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Hi all,
I was given a computer to fix that showed multiple 'This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use (Code 12)' errors in the Device Manager. It is a quite old Sony VAIO VGN-N29VN.
I reinstalled Windows from scratch but the problem reappeared after applying the Creators update. As of now, multiple devices show the Code 12 error and are unusable. In some cases, there are multiple errored entries and one good entry for a given device (e.g. Intel 945 integrated GPU). In other cases, there is only one errored device and the device isn't working (e.g. WiFi or wired network adapters.)
The peripherals showing the errors are the following:
Some of them are usable (as they appear twice or three times in the Device Manager, others are not.) It looks like the update broke something, as this happened twice and I haven't added or removed any internal or external peripherals. What can I do to fix the problem?
Thank you.
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Hi,
This could be due to a driver which needs to be updated following the Creators Update. To resolve your concern, please provide these information:
Regards.
Which version and edition of Windows 10 originally came with the system?
Because I don't see VGN-N29VN listed as supported:
https://esupport.sony.com/US/p/os10upgrade.pl?
You might want to consider restoring the original version of Windows that came with the system.
The responses for Drivers continue to be baffling on here when people come on with older hardware.
The users has an Intel 945 Express based system probably built around 2005-2007 or so when that chipset was used a ton in devices around the end of XP and beginning of the Vista and 7 Era.
Anyway, this chipset has worked fine in Windows 10 up until the 1703 update. Once 1703 or 1709 is installed, The device manager looks like a bomb went off and a bunch of devices have the yellow exclamation point on them with most all having the Error Code 12. Another weird bit is there are multiple of the same device showing (so normally 1 945GM Graphics device, now shows 3 with 1 working, and 2 that should not be there, with the errors as described showing).
So far I have yet to find a working fix and while restoring to a previous 1600 based build is a temporary solution, it really isn't an optimal one as the devices may be old, but are in no way incapable of running Windows 10 all this time before this update came along and shotgunned the device manager and made the device run immensely worse because of it.
I will keep this thread updated if I find a fix. If Windows 10 intentionally breaks all the hardware running on the 945 chipset, that is going to be a huge number of older but still capable devices completely abandoned for no other reason than "Just Because" at this point.
I completely agree with you.
I have the same problem,,several devices are not working because of the code 12 problem.
This devices were running correctly in 1607 versión and not not in 1709 or 1703
We need a solution to the problem.
It is not a Windows 10 problem.
Yes I have a Windows 10 Vaio VGN-N31M with the same exploding Device Manager resulting in no Internet Connection due to code 12 errors and multiple entries.
