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How to fix a yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager

How to fix a yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager

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See a yellow exclamation mark next to a device in Device Manager? Don’t worry, it’s not that unusual and doesn’t necessarily mean you need to replace something.

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There are dozens of reasons why a yellow exclamation mark might appear in Device Manager. Some are more serious than others, but generally speaking, anyone can fix the problem themselves, or at least resolve it.

A yellow triangle next to a device means that Windows has found a problem with that device.

The yellow exclamation mark indicates the current status of a device and could mean a resource conflict, a driver problem, or, frankly, any number of other things.