Desktop Upgrade
After using the laptop for a couple of weeks I decided I may as well pull the trigger on the desktop upgrade. I was slight more apprehensive about this one, as my desktop has more software, hardware and external peripherals, that have been built up over many years. Far more that can go wrong.
As it happens, the upgrade process was also just as smooth. No black screen of doom, this time round. After a couple of hours it was mostly done and I was greeted by the Windows 11 desktop. It didn’t look all that different to my Windows 10 desktop, so everything was instantly familiar. I was getting a prompt about AsIO.sys, but it seems that is something that isn’t required anyway, so I got rid of it. Naturally, I did an update to device drivers, to ensure Win 11 compatibility.
I did have a couple of hardware issues. a recurring problem was that the Intel bluetooth driver kept on failing. This then gets fixed by reinstalling the device drivers. This eventually went away, which is just as weird. I figured I must have found a driver that worked that little bit better.
I was also having issues with the desktop not loading. This was causing me a lot of grief; most of the time it loaded fine, but then would suddenly not work on later reboots. Completely removing and reinstalling the AMD graphics card drivers fixed this.
I have also experienced times where my I was getting random pops in my right speaker. This appears to have resolved itself.