Driver Installing Automatically even after Uninstalling

Question

Previously I have installed driver for ASMedia USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller. But It making USB devices hotter while plugged in. That's why I taken decision to uninstall it. However it comes automatically whenever I click on button Scan for hardware changes in the Device Manager.

Answer 1

This is due to the driver file still exist in System folder. You can remove it manually by following steps.

1. Open Control Panel > Device Manager
2. Right click on suspected driver > Properties
3. Click on Driver Details button
4. Note down driver's path
5. Open that path in Windows Explorer. Seems to be c:\windows\system32
6. Now Go Device Manager > Right Click on Driver > Uninstall
7. Go to File Explorer and delete those files with path got in step 4 (be sure to take backup before deletion)
8. Done..

You can confirm driver uninstallation via clicking on Scan for Hardware Changes button from Device Manager. It might show yellow colour notification or Unknown device label on that driver.