I'm having trouble with my Ryzen 5 1400 CPU. When I visit the AMD website to download drivers, I enter my CPU's name and select the Windows 10 download, but it just sends me to a 'not found' page. I recently factory reset my PC and before that, my CPU performance was decent enough to run most games. Now, my favorite games are crashing often, and Task Manager shows my CPU usage consistently over 90%, compared to 60-70% before the reset. I'm starting to think this driver issue is the root of my performance problems, but I'm unable to get the drivers due to the website glitch.
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I tried downloading the software and it worked fine for me, so maybe you should give it another go later. Might just be a temporary issue with their site.
Just to clarify, CPUs like yours usually don’t need specific drivers. The AMD site mainly has drivers for things like integrated graphics and support software like Ryzen Master. The chipset drivers relate to your motherboard, not directly to the CPU itself.
Oh, I see! I wasn't aware of that. What else could explain my CPU performing so much worse after the factory reset?
Have you checked the Device Manager? Also, running Windows Update might help. Sometimes those updates pop out new drivers even if they're not listed on the manufacturer's site.
Device Manager says I'm up to date, but I'm a bit skeptical. If AMD's website doesn't have the drivers, can they really be found elsewhere? Plus, my Windows is fully updated.
Were you able to download the Ryzen 5 1400 drivers for Windows 10 specifically? I've been struggling with it for two days, but if it worked for you then maybe it's just on my end.