Hi!
I this summer i got a Pickit2 (identical clone) from ebay. The Pickit2 is a usb device that allows to program pic microcontrollers.
So i plugged it into my pc, and after i was done with it i left it plugged, and went to play Minecraft, but the game suddenly wouldin't work, so i tried Mass effect 2, Gta 4 and other games, and none would work, they would always crash at loading. The only 3d thing that worked was the Cryengine 3 editor.
After going insane and reinstalling all the drivers and doing everithyng possible it accured to me to just try to unplug the Pickit2, and guess what, everithyng worked!
Now i sometimes forget to disconnect it, and every time 3d things would't work.
So how it this possible? What does a microcontroller programmer have with 3d engines???
I have Windows XP 32 bit, sp3.
Phenom 9500 cpu and 5750 gpu.
Any theories what is going on?