However, make sure you familiarize yourself with how to use system restore prior. This is so you can revert your system if you experience problems. Here is a video tutorial:ĭisplay Driver Uninstaller makes many system changes, and the author has wisely built in a function to help you remember to create a new system restore point before running the cleaner. However, the standard uninstall often fails or deletes the old video card drivers causing issues when installing new/updated drivers.Īfter running Display Driver Uninstaller, the program will make it as if you are about to install a new video driver on a fresh, clean install of Windows.

Most often, Intel, AMD, and Nvidia drivers can be uninstalled with the Windows Uninstall Programs window. Thank you DDU!Īfter restarting it went back to not working.Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) is a graphics driver removal tool that helps remove all remnants of AMD, Nvidia, and Intel graphics card drivers. This should be helpful for anyone else experiencing the same issue. This time I wasn't up for doing that or restoring back to an earlier state. In the past I performed a clean install of Windows to resolve this issue. You can use the same steps for updating your graphics card should you have issues or wish to have a clean install or the latest driver. Run Windows Update and update the optional drivers.įollowing these steps fixed this problem with the ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Load DDU and set Windows Device Installation Settings to default. Run Sonic Suit Companion and update Sonic Studio and Audio Driver (SWC) Install the Realtek driver downloaded from Asus Support using the Asus setup.exe in the driver folder. If you load device manager you can view the drivers being installed should you wish. Set DDU to uninstall Audio and select the Realtek device. Run DDU->Set DDU to prevent windows from automatically downloading and install drivers in the options. In safe-mode login->Right click on Windows Start and select run->Type msconfig-> Hit enter->Go to boot-> untick safe-mode->OK->Exit without restarting (If you're using Bitlocker suspend protection on the drive running Windows first before doing this) Right click on Windows Start and select run->Type msconfig-> Hit enter->Go to boot-> tick safe-mode->OK. Download the latest Audio driver from Asus Support->Extract the folder and have it ready.ĭownload and install the third party app DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller).

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