Some example? Bloat is irrelevant in my case but if something non-driver installed when I was setting up my drivers without my knowledge I should know.

The only non-driver thing I can think of that I installed which was hardware specific is amd overdrive

This post was edited by DCSS on Dec 28 2017 06:34pm

Clean install is better. It only takes a couple hours for everything, and then you KNOW it's not a software problem.

/e The best solution is good stand alone (not incremental or partial) full OS image backup. As long as you know the last backup was clean and error free, then you can fiddle with anything, with no worries. If it goes tits-up, restore from a backup.

This post was edited by Ghot on Dec 28 2017 06:37pm

Bloat shit is relevant by far

Fyi many motherboards have shit load extra software along with usb sata network controllers which add up like i said

the latter falls under the stuff I uninstall beforehand in device manager, but what about extra software? I opt out of everything and I don't use the disc

I dont think I installed any mobo drivers on my AMD system, actually. Wasn't necessary. Windows stock audio/sata controllers/usb etc did the job. You don't need to install chipset drivers at all if your device manager is absent yellow triangles after everything else

This post was edited by DCSS on Dec 28 2017 06:46pm

Just cause you don't doesn't mean others doesnt plain and simple
Majority of users aren't even close To being like us

This post was edited by yupitsmeh on Dec 28 2017 06:51pm

im just not sure how a new psu could cause a usb driver related problem unless the psu has an abysmal 5v rail.

OP have you tried ps/2 kb/mouse?

Think he already moved on to fresh install

He stated shit in post 8