Issue - Monitor picture turns black for a few seconds, intermittently

Posted by DumbNTough@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 2 comments

Issue: Monitor picture occasionally turns solid black during use for a duration of about 5 seconds. Then the picture comes back on screen, and the "HDR" flag appears in the upper-right corner. Other input, output, and processing seem unaffected. For example, if playing a game, the game is still running unaffected and I still get audio, can input commands, etc. I use Windows Auto HDR out of the box settings. This behavior occurs maybe once or twice a day, regardless of what applications I am using. Desktop, web browsing, games--doesn't seem to matter. Windows power settings at Ultimate Performance. This problem has persisted since I built my machine like 10 months ago. Not a showstopper but annoying and puzzling. Any help would be appreciated. System Specs: OS - Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22631 Monitor - LG Ultragear+ 27GP950-B, 27" 4K, 144 Hz, overclockable to 160 Hz GPU - Gigabyte RTX 4090 OC, no overclock CPU - i9-14900K, no overclock Nvidia Drivers - 32.0.15.6109 updated September 5, 2024. (Latest Game Ready drivers / express install) MOBO - MSI MAG Tomahawk MAX WIFI Z790 with latest BIOS updated September 6, 2024. PSU: SilverStone HELA 1200R Platinum 1200 Watt