. The green light lights up and I get a popup on my screen that says "camera on&...
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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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