PnP-Monitor Standard Drivers

Generic PnP Monitor Overview

When you enter the display settings on the Windows 10, your real monitor is not listed here, and you cannot find it in the advanced settings. Click the display adapter Properties, and tap the Monitor tab, it changes to Generic PnP Monitor.

And the screen refresh rate is locked, you are unable to run the 144Hz screen refresh rate for your monitor.

After that, when you retun to device manager, the real monitor is missing, it is replaced by Generic PnP Monitor.

At this moment, you may wonder what Generic PnP Monitor is and how can you find the real monitor and solve the Generic PnP Monitor problems?

Therefore, it is necessary for you to know what a Generic PnP Monitor means and what you can do to fix this Monitor error on Windows 10.

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What is Generic PnP Monitor Windows 10

The PNP is short for Plug and Play. In computer, it is used to connect the external devices (Monitor, USB Devices) to Windows PC. So when you plug a monitor (Dell, ASUS, Other brands) or USB devices (keyboard, mouse) into a computer, the system will recognize the device automatically and install the right drivers for the device to make it run properly.

And the Generic PnP Monitor Driver for Windows 10 means Windows 10 has installed one of the basic monitor drivers and it can run smoothly, although it may function not as perfectly as the manufacturer’s monitor driver. For example, you may cannot and screen refresh rate with this kind of PnP monitor driver.

Usually, people would find out the monitor in display settings > Advanced settings > Monitor > Properties.

But unfortunately, when the monitor driver is missing or it is install failed on Windows 10, your monitor will shows as Generic PnP Monitor, and in device manager you will see the generic pnp/non-pnp monitor with a yellow exclamation.

If it occurs to you, maybe there is a Generic PnP Monitor driver issue, it is time for you to fix this device manager problem on Windows 10.

How Does the Generic PNP Monitor Appear

For laptop, when you open device manager, you will see a generic PNP monitor list, and there is no yellow exclamation. It is normal, because most of the laptop monitor are show as the Generic PNP monitor. All of the things such as your screen, monitor settings work properly.

But as a common problem, the generic PNP/Non-PnP monitor problem will emerge in the following situations:

1. After upgrading the System from Windows 7, 8 to Windows 10, the desktop monitor or All-in-one PC monitor replaced by the generic PNP monitor or the generic Non-PnP monitor, sometimes, with the yellow error.

2. When you are connecting monitor to pc via the HDIMI cable or VGA cable, it does not be recognized by PC, and the monitor is not showing up in device manger, too. After you uninstall the graphic card driver, the generic PnP monitor appears.

3. When add the second monitor to PC, you will one shows as the real monitor, but another one shows as Generic PnP monitor in device manager.

4. Someone reported that after added a new hardware such as a SSD and update the Windows 10 version, the monitor is unstable, the PC seems changes from the real monitor and generic PnP monitor.

If it occurs to you, maybe there is a Generic PnP Monitor driver issue, it is time for you to fix this device manager problem on Windows 10.