Device manager exclamation mark

OnlyAlex · 11 Jul 2023 at 22:13

Device manager exclamation mark

Hi everyone, on my Legion 5i Pro there was an exclamation mark next to a driver. I rolled back the driver and the exclamation mark disappeared. I restarted and updated the driver again and that was successful and no exclamation mark has appeared again and every time I load device manager since everything is fine. Was everything I did okay? Do I need to reset the laptop? Many thanks

mrk · 11 Jul 2023 at 22:56

If it hasn't come back then the glitch in the driver is resolved after reinstalling it. All's good.

OnlyAlex · 12 Jul 2023 at 11:15

mrk said:
If it hasn't come back then the glitch in the driver is resolved after reinstalling it. All's good.

Thank you.

Rroff · 13 Jul 2023 at 08:55

Possibly a failed auto-update by Windows of the driver and now resolved.

Slightly concerningly, though is mostly down to the manufacturer implementing it wrong but still shows how stupid forced updates are, there has been some instances lately of laptops (mostly certain brands) being bricked by Windows update automatically applying a faulty firmware update or failing to apply it properly i.e. due to mismanaging a low battery state, even sometimes if you have drivers and firmware updates disabled.

OnlyAlex · 13 Jul 2023 at 10:07

Rroff said:
Possibly a failed auto-update by Windows of the driver and now resolved.

Slightly concerningly, though is mostly down to the manufacturer implementing it wrong but still shows how stupid forced updates are, there has been some instances lately of laptops (mostly certain brands) being bricked by Windows update automatically applying a faulty firmware update or failing to apply it properly i.e. due to mismanaging a low battery state, even sometimes if you have drivers and firmware updates disabled.

Thank you.