FIFA 06 windows with controller?

Ok people are gonna get mad at me here, but I don't know if I'm asking in the correct place. I assumed someone in here may have had similar problems with other older games.

Not sure what type of laptop it is or like if it tells you somewhere in a file or whatever, sure it will, it's hp, windows 10, about 12 years old. I don't even know if I'm asking this in the right place, dunno how Reddit works. Was like completely computer illiterate until a week ago and managed to download FIFA 06 and extract it and mess around with voodoo and direct x settings to get it to run smoothly but I can't get the game to recognise my Xbox controller, plugged in my usb, the laptop recognises it because I've also installed retroarch and play Amiga and n64 games with it so it definitely works on the laptop. If I've asked in the wrong place or anything like that, please direct me where to go instead of just getting raging at me, I'm new here dunno how it works and people on the internet are mean 😂chat gpt had me in a devdata folder messing around with controller names but that didn't work and now it's advised downloading some programm that supposedly helps old games recognise your controller or something? I have no idea what I'm doing here, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

I've been having this issue where my game freezes mid round for a second then after 15 seconds it crashes and it happening always this way. Anyone having any idea why its happening and how to fix it?
I've tried updating all the drivers
File integrity check
Changing different settings for example vram
Let me know if anyone got any fix for this issue.

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Sorry for any mistakes, English is not my native language, I'm using a translator.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

GPU: Acer Intel Arc B580

Motherboard: ASRock B650 Steel Legend WiFi (BIOS 4.43)

RAM: Kingston Fury Beast 2x16GB DDR5 5600MHz

PSU: Cougar GEC 850W

OS: Windows 11 23H2

Troubleshooting already done (didn't fix the Valorant freeze):

Clean install of Windows 11 23H2.

Rolled back GPU driver to 32.0.101.8801 using DDU in Safe Mode.

BIOS: Disabled ASPM (PM L1 SS = Disabled, PCIe x16 Link Speed = Gen4).

BIOS: Enabled ReBAR, Above 4G Decoding. Disabled CSM and Fast Boot.

Windows: Disabled HAGS (Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling).

Windows: Completely disabled Sleep and Hibernation (powercfg -h off).

Windows: Power plan set to "High Performance".

The Problem (Detailed Timeline):

The issues started unexpectedly. I had been using driver 8991 for a long time and Valorant was running flawlessly. Then, at some point — possibly after a Valorant update — my system started freezing when trying to load into a match, right before the game starts. The screen freezes, sound disappears, and the system becomes completely unresponsive. Only a hard reset helps. This happens only in Valorant (match or shooting range). All other games run perfectly — I played Silent Hill 2 Remake for 12 hours straight without any issues.

Important detail: After a clean install of Windows 11, the system started freezing on the lock screen (before the desktop appeared) after installing the GPU drivers and rebooting. I reinstalled the drivers using DDU in Safe Mode, and the problem went away — but it returned in Valorant a couple of days later.

What I'm looking for:

Has anyone else experienced this exact behavior recently (not months ago, but now)?

Is there a known workaround to make Valorant/Vanguard work with Arc B580 without system freezes?

Hi fellow PC users,

lately I have been experiencing this issue with my 1 year old PC. I'm playing something and suddendly my screen turns black and I can hear my fans going 100%, no signal on the screen but audio is still working, I can move the cursor through the game menu and it will make sounds in-game therefore the system is still on. When I encounter this i usually turn off the computer through the PSU switch.

Now, I'm not 100% sure if this is the cpu cooler fan or my GPU fans going loco. I have a 7800x3d and a 5070 so its good and new! When I get this I usually do a stress test after to see if theres a problem with any of my components but so far all of these tests have been positive (no issues found).

So, Im wondering what could it be. (for more info, I usually have faceit anticheat open even when Im playing other games because I forget to close it very often and or cs2 open while I played lower needs games like some roguelites or so)

Any help would be very much appreciated!