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Ah interesting, thanks for pointing out I do have 31.0.101.2111 already installed - I thought I was still on the one from ASUS - I'll have to try installing that one again then. Maybe that's part of my issues.
Also very glad you pointed out that ASUS doesn't have the driver for Windows 11 yet, because I was planning to go back to the ASUS-provided one if the latest didn't fix my issues and had I upgraded to Windows 11, that wouldn't be possible without reinstalling windows again.
In that case, I'm going to not upgrade to windows 11 at the moment, so won't be able to report back if that fixes my issue or not.
However, I do want to point out that the Intel Driver Support Assistant Tool provided the 31.0.101.2114 version of the driver, which is why I thought it should support my OS, which Windows 10 22H2 isn't listed under the supported OS's. I've attached a screenshot of the version it suggests, especially in case this may indicate a bug in the tool that could be fixed (I don't need it fixed though, if it is a bug). When I attempt to install through the UI of the tool, it encounters the same error from the screenshot in the original post here.
Thanks for all the help and for the suggestions to contact Asus support/links to their drivers. Much appreciated!
My apologies - I wrote out a whole response yesterday and I thought it had been posted, but somehow it's been lost AFAICT. I did recall why I was trying to reinstall drivers and would appreciate assistance if you can help, but am happy to start a new post, as that may be better for other people looking to fix this more precise issue anyways.
The TL;DR: thanks so much for your help even beyond what I had asked. I will no longer be upgrading to Windows 11 (for now) as you pointed out that my ASUS drivers I'd been planning to downgrade to (if the newer intel drivers don't fix my issue) don't support Windows 11 - thanks a million for this. I also had mentioned in this unsent reply that the 2114 driver is the one that the Intel Driver & Support Assistant had sent me, as evidenced by this screenshot:
AFAICT, this driver doesn't support my Windows 10 22H2 OS and should not have been recommended, but I may be mistaken. I don't need this particular issue fixed, but I did want to pass along the information in case it could help y'all fix/update the tool or anything.
I may be missing something from my earlier response that you requested, so please let me know if you need or could use anything else.
The original issue I was trying to fix with these drivers was that I suspected my intel integrated graphics may be causing some issues with my Nvidia graphics card (TL;DR either my graphics card which has not been used hard and hasn't indicated overheating in various monitoring tools, but is a few years old is either busted or something is causing some unusual behavior which I'd rather try to fix before spending $800+ and risk running into the same issue).
So an orthogonal issue is that I'm seeing some "PCI Memory Controller" and "SM Bus Controller" devices which don't have drivers/aren't WAI. Based on another post I found via Google, it seems that the devices which start with VEN_8086 are intel devices and based on a completely uneducated guess, that seems reasonable based on my processor. I suspect there's a driver or other diagnosable issue here which I could eliminate before spending money on another graphics card.
Any chance you have thoughts on what might be going on here?
Again, my response last night didn't save, but I'd really like to thank you for your above and beyond service, because you saved me from a point of no return of upgrading to Windows 11 where I would not have been able to go back to the ASUS drivers I'd been planning as a backup.
Thanks so much again!
