Windows 10: Device Manager not opening or keeps crashing on Windows 11

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Device Manager is a utility in Windows 11/10 that allows you to view and manage devices and their drivers. If the Device Manager is not opening or keeps crashing on your Windows computer, you cannot view or manage the hardware devices connected to your system. This article shows you how to fix this problem. Device […]

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Device Manager - keeps reloading

This implies that a piece of hardware is continually disconnecting then reconnecting - Device manager automatically rechecks its device list whenever it detects a new item being connected.

Try disconnecting everything you possibly can to try to stop the reloading.

Best of luck,
Denis

 

all games crash!

I suggest you run rthdribl > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archives/rthdribl_1_2.zip
Increase the window size step by step and watch your vga temps permanently.
What happens?
If it crashes, run at stock speeds as suggested before and retry.

P.S.: When your system locks, does the display signal turn off after a time?
Stuttering sound or no sound at all when freezing?
What X1800XT model do you own exactly?

 

USB microphone show up under "Other Devices" in the Device Manager

Hi Luke,

We suggest that you update the device driver. You can do that by following these steps:

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  Select the Start button, type Device Manager, and select
  it from the list of results.
  
• 
  Expand the category where your device is located, then right-click on the name of your device, and select Update Driver Software.
  
• 
  Select Search automatically for updated driver software.
  

If Windows doesn't find a new driver, you can try looking for one on the device manufacturer's website and follow their instructions.

If updating the device driver doesn't work, we suggest that you reinstall the driver:

• 
  Open Device Manager.
  
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  Right-click on the name of the device.
  
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  Select Uninstall.
  
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  Restart your PC and Windows will attempt to reinstall the driver.
  

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.