PSA: Nvidia Widespread Black Screen or Hard OS Crash Issues on 4xxx (or older) Series Cards Need To Be Widely Known & Fixed.

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jaskier_margrace@reddit

i thought i had this fixed by rolling back to drivers from december, not black screens for a month. all of a sudden past few days its been happening again. i dont get it. i didnt update drivers or anything…. 4070super btw

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jaskier_margrace@reddit

funnily enough, this never happens when im actually doing something on my pc. mostly when waking up from sleep mode, or just being idle for a while. black screen, no input found, forced to restart

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Hrmerder@reddit

3080 12gb owner here. Mine started doing the random black screens that last around 3-4 seconds at a time (rest of machine works/responds like sound in a game, and actions that make sounds are working/I can see the result of my action after the screen comes back.). They are completely random. It doesn't matter if it's idle or under load. This started after the 57x driver update back in January but I have been living short term in an apartment and just now got my system really back together and using it in my new home, but even after uninstalling the current driver/removing nvidia app, rebooting to safe mode, running ddu, restarting, and installing 566.36 manually, the issue persists... I'm not sure where to go from here besides a complete wipe and load, and from what it sounds like, everybody else is having the same issues without any resolve..

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Eliothz@reddit

I have a 4080 gaming laptop with a 572.16 driver and i'm yet to find a BSOD or another issue, maybe I'm just lucky I guess.

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Singhson@reddit

I have RTX 4070 super and rolled back to 566.36 but various games make my pc crash and turn black.

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retro83@reddit

Does this affect 20 series cards? I've got a laptop with a 2060 that started getting the black screen crashes and I assumed it was the card failing.

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midsplit@reddit

Yes, my 2080 has this issue

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retro83@reddit

Nice one thanks

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occamsrazorwit@reddit

Recently, I keep getting black screen crashes on my 2080 without wild temperatures or anything else suspicious. Crash dumps just point at NVIDIA code.

So, very probable? Especially if the culprit is, as people are theorizing, 50XX features not adequately tested for pre-50XX cards.

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retro83@reddit

Much appreciated 👍🏻

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midsplit@reddit

2080, driver corrupted out of the blue, tried DDU, older driver, manually installing, nvidia app installation, etc, my computer only works in safe mode or without a driver, this is 2010 AMD level bad

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Syrupppppppppppp@reddit

Anyone found a stable and working drivers for 3070.

I tried 566.36 based on the threads does not work for me games still crash

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xXPerplextXx@reddit

I was stable on 572.83 until I enabled HDR, it lasted a few hours and the black screen/fan thing happened again. After days of being perfected y stable with hdr off. Disabled HDR but the black screen stop still happens now. This is getting annoying.

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kimmyreichandthen@reddit

I have an RTX 4060 in my laptop, and my OS crashed when exiting HL2 RTX. I didn't think much of it since HL2 RTX is still a tech demo.

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Natural_Status_1105@reddit

Try turn of gsync

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jerryfrz@reddit

Does this issue depend on your monitor? I have the same card as OP and haven't gotten the black screens.

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Natural_Status_1105@reddit

4K 240Hz Oled seems to be a theme…

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SourcerorSoupreme@reddit

I don't think so. I've tried this with a new samsung 57" and my decade old LG 1080p monitor, and it happens for both. Doesn't happen on a 2080ti.

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Yummier@reddit

I was having similar issues with the video input dropping out for a second or two while playing games (seemingly most games). In Doom Eternal it would happen every 5 seconds or so. Making it completely unplayable. Similar experiences with Final Fantasy Rebirth.

RTX 4080 Super. This is with HDR and fully updated Windows. But I updated to H24H2 in autumn, and this only started occurring with the latest drivers in 2025.

I roll back to a driver from December, and it's been rock solid since. Not one occurrence.

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PurposeKey1041@reddit

how did you roll back? DDU?

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Yummier@reddit

Nah, just downloaded and express-installed the older driver.

I noticed some weird hanging in Windows yesterday though, but no idea if it's related. So I may try a clean DDU install again just to be safe. Games seem to run just fine.

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PurposeKey1041@reddit

My personal solution has been to update my bios, cyberpunk would crash on my 4080 super expert, ryzen 9800x3D, 64 gb ram, after an hour or so or pressing windows key with no error code it would just go straight to desktop, after 5 hours straight of playing after updating my bios it doesn’t crash anymore and runs smooth as it did and I can even tell my internet browsing is quicker

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Yummier@reddit

Glad you've got it working too! I think my Windows issues were unrelated, maybe some app causing a hangup. It's been working perfectly the last couple days.

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PurposeKey1041@reddit

Nvm crashed again 😕

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Outrageous_Lab_8431@reddit

I'm also using an RTX 4090 with the latest driver. I just switched from Intel to the 9950X3D, and I keep experiencing Windows freezes—everything freezes except the mouse, which can move normally. The graphics card reset shortcut doesn’t work either. I’m not sure if this is caused by the NVIDIA driver or something else.

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Crafty-Classroom-277@reddit

This is how the crashes go for me sometimes. The monitor with my game freezes, but I can still move my mouse and use windows on the other monitors. Then about 5 seconds later, everything freezes and the system will sometimes restart. Other times I have to press the reset button.

Half the time there isn't a new dump created, but when there is its always irql not less or equal, attempted execute of nonexecute memory, or system thread exception. Always pointing to the nvidia driver.

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Outrageous_Lab_8431@reddit

I had to roll back to version 566, and now the problem is gone. I spent the whole week trying to fix this issue. If it was really caused by the NVIDIA driver, I feel like throwing my NVIDIA GPU away. 🫠

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Crafty-Classroom-277@reddit

I wish I could go back to 566...but there's no 50 series support on those drivers.

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Outrageous_Lab_8431@reddit

At 6 AM, I was AFK in the game, and it still froze. Did you use AMD?

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Crafty-Classroom-277@reddit

No, I have a 12700k. I'm less worried now though, because NVIDIA just added this problem to their open issues here NVIDIA GeForce Forums so at the very least, they know it's a problem. Hopefully they fix it soon.

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Outrageous_Lab_8431@reddit

For me, the problem is back. I don’t know what happened to my new PC. I just changed the motherboard and CPU, then did a clean install of Windows. Maybe it's caused by Windows or my ASUS motherboard because I’ve seen many other people having issues with ASUS motherboards. 🥲

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Crafty-Classroom-277@reddit

If you are crashing on a 566 driver without gsync and frame gen on, you might have a different issue.

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The_Pandalorian@reddit

I also rolled back to 566 and am having the problem without gsync and frame gen.

My specs:

Windows 11 24H2
Motherboard: B450 Tomahawk MAX
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3d
RAM: 4 x G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800)
PSU: EVGA Supernova 1000 G6, 80 Plus Gold 1000W
GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB GDDR6X OC Edition
Monitor: Dell S2721DGF

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Outrageous_Lab_8431@reddit

At first, I thought it was caused by the RAM, but I’ve tried every setting, and it didn’t resolve my issue. I also disabled C-States, turned off PCI power saving, and set Samsung Magician to maximum performance. I have no idea what the problem is now because I’ve tried everything I could find on the internet.

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Crafty-Classroom-277@reddit

Are there any bios updates available for your motherboard? I would also check the ASUS site for any new drivers. Or better yet, get the absolutely latest drivers from here: [INDEX] All My Drivers/Firmware/Software Threads - Republic of Gamers Forum - 827232

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Outrageous_Lab_8431@reddit

Yes, I updated to the latest version. This is the first version of the 9950X3D, so maybe it's just too new. 😂

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The_Pandalorian@reddit

Been having this issue and rolling back to 566 and disabling Gsync has not addressed the problem. Even bought a new DisplayPort cable.

Still BSODs randomly. Sometimes while gaming, sometimes just randomly on the desktop/browsing.

Ordering an HDMI 2.1 cable to be done with this shit and will be looking at buying an AMD GPU next go-round.

My specs:

Windows 11 24H2
Motherboard: B450 Tomahawk MAX
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3d
RAM: 4 x G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800)
PSU: EVGA Supernova 1000 G6, 80 Plus Gold 1000W
GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB GDDR6X OC Edition
Monitor: Dell S2721DGF

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eRaZze_W@reddit

This isn't locked to 40 series cards only... 9800x3D and 5070 ti here and since today I can't play Cyberpunk without either: crash to desktop, hard system crash, whole screen getting corrupted as if gpu is dying (it will probably die if this continues...)

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iamabadliar_@reddit

3070 here. Had to rollback to 566 because of crashes

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AdLost5149@reddit

Same gpu, Nvidia drivers are crap so is the nvidia app

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Demongriffon@reddit

I still black screen on newer games, like Monster Hunter Wilds on my 3070 after rolling back to 566.36. My 4070 Super was doing the same (crashing on everything even benchmarks) and is now in the hands of the Gigabyte support people who say they ran it for 17 hours on 2 different benchmarks and it never crashed. 0 issues until the new drivers

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Scottybadotty@reddit

Also 3070 here. Just had a weird screen freeze and had to restart my PC...

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akuto@reddit

I've got a 2060 and the last relatively stable driver I can use is 555.99.

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SilasDG@reddit

It's not just the 40 series. Happens on my 50 series (5080) as well. I have two monitors and anytime the system goes idle I have to either reboot the system or unplug and replug in the video cable to the monitor. Seen tons of people talk about the same

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AdLost5149@reddit

It’s happening on my 3070 for some reason on the newest drivers

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Stiryx@reddit

Hey I just installed a 5070 to yesterday and I’m getting this issue. Is there any other fix? Unplugging the cable doesn’t really seem to fix it for me.

I have an OLED monitor so my screens turn off after 3 mins of idle time to save burn in, this is getting infuriating after only 1 day…

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Randyd718@reddit

Did you find a fix for this? No combination of unplugging monitors is getting me past the black screen on boot...

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Stiryx@reddit

Hey mate, using HDMI solves the issue completely. The problem is only on Displayport.

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Randyd718@reddit

Thanks buddy. I got it to boot using onboard via HDMI and then i swapped it over to my gpu. Plugging in dp on a second monitor from that point gives me a black/brown screen. I'm trying to update vbios based on another post here

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Stiryx@reddit

Good luck mate, it was making me pull my hair out until I found the HDMI fix.

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Randyd718@reddit

No dice on the vbios for me. Guess we're all stuck waiting for a new driver

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wilkonk@reddit

in case it helps, /u/regoapps in this thread suggested changing to GPU scaling instead of display scaling in nvidia control panel.

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clumsyfork@reddit

Happens on my 3080 recently as well. No issues like this in the 3 years before.

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Naskeli@reddit

Zero issues on my 3080 after rollback. Very frequent black screens on any driver released this year.

If nvidia keeps ignoring this then their driver reputation should take a hit. And AMD is supposed to be the one with inferior drivers...

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Jaybonaut@reddit

3080 here, never seen what you guys are seeing. Currently on 572.83. Displayport not HDMI. EVGA FTW3 Ultra.

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Naskeli@reddit

I assume it is related to havimg two monitors with different refresh rates as that is what I have. Both on displayport. Sleep/hibernate seems to increase the chance of it happening.

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nyckrash@reddit

I have the same issues. I was getting random black screen flashes. Never stayed black but would flash from time to time. Went back to 566.xx without any issue.

Hopefully this will get fixed soon.

Will attempt the adjust destop size and position next.

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NegZer0@reddit

Are both your monitors G-sync displays (proper G-sync not the stuff that sits on top of Freesync)? I was getting this issue and both mine are, and they are mismatched in refresh rates.

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reignfyre@reddit

You might be on to something. I have had my PC plugged into the LG TV for a few weeks, no issues. Plugging it in to my dual monitor setup causes black screen "no signal" error from the monitor. Sometimes I see the GPU fire up (via RGB's that only turn on when the fan is running) and then the monitor gets the signal back. Sometimes I have to reset the pc. Signal gets lost to both the DVI and the HDMI ports.

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Slow-Pumpkin-3198@reddit

I have the identical configuration with a 4080 and have the same behavior. Any kind of monitor reconfiguration while the computer is sleeping leads to a BSOD 99% of the time on wake up.

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Jaybonaut@reddit

I also never put my PC to sleep/hibernate. It's nearly always on but when I leave for a couple days I turn it completely off.

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Belydrith@reddit

If that were just it I'd be affected as well, which isn't the case.

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SkyWalker1726@reddit

3080 here too , 572.83 solved it for me . no more black screen and black flickering

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NegZer0@reddit

572.83 seems to be working properly for me as well.

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NegZer0@reddit

My 3080 as well (12gb model). It had been relatively fine on the driver from ~late november 2024, updated in January and it would black screen immediately after logging into Windows.

Swapped it out for a backup card assuming that the 3080 itself was buggered as I had had a few random black screen errors here and there over the years that I could never track down and was feeling ready to upgrade anyway, but didn't anticipate the 50-series supply shitshow.

Then recently heard there was possibility this was a driver issue not a hardware one, put the card back in, booted into safe mode and used DDU to wipe out everything and then installed the current drivers completely fresh and it has been completely back to normal. If you haven't done that it might be worth giving it a try in case the issue is some old driver or dependency cruft that nvidia didn't clean up properly during an update along the way.

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Spooky_Ghost@reddit

rollback to which version? latest of 2024?

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LiquidJaedong@reddit

Any of the 566 drivers

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Spooky_Ghost@reddit

interesting, marvel rivals players have been crashing (myself included) on recent drivers as well with people reporting the same with 56x.xx drivers being stable

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sharkboi417YT@reddit

I believe it's is caused by having g sync on. When you enter a game with frame gen enabled as well as good sync, system resets. Don't know why it wasn't happening to me on 572.60 but I updated to the newest one, and it crashes. Rolled it back and it still crashes. I'm back on the newest drivers and I guess no fg for me for a while

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COMPUTER1313@reddit

And AMD is supposed to be the one with inferior drivers...

And Intel is also there (other than the high CPU overhead).

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welshkiwi95@reddit

3090 Gigabyte Aorus Extreme on 572.16. Don't see any issues.

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raptorbuddy@reddit

Happened a lot lately for me as well, RTX 3080. I have to reboot to get the screen to work again after pc went to sleep.

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imtheproof@reddit

I had it on some specific driver version 2-3 versions ago. I rolled back and it went away, then they released a hotfix version of the problematic driver and it fixed it. The couple updates since then have been fine for me. On a 3080.

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regoapps@reddit

Not sure if this will fix it for you, but it worked for me. I found out that the reason why my TV stays black is because sometimes my computer will come out of sleep thinking that the resolution should be really low like 480p. My TV can't output 480p, so it doesn't display anything at all.

In the NVIDIA Control Panel, I change "Perform scaling on:" from "Display" to "GPU". This allows the GPU to output the signals always at the same resolution. This also helps prevent the flicker when changing resolutions in game.

If the above doesn't fix it, then to avoid having to un-plug/re-plug your monitor:

Sometimes my TV thinks there's no signal at all after I wake it up from sleep. This issue seems to affect my Samsung TV and not my Sony TV. So I added a keyboard shortcut to sign off windows. This is like a soft-restart of Windows as it'll close all programs and relaunch them after you sign back in. Usually this works to get my display back.

If you want to avoid having to sign off Windows, there's another method. I put a smart plug on my TV's power cable. Then I set a command to power off and on the smart plug. This power restarts the TV and almost always will get the signal back without having to physically get up and unplug the video cable.

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FeroxyLouis@reddit

Giving this a shot, hopefully it works 🫡

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haloimplant@reddit

cycling the power button on my monitor works but maybe doesn't for everyone

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capybooya@reddit

There must be some common denominator because some people don't have the issues.

I just changed from a 40 to a 50 series card like two weeks ago, and I always update (even the hotfix drivers) usually the same day the driver is released. I have never seen this bug. I use W10 and two monitors on DP, FWIW.

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GOMADGains@reddit

Are you using DisplayPort or HDMI? I was getting this on my 3080. I ended up switching back to DP from HDMI and it's stopped for the last 2 weeks.

Fingers crossed.

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Devatator_@reddit

I've had that for ages but I thought it was due to the combo of my old ass monitor and the HDMI -> DVI adapter? (Tho RTX 3050)

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haloimplant@reddit

oh is this why I have to turn my monitor off and on to wake it up sometimes? you guys out there rebooting or unplugging cables can try that maybe

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LilQueazy@reddit

This was happening to me it’s a windows issue. Turn off fast boot. So the computer actually fully shuts down. And avoid putting it to sleep. I mean with SSDs it don’t really matter. Was happening to me on a 4080 laptop and also on my desktop with a 7800xt. I now have a 5070ti but I have fast boot turned off in windows settings and it never happens anymore even if it PC goes to sleep. Idk.

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willashman@reddit

I was locked in a black screen yesterday. NVIDIA support had me delete the latest driver and reboot. I got to the login screen after the reboot and watched my pc fail into black screen again. After another reboot I had a Windows error that required a fresh install. So, at least for me, it’s an NVIDIA driver problem that also caused errors within Windows.

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SJGucky@reddit

I haven't had any issues with my 5080 or any of the new RTX5000 drivers.
I also didn't have any such issues with my previous RTX4000 or 3000 cards...

I currently use a 5080 with a LG 42" C2 TV and a HDMI 2.1 cable that is certified for the PS5. :D
There is also a second monitor with a 1080p 144hz TN from Asus connected via DP1.4.

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water_frozen@reddit

yeah same, the hotfix that came out a few weeks ago helped my 4090

but for the past week i've had this 5090 fe for, i've had this same issue again and none of the new drivers as of 3/22/2025 are working

getting this upon fresh boot & login screen from time to time:

Bugcheck 0x117 – VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTED.

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SourcerorSoupreme@reddit

yeah same, the hotfix that came out a few weeks ago helped my 4090

What hotfix, do you have a link?

I've been desperate for a year to get this fixed I've even been thinking of changing the rest of my PSU, MOBO, CPU, RAM, SSDs in hopes it will resplve the issue, but I fear I'd be spending money for nothing.

Thank god someone made this post.

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water_frozen@reddit

it was this one, GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 572.65

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Beige_@reddit

Which got its own hotfix 272.75. For my 3080 it fixed the black screen on idle.

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fart-to-me-in-french@reddit

Oooh good. I thought my monitor or cable was dying. It started happening to me too on 4090 this month

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got_mule@reddit

Huh. I actually got a new monitor very recently and I figured this was something it caused, but I guess the issue must have started in the same day I got my new monitor, because I have the frozen system/black screen if I allow the system to go to sleep by idling.

Very weird.

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vandreulv@reddit

It's not just the 40 series. Happens on my 50 series (5080) as well. I have two monitors and anytime the system goes idle I have to either reboot the system or unplug and replug in the video cable to the monitor. Seen tons of people talk about the same

Had the same problem for a long time on a 1070 and 1080Ti.

It was why I went AMD. Constant black screens on wake from suspend that required a hard reboot.

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Spooky_Ghost@reddit

thank god it's not just me, thought i was going crazy. It seems to happen when idle (like you said) and also sometimes on bootup

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HerpankerTheHardman@reddit

It happens on my 3060. Stupid-ass drivers.

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Pawl_The_Cone@reddit

Hmm I have something similar on a 1660 Ti which is interesting. Also two monitors, sometimes doesn't seem to wake from idle properly. Sometimes it comes back if I wait a few minutes.

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jafin@reddit

Wow 572 BSOD twice in two hours, (no gaming). Can't even run windows terminal on 572 drivers (yes windows terminal!!!), blocked from accessing GPU. WTF.. Reverted to 566.xx stability returned... Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Ryzen 5950x

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Studentdoctor29@reddit

HOW CAN I ROLL BACK MY DRIVERS IF MY FUCKING SCREEN IS BLACK? I don’t get how you guys are doing this..

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RJASSI98@reddit

Thanks Nvidia. Thanks.

System specs:

CPU: 12900KS GPU: AORUS MASTER RTX 3080 (Rev 1.0) RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6600MHz CL32 (X.M.P off for troubleshooting and because the 12900ks can't run 6600MHz stable without some underclocking) Motherboard: Aorus Master X Z790 (Rev 1.1) PSU: HX1200I (2022)

I've been having issues with my pc ever since I mistakenly installed this driver. I was getting DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE most commonly followed by DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.

At the time this occurred I had just changed my PSU so I blamed that not realising I updated my driver since it's just a quick thing I did, so I changed the PSU again but guess what? I still had the issue.

I then blamed the motherboard because I changed that prior to the PSU around the same time. I had no way of confirming that it was the motherboard so I was in the process of beginning to get it replaced to confirm it.

My crashes were bad and my pc would hang on restart and shut down sometimes. The OS would be sluggish and apps would refuse to open or would sometimes crash. I remember running Phillips hue app at one point and when I'd press start sync with a game in the background it would blue screen. This stopped happening after some time though.

I did a memory test with memtest86 and all was fine. Ran furmark for 3 hours and that was also fine. I most commonly got the issue when switching from my monitors to my lg c2.

I noticed in the latest driver apparently the DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL issue has been fixed so I tried to install the driver and well... My pc black screened and never recovered and this was consistent so I had to use the restart button on the case. Tried DDU and it black screened again on driver installation then after reboot it was telling me the drivers were installed on the Nvidia app (they weren't, I was still on an older driver).

I then decided I would run windows on an external SSD as I already wiped my NVME clean with fresh windows. Ever since I tried that everything has been fine the last couple days now. Drivers installed just fine on that copy of windows, so I switched my NVME into another slot in case of a faulty slot on the board and everything is fine now with the new driver.

I am still testing this as it has only been a couple days but in between having the crashes I was able to play some games fine for a few hours. When I switched game it would crash and blue screen and so I thought my setup was to blame not realising I installed a bad driver.

Worst part about this for me is that I am in a preorder queue for a 5090 since launch but hopefully I have that soon.

Honestly the launch of the 50 series has been nothing but a headache. If a used 4090 wasn't the price of a 5090 I would have much considered purchasing one of those instead.

Knowing my luck everything will probably melt when I get my 5090 anyway but this has been my experience with my 3080 and it just so happened to line up with me changing parts so that's just great. Spent a whole month trying to troubleshoot it because Nvidia released a bad driver. They probably did it on purpose to make people think their card is faulty and force them to purchase a 50 series card which I already did!

Hopefully the issues stop occurring now though. I'm planning to change the motherboard and CPU anyway because I've had enough of intel also even though the 12900ks is a decent CPU I can't run my ram with XMP and my motherboard is used so I'd rather rule everything out with new parts.

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zzcool@reddit

i fought the store i bought all components from i did tests i did stresstests i've been crashing for months and it turns out it was just a driver? it had to go back all the way to febuary? i am on a rtx 3080, i thought my graphics card or motherboard was dying

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RJASSI98@reddit

See, I literally thought the same thing. I've installed the newest driver though and I'm still having issues so I don't know what to expect now. I feel like Nvidia have done this on purpose to make us think our GPUs are faulty and to force people into buying a new one. Yet I've already ordered a 5090 which is estimated to be with me mid April if I'm lucky.

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zzcool@reddit

well my rtx 3080 pc has been crashing since febuary started with video tdr blue screens in the great circle and continued with black screen and fans on max

i reverted to december 10 driver because of this thread and my game no longer crashes i thought my entire pc was dying i did everything and it was just a driver?

this is insane and nvidia should be ashamed for keeping this from us

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IIZANAGII@reddit

Wow I almost bought a new gpu thinking it was hardware failure

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kristijan1001@reddit

Still have the issue with 5080 latest driver. Imma just copy my nvidia forums post since i don't wanna write it again.

GForce RTX™ 5080 AERO OC SFF 16G Black Screen into Reboot. I have an issue where I get black screen I lose input to all my monitors then after few minutes of black screen PC gets restarted and a dump file gets created. I can constantly trigger the black screen and I know what fixes it kinda. The black screen happened once in Icarus during initial big VRAM and GPU load. The other I can replicate every time is when generating an image using ComfyUIequal to 1024x768. The screen instantly goes black and the pc is unresponsive. So far the only way to fix this is unplugging my TV HDMI 2.1. for some reason the GPU doesn't like 4k120hz 12bit and crashes every time. When using only my monitor 1440p165hz I don't experience crashes. Is this driver related or GPU anyone have any idea, is this connected to all the other GPUs having black screen? I have tested the latest drivers and reinstalled windows multiple times issue is still there.

GForce RTX™ 5080 AERO OC SFF 16G Bla | NVIDIA GeForce Forums

More people reporting on the issue:

RTX 5080 Aero OC Black Screen Issue : r/gigabyte

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FaultyToilet@reddit

I'm also on a 12 bit display and having similar problems with my 4090. Interesting. My Dumpfiles are constantly corrupted though

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WillusMollusc@reddit

Hey brother, 5080 user here also. Can you advise what's in your dump file, or even better share it?

I'm having a similar issue with my 5080 FE and I do feel like it's not hardware related at this point but trying to cross reference some data.

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kristijan1001@reddit

BugCheckCode 0x119 is one of them. Currently have the gpu in other pc so cant check because still waiting for ram to arrive.

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Lutzelodeon@reddit

I have returned my 5090 due to several problems like increased DPC latency, freezes, hard crashes, stuck boost clock, flickering, video corruption. The whole 572 driver branch is problematic, but there isn't an older driver available for the 50 series and I'm not going to wait until NVIDIA has fixed this horrible mess.

Put my AMD card back in and everything works like a a charm again (although I miss DLSS4 and Ray Reconstruction/NVIDIAs Denoiser to be honest).

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Soulless_Ginger123@reddit

572.83 broke my whole computer. Rolled back to 572.66 and I'm back to normal.

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Life_Menu_4094@reddit

Windows Version: Windows 11 Pro 24H2

Wonder if this is a factor. I've never had window resizing issues on waking from sleep before, but on a fresh install with 24H2, I experienced it for the first time. I was also replacing my graphics card (to rdna2), so I couldn't isolate the variables.

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Elketh@reddit

I'm still on 23H2 (since I still haven't been offered 24H2) and have been having crashes with my 4070 Ti Super on newer drivers. I initially thought that my undervolt was to blame, despite having been stable for months previously, but even at stock settings it happens. I also dual-boot Windows and Arch Linux on this machine and haven't had any crashes when using the latter. Whether that's just random chance or it's a Windows-specific issue I don't know.

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Sgt_Gnome@reddit

I'm running Mint 22 and I'm having an issue where 1 of my monitors isn't turn on after sleep.

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mb9023@reddit

24H2 has been an issue since around the time POE2 came out. I rolled back to 23H2 and have had no graphics issues since on my 3080ti

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SourcerorSoupreme@reddit

I'm on Windows 10 and I get this issue

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NinjaGamer22YT@reddit

Strangely, upgrading to 24h2 fixed some of the remaining issues with waking from sleep that I had been having.

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DraftIndividual778@reddit

Exactly, maybe it's connected to 24H2.

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sk3tchcom@reddit

I'm seeing this on both the AMD and NVIDIA side. I use a Dell / Alienware AW3423DW (3440x1440, 175 Hz) connected via DisplayPort and a cheapo LG UW (2560x1080, 60 Hz) connected via HDMI. I am currently using a PowerColor Red Devil LE 9070 XT and previously had an MSI Gaming Trio RTX 5090, ASUS TUF OC RTX 5090, MSI Gaming Trio RTX 5080, and finally a PowerColor Hellhound 7900 XT - all gave me black screens or monitor won't wake up (the Dell / Alienware) - to where I need to power off the monitor via unplugging for a few seconds and then powring it back on.

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Jonny_H@reddit

I had similar issues that I "solved" by replacing the cable - I was using a pretty cheap DP cable going past power etc. which is probably worst case.

Might not be the problem, but if it's common over multiple monitors and GPUs might be worth a try?

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sk3tchcom@reddit

That’s a good call. Any brand that you like?

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Jonny_H@reddit

Good luck, hope that sorts it - I didn't really know enough international "brands" to recommend one myself :P

And even if it didn't help - hopefully we'll still be using DP in a decade, so hopefully not a complete waste...

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sk3tchcom@reddit

OK! I think it actually has helped. Since I powercycled it the last time it has gone to sleep / powered off and it comes back flawlessly! THANK YOU!

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sk3tchcom@reddit

No dice! Must be my monitor. No other explanation. What fixes it is to power cycle it. It is a nice cable, though. :)

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sk3tchcom@reddit

Either way it’s a good exercise - after all that info I feel stupid for not trying a diff cable lol

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Raiden85OCUK@reddit

Guess I've been lucky here then. No issues whatsoever with the latest drivers on my 4090 in Windows 11 with HDR and the nvidia overlay enabled. Everything is running perfectly, I’ve had no crashes, no black screens or anything else that I’ve noticed so far.

No issues with the last few drivers either and my pc runs 24/7. I’ve put 117hrs into GTA 5 Enhanced since that came out just over two weeks ago with RTX HDR on and it’s been perfect, even with videos running at the same time on a second 4K monitor with lots of alt tabbing back and forth.

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FearlessSummer549@reddit

I have a 4090 and so far the only game that freezes my PC is HL2 RTX. GTA V Enhanced works perfectly also for me. On my other PC I have a 4070 and there I have zero problems, the system is 100% stable with any game.

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Legitimate_Music_831@reddit

I have a 3060 and as of yesterday my monitor wont connect to it and it will turn of after \~1 minute.

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bobalazs69@reddit

Its kinda ridiculous but nvidia stereo mode takes about a minute to turn on all screens. ALl black in the meantime.

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IronLordSamus@reddit

Nvidia has become the new AMD.

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Bavario1337@reddit

My 2080 Super also had black screen just now. Rolling back to 566 driver now from december and hope it gets fixed

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stobe187@reddit

I've started to have hard crashes during Cyberpunk's intro screens, I wonder if this is the culprit.

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DoriDruz@reddit

I observe black screen and Win11 unresponsiveness with RTX 4090 when monitor goes sleep and Im trying to wake it up so then PC needs a hard restart. But as long as I remember it starts happening after I swap one of my monitors to new oled with FreeSync which happend in october 2024 and sometimes PC wakes up fine but I almost always just put twitch stream on full screen (just to save oled from burning out) so OS never goes to sleep until I shut it down.

RTX 4090 with no undervolt or other manual settings, just casual using. And drivers almost always up-to-date through Nvidia App.

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Any-Nefariousness450@reddit

Same thing has started to happen to me as well. Had no issues before on my RTX 4090. Random black screens, could be while browsing or gaming. However it always occurs while multiple tcs/monitors are connected.

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BuckieJr@reddit

I’m on 572.83 and have only had the black screen when installing the drivers. The fix for that was to just use the website instead of the app and I no longer black screen.

Been playing monster hunter wilds and assassins creed shadows both and have had no crashes. I use a Samsung oled g8 at 180hz with gsync turn on and in Wilds I’ve been playing with dlss4 (modded it in) and frame gen on and in Shadows I’ve kept everything set at ultra with framegen on.

I’m using a suprim liquid 4090 and a 7800x3d. Only issue was the black screen a few drivers ago when updating. It’s been fine since for me.

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EinaiHD@reddit

Mine is only when installing as well I rolled back to the last update so if I go to the website to download the latest I won’t get the black screen when updating?

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BuckieJr@reddit

I’ve only gotten the black screens when installing using the Nvidia app. Someone on another post told me they’re the same but when I go through the website to download and install, forgoing the app, I don’t get the black screens.

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mtslittow@reddit

Lucky I'm still in 566. I won't feel safe updating my Nvidia drivers for the rest of the year.

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THU31@reddit

My undervolted 4070 is unstable with all 572.xx drivers (stock settings or underclocked is fine). No issues for almost two years before that. Rolled back to 566.45 and it's fine again.

Also, my undervolt curve is flat, but with recent drivers the voltage doesn't stay constant, it randomly spikes to higher values.

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Hrafhildr@reddit

4060 here, Windows 11 24H2 and this has happened every time with the 570 drivers. I get a black screen during installation when your display is only meant to flicker and come back except it never does.

I have to hard reboot my PC and everything seems fine and installed but in Device Manger there's a warning about the installation so it's not fine.

566.33 feels like my eternal prison at the moment, the only most recent stable drivers I can use. This is actually ridiculous. I have never been afraid to keep up to date on my drivers until this fiasco.

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dmsayer@reddit

Yep, 4070 here and I get black screen on install whenever display is supposed to restart. Have to hard restart PC, but upon reboot the install seems fine, but it does weird black screen display spurts whenever certain windows are full screened or changed focus.

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vladtdr@reddit

I'm having problems with every driver sincer 5000 series came out. Every time I see a driver update i know I'm gonna either gain 20 fps or lose them 🤡

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Leo1_ac@reddit

NVIDIA 572.16 drivers specifically caused my Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock to display glitches on screen, something like minor artifacting.

I didn't test 572.16 drivers in games at all, I just updated to version 572.70 which solved the issue.

No issues in games with 572.70 for me.

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ModsRInsecreManBabys@reddit

I have a similar issue with a Palit 3080, minor artifacting, but it doesn't issues cause any crash. Ran hours of tests, occt, furmark, benches, stress tests, used matts mods (or whatever it's called) to check the vram, passed every test I've thrown at it but having the odd mvidia driver error in event viewer, bodh screens and artifacts. Only in modern ganes that have ray tracing and DLSS.

Getting a good HDMI 2 1 cable has improved things, as did installing a new copy of windows on another SSD, but still getting what looks like flickering related to HDR and VRR on my LG C2 OLED.

Going to try rolling back drivers soon, ask she'd to start after around the driver update people are suggesting we rollback to, which has been a long time not being able to enjoy my £700 purchase... Palit support blanked me too despite having warranty, will be my last Palit card, possibly my last NVIDIA card.

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Leo1_ac@reddit

Sry to hear that, man. I have been gaming on this Game Rock 1080 card for almost 10 years with no issues. Is your card a Game Rock or some other sub-brand down their line up?

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LeonidasTankian@reddit

The new drivers are causing both my RTX 3060 and RTX 4080 to have visual artifacting. There's no way two GPUs are failing at once. Rolled back to 566.16 and it's been stable on both rigs for me. NVIDIA should get served a class action lawsuit for this BS. I've been having issues with their 572.XX drivers since they were introduced. The latest version fixed nothing.

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ResponsibilityOk480@reddit

Mine does not switch on at all ie got black screen at boot and loud fan noise now not sure how to get back into my pc

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LeonidasTankian@reddit

You may have to boot into safe mode to have access to your PC again. I'm not sure what brand motherboard you use but some let you boot into safe mode by pressing a key when posting like you would to get into the bios.

Alternatively, if your CPU has an iGPU, you can boot into that, uninstall the NVIDIA Display Drivers with DDU, then manually install display driver version 566.16 and you should have a working system that isn't black screening.

I hope this helps.

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ResponsibilityOk480@reddit

It's a asus motherboard but not sure how to get into safe mode as keyboard don't work

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ModsRInsecreManBabys@reddit

I want compensating for the hours I lost trying to diagnose my 3080 artifacting... only to find it passed every test. Working a bit better now with a good hdmi 2.1 cable and a windows reinstall. But still getting black screens and terrible flickering a fair bit. I'll try the driver rollback.

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HankeyWankey@reddit

4070ti super user here too. Not having any problems here and always on the latest driver version. Just posting for feedback because it clearly doesn't seem to happen to everyone, question is .. why?

Like some people say, windows version perhaps? Or kind of monitor?

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Brilliant-Depth6010@reddit

It's an issue that only affects certain hardware/software combinations. For example, my 4090 has had zero issues with the games I play on any of the 572.xx drivers, whereas my 3090 FE always black screens on driver installation (it is connected to an older DVI dual link monitor through an active adapter, though).

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leppie@reddit

Which DVI adapter you using? And how well does it work?

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Brilliant-Depth6010@reddit

It's no longer available, but it was the Dell Displayport to DVI Adapter, Model DANASBC084. I bought it on Amazon (ASIN B01BQ8S14G).

It works well except for the black screen after driver installation, and rarely on boot. Rebooting would generally resolve the issue.

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leppie@reddit

Thanks, I got the Dell one. Mine desyncs a lot and sometimes it just goes ape, needing a power cycle to fix.

Tried the Club3D one with USB-C/DPAlt but not working on the screen. DELL U2713M.

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SightlessKombat@reddit

Having issues launching games with these new drivers, which is frustrating as I can't find a fix to resolve that side of things.

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Dazelya@reddit

Same issue here... The problem is the use of G-Sync and Frame Gen. together. Since these updates, my computer resets whenever I use Frame Gen. in any game.

This is a disgrace and despite complaints for months Nvidia has not fixed this issue. This is on top of the disgraceful launch of the 50 series... We can't even use the 40 series cards we have. Good job Nvidia!

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BPlayinMan@reddit

For the people getting BSODs, which error codes have you been getting? I had similar issues, with SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION and PFN_LIST_CORRUPT on games such as Horizon Forbidden West, and I really want to know if it's just a coincidence and I have faulty hardware of it is due to drivers (I'm running on a 4070 laptop and i9 14900HX)

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ArKiTroN@reddit

My system reboots/crashes when launching any game that uses DLSS4 + Framegen + GSync. while on driver version 572.XX with 4070Ti on Win 11 24H2.

Only solution I found without using an older gpu driver is to use DLSS Swapper and downgrade the DLSS framegen version used in games to version 3.8.1 or older.

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ArKiTroN@reddit

Nvidia has now sort of added the issue to the list of open issues both only for 2 games.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-penad-drivers/13/560098/geforce-grd-57283-feedback-thread-released-31825/

"Cyberpunk 2077/Half-Life 2 RTX] PC may bugcheck with error 0xd1 when playing game while using DLSS Frame Gen + G-SYNC [5144337]"

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zzcool@reddit

this is happening on my rtx 3080 i thought it was dying

i start a game i play for 2 seconds screen goes black and all fans go on max untill i force reboot

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x7007@reddit

Nvidia app doesn't work anymore with ver 566 so we must upgrade because rtx hdr can't be changed from on to off so it messes up everything. what I mean is you can't never disable it not even with the Nvidia inspector . you need to delete some folder in Drs folder but then old Nvidia control panel doesn't work at all

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kirbyofdeath_r@reddit

hell, i got this shit happening to me on my 1070 on windows 10

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allicanseenow@reddit

4080 Laptop here. Caused BDOS and almost caused me to format my entire drive if it had not been for the re-installation of windows on my laptop to fail. Complained on the nvidia forum but no response.

Nvidia doesn't care about their customers

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viperabyss@reddit

572.83 and 4090 here, absolutely rock solid. Just spent an hour in HL2RTX with no issue.

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Mental-Debate-289@reddit

24H2? What CPU and Mobo?

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viperabyss@reddit

13700k + ASUS Z790i.

And yes, 24H2.

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DimensionalDrifter42@reddit

So, for some reason, I've only seen these issues popping up on systems with 40 or 50 series, but using AMD cpus. Over the past month or so, out of 30 different setups, I only had issues with the ones running AMD cpus (22 of them), not intel. It could totally be a fluke, but I'd be curious to see what others are running alongside their gpus to see if this is unique

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GoLLuM13@reddit

I was going nuts, and thought my GPU (RTX 3090) had something, kinda happy to see it's not necessay the case. Thank you for letting us know.

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pryvisee@reddit

Yup! I have a RTX 5090 and 9800x3d build and there is micro stutter on all directly connected headsets. Vive/Index/PSRV2. All of which are pretty unplayable due to this frame dip every 3-5 seconds. We think it's a VSYNC issue but nothing fixes it on affected systems.

So I can't even play VR on my 5090..

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North-Asparagus7334@reddit

2 monitors same problem. after sleep mode 1st monitor glitching. i push windows button - open display settings - change 60hz - apply - change on my native hz - everything OK.

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H2CAT@reddit

Any driver crash, then a hard reset (not in the game) here?

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ResponsibilityOk480@reddit

I got the the black screen issue with 4070 ti super 16gb. However I cannot get back into pc. Black screen on boot during both connecting to gpu and motherboard hdmi output

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Alarming-Shift-6162@reddit

There was plenty of black screen, bsod ... with my new rtx 5070. i just reset the bios settings just put the standard frequency for my ddr5 and no more issue.

i dont use gsync compatible, i let this setting disabled and use the standard adaptative sync for my screens.

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C4Cole@reddit

Huh, I guess this is why Marvel Rivals locks up my system every so often. Damned Nvidia borking my 1080!

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occamsrazorwit@reddit

The funny thing is that I didn't have any crashes until I started playing Marvel Rivals and updated my drivers to solve those crashes. Given how poorly that game is coded, I wonder if Marvel Rivals is incompatible with old drivers, and these new series of crashes are from newer drivers.

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Leading-Ad-1486@reddit

My system is Constantly crashing to OS/bios screen too since mid January, running 4090 & 7800x3d- has more crashes in 3 months than I've had in the past 6 years

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Crafty-Classroom-277@reddit

Literally said the same thing a few days ago. Like 16 bsods this month and each one is blaming the nvidia driver. In my case if I have gsync on in a game with dlss 4 and frame gen and the monitor is using DSC, I pretty much bsod instantly. Was not happening AFAIK on my 4090, but it is on the 5090 fe I got.

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Outrageous_Gur_1143@reddit

Hola, aquí otro con problemas de pantalla negra y tener que reiniciar después de que el ordenador entre en modo reposo tengo una rtx 3090

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Froste45@reddit

I noticed this too randomly but figured it was just because the game I was playing was unoptimized or something.

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zyarra@reddit

They don't even achnowledge it.. You can turn off Dlss4 fg or gsync and it work. It's the two together that causes it

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aceCrasher@reddit

I have the same issue. If I try to start Cyberpunk with frame-gen ENABLED, while also having Gsync ENABLED my PC crashes and reboots. The issues does not occur if I disable either frame-gen or Gsync.

This started happening after installing the 572 driver.

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Consistent_Research6@reddit

Sell it and get Radeon.

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korbels@reddit

Only had issues since January... Rolling back Nvidia drivers after using the Nvidia clean tool did not help my case. It still crashes out seemingly random at first after quite a while of working but after that first crash it happens more frequently or sometimes will take multiple hard reboots until it will show anything on screen again.

Other troubleshooting:

Checked all connections and reset the graphics card, system memory Bypassed Checked hard disks Memtest Changed video cards from 4090 to 3050. Changed power supplies. Rolled back windows patches Rolled back Nvidia drivers to early December release. Used Nvidia clean tool to uninstall, unplug network, reboot, install early November driver, play games til black screen and needs to be hard rebooted.

Pretty damn frustrated I can't even tell if it's hardware or software related. Obviously it sounds and starts with drivers being an issue but the successively shorter times between occurrences for me once it happens the first time make me think there's a thermal component. I just want to play f'ing videogames, not troubleshoot $4+k of "premium" hardware.

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Didney_Worl1@reddit

Is error 0xc0000417 related to this?

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Shivalicious@reddit

I’ve been having similar issues for something like a year now with a 3080 and a single 32″ Dell display. I just assumed my card was faulty. For regular applications like Firefox, they can usually resume functioning a few seconds after the screen and their content come back. Games and anything that plays video, though, have to be restarted entirely. It’s enough to make me want to scream.

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mexaplex@reddit

I've got a 4090 running 572.42 drivers - I dont get any black screens or OS crashes thankfully...

But virtually all of my Unreal Engine 4 games crash to desktop after about 20mins.

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amef-@reddit

I have been experiencing the same issues since NVIDIA driver 572.xx was released, and across multiple iterations of my system. First started happening with my 4090 installed, I swapped it out for a 4080 Super -> problems persisted. I got my hands on a 5080, same issues there.

My system freezes mid-game and all 3 of my monitors go crazy with "NO SIGNAL" or flickering between white/black screen. After anything from 60-120 seconds the system recovers and event viewer shows critical error of the nvidia driver. Also experience issues with monitors taking forever to "wake up" after going to sleep for both a short or long period of time.

For reference I tested my other system running a 3090 and had (almost) no issues. Only thing I noticed was a slower wake-up time after monitors went to sleep, however this could be placebo from the massive issues on the main system.

Is there anywhere we can easily mass report these issues to NVIDIA?

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JohnF350KR@reddit

I get these crashes on every game. They are completely random too. Black screens, hardlocks, wont wake from sleep forcing hard reboot.

DDU each time in the various 572.xx drivers.

Games:

Cyberpunk Battlefield 2042 The Division 2 World of Warships

PC Specs:

Ryzen 7 7800X3D 32GB Kingston Fury MSI 4070ti

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Norgyort@reddit

I've had this issue on two computers. Same nvlddmkm.sys error.

It's happened twice on my 'office' PC with an X870 & 9800X3D and a 3060Ti FE. The first incident was when I closed out of a game. Screen went black for a very long time and I ended up needing to force a reboot. The second time was this last week and it occurred when I stood up and there was a zap of static electricity. Screen went black for about 30 seconds but the system recovered. I wasn't in a game during this incident but I got the same error in event viewer.

The second system was my living room PC with a B650E & 9800X3D and it happened frequently when I had a 1080Ti installed. I upgraded to a 5080 about a month ago and I haven't had the issue once.

I do hope they resolve this issue. It's extremely frustrating when it does happen and there's such little information about it.

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NotThatPro@reddit

I get the same issue you described, a full explorer freakout, opening task manager and it's black until i hover the mouse over certain elements and they update bit by bit(not the whole window). I'm on a 2070 and moved to the studio drivers(after a safe mode DDU uninstall of the bugged drivers)since i don't play newer games that much anymore.

Checking event viewer, the nvlddmkm.sys file seems to cause some issue, which is a proprietary nvidia blob, idk if it's kernel level or driver level, but needs to be addressed on all GPUs because this is a widespread issue.

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kikimaru024@reddit

there was a zap of static electricity

Who the fuck is upvoting this comment, drivers aren't causing this lmao

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erebueius@reddit

He's probably just describing the popping noise an audio driver makes when it crashes, because the GPU driver caused a kernel panic.

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Norgyort@reddit

That was one single incident that also caused the same thing and could potentially be useful to find the actual cause of the problem. Maybe the shock caused some sort of memory corruption which causes the error. Maybe the new drivers also cause some sort of memory corruption in a different way which leads to the same error.

I’m not an electrical engineer, but I figure it could potentially be useful when searching for solutions.

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theoutsider95@reddit

I have a 4K 240hz and a 60hz 1080p monitor connected to my 4080. Haven't had any issues recently.

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sharkboi417YT@reddit

Same setup lmao

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cwdt_all_the_things@reddit

I had this problem on my 3080 seemingly out of the blue on the 572.xx drivers. I DDU'd my drivers and re-installed version 572.42 and have not had this problem since (7 days uptime now). In my case I think it could have been a combination of updating to W11 and potential driver conflicts (or maybe Nvidia driver updates just suck when installed over the top of old updates).

I honestly thought my 3080 was about to go to GPU heaven😭. I pulled off the backplate a week earlier to clean up a single drop of liquid that fell into it. A drink spilled on my desk and did the weird thing where it clings/wicks on the underside of the table.

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MichaelSidney@reddit

Same for me. I'm on a 4090, 9800x3d and all of the latest NV drivers cause all games to restart the PC. Rolling back to the same driver as you is all that works.

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3lfk1ng@reddit

I have a 4080S, no issues.
My wife has a 5080, has issues.

Just wanted to add a +1.
NVIDIA needs to fix this long standing issue.

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BorntoPlayGJFF@reddit

have the same GPU as you, but I don't have any black screen or crash issues with the latest drivers.

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SulkingSally68@reddit

No issues with my 4060 laptop. And I didn't use ddu to uninstall drivers at all. I just installed the new update when prompted through Nvidia app and it just replaced files with new ones as needed.

Sometimes ddu can fuck things up. Especially if the user clicks or checks boxes for things they shouldn't, thinking they are doing the right thing. I used ddu only when I had ati cards. Never but one time for Nvidia and that is only when I had a desktop and was upgrading my video card. It is and never was meant to be a daily driver as far as for every time a new graphics driver is updated. Should be able to do a regular install over previous driver no problem.

If issues do occur from graphics drivers or any drivers I would recommend myself that folks use snappy driver updater. And update what it recommends to download for your particular setup. I don't care what folks think of the mainline app, I use that instead of origin with no issue. I have used both frequently and the mainline finds more driver updates as far as I'm concerned and it fixes most issues.

It isn't just your driver's for your video cards that can cause instability on your personal rig. Take for example bios updates, mobo updates or chipset drivers in coordination with your sound wifi and others working on your PC while your video drivers are running can cause conflicts. And blaming Nvidia alone when most don't see or even know about updating their chipsets and other items on their rigs often can usually be the major cause of the PC malfunction to begin with.

Give the snappy driver installer app a try see if you are missing updates. You prolly all are. Update them all. Restart and of course let it make a save to windows before making changes in the app itself and then try reinstall after that for Nvidia drivers. But be sure to uninstall video drivers first and restart windows and let it install basic video drivers. Then do snappy driver. Install those. Then install Nvidia app. Then Nvidia drivers. Then restart again. Once back on windows finally try out these games again. Should be fine after that.

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nday76@reddit

My games crashes with rivatuner fps limiter turned on.

It used to be completely fine for 2 years but latest drivers since the transformer model is crashing my pc completely

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korbels@reddit

Transformer model?

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VileDespiseAO@reddit

They're talking about DLSS 4, it's built using a Transformer Neural Network (TNN) now and is significantly better overall compared to DLSS 3 and below which were built using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). I'm guessing the original user you replied to is not having any luck with the 572 drivers, if they are on a 40 series or earlier GPU I'm wondering if they've tried the last 566 build of the drivers since they were fairly stable and do support DLSS 4.

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gilfordtan@reddit

For me, if I lock screen and turn off the display, a few minutes later, PC will crash or shut down and then turn back on with LED lights on only without booting. I have to force shut down by holding the power button and then boot it up again normally.

It does not happen when I'm using normally including gaming and more casual activities like browsing the Internet and watching some videos. It only happen if I lock screen and turn off the display.

I believe it's software issue cause if it's hardware, it should happen at any time even when I'm using it. I believe it could be Nvidia driver issue because I got the black screen while installing version 572.XX and have to force shut down and reboot too. The timing seems close so I suspect it's driver issue.

I have tried downgrading up to 560.94 and it's still happening. I have yet to see another person having this issue but I want to share anyway and hope to hear some advice from the community.

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Quatro_Leches@reddit

AMD is more stable now. how the turntables

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noiserr@reddit

I never had issues with drivers on AMD (though I skipped RDNA1 gen, and I know people had issues with that particular generation). These days I'm on Linux, and if the game works on Linux the drivers just work.

I don't even think about the drivers since they are part of the kernel. So other than OS updates I don't even have to worry about upgrading the driver. It just works.

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cagefgt@reddit

Tons of 9070 XT users with all kinds of issues in r/AMDHelp

Not sure how it's more stable.

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Betancorea@reddit

My 9070XT experience has been flawless

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PainterRude1394@reddit

My 5090 experience has been flawless ;)

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cagefgt@reddit

My 4080 never had a black screen either.

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Betancorea@reddit

Cool?

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cagefgt@reddit

Cool.

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Disconsented@reddit

Just a bit of survivorship bias there.

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CANT_BEAT_PINWHEEL@reddit

Knock on wood but I haven’t had any issues with my frame rate tanking to sub-100 on ancient and overpass in cs2 since I upgraded from a 3070 to a 9070 xt. So yeah it’s more stable for me.

Only annoying driver thing is steamvr has to be restarted to change refresh rate. It’s super, super, super annoying when trying out different vr games and trying to figure out best performance settings for each one.

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redbaron297@reddit

And using DDU didn’t help? That’s definitely weird. I literally had the same problems as you did with cyberpunk, bsod errors also pointing to nvlddmkm.sys. Same windows install, Samsung 4k oled monitor, pny 4080 super. I had to roll back my drivers to the last 566 version and just followed the standard ddu uninstallation on YouTube. Haven’t had a problem since. Currently running the latest drivers.

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redbaron297@reddit

I should also mention I bought a gaming laptop last month on which I did a clean install of windows the moment I got it since I upgraded the nvme drive. It has a 4060 in it which also has not had any problems.

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zoson@reddit

In the helldivers2 troubleshooting community, we have been saying to use 566.36 specifically because of these problems. it's extremely widespread and everyone is like 'my game is crashing my pc!!! WTF!!!'

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Status_Jellyfish_213@reddit

That must be frustrating for both the devs and the users thinking it’s the game initially

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GosuGian@reddit

I’ve never encountered this issue.

STRIX 4090 AW3423DW

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clsmithj@reddit

No issues at all for me, I've been rocking this latest driver 572.83 for a few days now. 3DMark Benchmarking & playing AC Shadows.

Gigabyte RTX 3090 VISION, bought used & discounted in summer of 2022 when many said the card would be dead before long because known defects coming from GIGABYTE.

Fast forward today the card now runs fully water-blocked & paired with a 9950X3D on a ASRock X870E Taichi, another combo people said would dead.

I guess I'm a winner when it comes to playing the odds. 😏

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Natural_Status_1105@reddit

Currently in contact with nvidia support over this issue, wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out a percentage of graphics cards sold aren’t quite up to spec/are on the edge of performing as they are supposed to. Sometimes a new driver will just expose a hardware issue.

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Tycho_VI@reddit

Glad this is getting more publicity now, after 2 months when I decided that I would stay on the December drivers due to experiencing unrecoverable driver crashes. This whole time I've been like wtf why is it not acknowledged, they have been mass deleting posts on the nvidia subreddit too.

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oledtechnology@reddit

I fixed my bro's RTX 3090 black screen months ago by throwing away the crappy Display Port cable and switching to HDMI 2.1. He hasn't run into black screen issue anymore.

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youreprollyright@reddit

No issues here with my 4070 Ti.

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SkyWalker1726@reddit

3080 here ,had black screen in middle of games with HDR and GSYNC on , the only working version for me was indeed version 566.36 , but the latest one seems to have fixed it , 572.83 seems to have solved my issue so far no black screen or flickering . ( i also did a fresh install of windows 11 latest version too due to another problem though , and just installed latest nvidia driver after it , so don't know to be honest which one solved the issue )

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mrsnippzy@reddit

Unsure if this helps anyone, but setting my power management to “prefer max performance” has stopped my crashing

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itsmeemilio@reddit

How long has your system been stable with this method? Any particular games you're trying with? Also, running 24H2? Do you have HDR turned on?

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mrsnippzy@reddit

Pretty stable for the last month. Would have to check on the windows version. No HDR

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itsmeemilio@reddit

Didn’t work for me unfortunately. Still hard crashing on most games.

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masteve@reddit

I have two friends with a 4090, and me with a 4090, through the last year + of owning them we have ALL had this black screen issue. Some times its crazy and happens every day somtimes it dosent happen for a month. For me i dont know if im going crazy, but it seems to have some relation to windows update, When i get a windows version update it can send my pc in to blackscreen randomness then few weeks later i can update my gpu drivers and it kinda fixes it. I thought it was poor PUS or GPU seating but i have no idea. Example it was hapening to me like crazy, every time i booted my pc 10 mins on dekstop black screen, reboot ok for hours, this was hapening for a week streight multiple times a day, decided to get a gpu mount installed it and instantly fixed it. NOW its hapening again since a new windows update. Im totally fucking lost.

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Ok_Current_1846@reddit

I'm using a 4090, and I had issues with graphics driver crashing in CP2077 immediately after the driver update that added support for the 50s GPUs. In my case, it seems like MSI afterburner was the issue. I think it's actually the undervolt/overclock adjustments I made with afterburner. Using a stock profile made my system stable again. Currently using 572.83 drivers

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LawRecords@reddit

I find that I have extreme oversharpening with the new drivers. Didn't have the problem until I updated the driver on my 4090. Now, whenever I pan my screen (e.g. turning in a FPS) there is ghosting and oversharpening which stops as soon as you stop panning. Bizarre.

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StickProfessional596@reddit

24H2 always causes alot of issues too, i uninstalled it on my computer and havent had issues

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Drop_Funny@reddit

I have a 4080 Super with a 7800X3D and haven't been able to play Cyberpunk or Indiana Jones with out crashes and computer restarts most times I play. It's absolutely ridiculous. I've not had my computer a year yet and this has caused so many issues recently. I've even had my GPU replaced under warranty as we thought the card was faulty. But nope, these damn newer Nvidia drivers seem to be the issue!

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OutrageousAccess7@reddit

black screen issues? that must belongs to radeon graphics exclusively.!

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noiserr@reddit

I think that was only RDNA1 for some people.

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tupseh@reddit

I ironically had to use an Nvidia issued fix to solve my 5700xt black screen problem by disabling windows mpo with a registry edit. No idea if it will help anybody here but here's the fix anyway:

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5157/~/after-updating-to-nvidia-game-ready-driver-461.09-or-newer%2C-some-desktop-apps

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Jeffy299@reddit

Yup got the same issue when installing today. It literally just went momentarily black...and never came up again. Restart solved it but wtf, I literally never had that happen in 20+ years of installing GPU drivers. Acceleration turning off or something and needing restart sure, but crashing the whole system never. Btw Nvidia App still crashes every time you launch and close a game 👍

Man, at this point the moment one of these drivers is stable I am taking a break from installing new ones for half a year. Every driver since 50 series launch has been an absolute shitshow.

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neal8k@reddit

Do we know if this is a Windows problem? Does this happen on Linux?

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DOSBrony@reddit

Shit man, what do I even upgrade to from my 1080ti? 4xxx and 5xxx have burning connectors and driver issues, and AMD has problems with VR and it's opengl implementation breaks some of my games.

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Warskull@reddit

Probably a 50-series then. It will likely be 2 years before we see the 60-series. A 5060 would outperform your 1080 at this point.

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CatsAndCapybaras@reddit

Unfortunately, the best advice is to wait. Sucks, because everyone was told to wait for the last 6 months for the 50 series, and now they are fucked. But it's the worst time to buy a video card in years.

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Slabbed1738@reddit

Why would AMD do this

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moofunk@reddit

Hmm, my 3090 has gotten really hard to activate via the KVM recently.

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KayakShrimp@reddit

My 3080 gives me a black screen 100% of the time after waking from standby. It’s done it for months. The driver resets, the GPU’s LEDs flash off and on, then it’s back to normal.

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Chimbondaowns@reddit

This is why i've stopped updating nvidia drivers unless i'm sure there's a clear benefit AND that everything rolls as expected. It's been the rule for at least a decade.

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MABlosfeld@reddit

So, I believe that most people who are reporting their problems are people who have knowledge. That said, it is worth remembering that sometimes we make basic mistakes, so basic that we cannot detect them without an external view. I had instability problems for months, everything worked but sometimes the PC took a long time to turn on, it did not beep and sometimes it started without an image and I had to restart. When all things (motherboard, CPU, GPU, memory, drivers) are used within limits and compatibility everything will work perfectly BUT when we exceed the limits and the hardware match is not 100%, the PC becomes unstable and for some reason we say that the problem is almost always in the video card drivers, there is logic but no solution.

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Razgriz1223@reddit

Currently on a 3080 10GB. Win 11 23H2. Most latest driver. Have not had black screen issues

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jatpr@reddit

The most likely culprit is the Windows 11 24H2 update with HDR screens. Reinstall Windows on 23H2 or disable HDR. There are multiple bugs with 24H2+HDR screens, and Microsoft has acknowledged the problem for months but has been unable to correct for it. It's a major pain in the ass to reinstall Windows, and you need to go out of your way to get the older version, but it should fix your issues.

Windows 11 23H2 does actually have a couple of issues with HDR, but they are fairly minor in comparison. Windows just sucks at properly interfacing with HDR screens, for various technical reasons.

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rustedconnections@reddit

I've had something like this with my system, where if I enable HDR, windows will boot to an inescapable blank screen. Also a clean install with the newest drivers and 24h2.

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laxounet@reddit

I've had black screen issues with HDR, on 24H2, but only with the 572 drivers. Never had any issues with the 566 drivers.

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Scotty1992@reddit (OP)

All my issues with Cyberpunk have occurred with HDR off.

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bondybus@reddit

Getting no issues in any games at all, and neither are my friends, seems like a strange issue. W11 Home 24H2 572.47 9800X3D X870 aorus elite wifi7 32GB DDR5 ZOTAC 5070Ti Solid OC Alienware AW2725DF 360Hz (G-SYNC OFF) DP AOC Q27G3XMN (HDMI) Corsair RM1000 Could this be related to some kind of DP/HDMI Bandwidth issue? Maybe 4k high refresh rate is causing some kind of problem.

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SourcerorSoupreme@reddit

Happens on my decade old LG 34" 1080p ultrawide and G9 57" monitors.

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bondybus@reddit

That's so strange, are you using dp with both? I did notice a DP cable issue when I used two with my AOC, and the issues went away when I switched in the hdmi that came with the box. The AOC was black screening when I turned on HDR, which was why I assumed it was a bandwidth issue. It stopped happening after switching and worked smoothly

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SourcerorSoupreme@reddit

I've tried using DP and HDMI for the 57", and HDMI for the 34". I've also used different cables as well. Given that this issue doesn't happen with the 2080ti for both monitors and with different cables (everything else is the same), it stands to reason that it's the 4090 that's the issue, or at least contributes to it.

Only other alternative I could think of is that my 4090 doesn't play well with the rest of my system, but given this thread I think it's really the 4090 that's the issue.

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TheOblivi0n@reddit

I am not sure whether it’s just my card or the drivers or just AC Shadows but I’ve had it happen multiple times that after playing for some time my screen will turn blurry or into complete rainbow colours. Game still runs but my OS completely turns blurry/ rainbow colours too. TV then says invalid format and I have to shut it down and do a cold boot for it to fix itself.

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countAbsurdity@reddit

I swear at some point they must have either started to use AI or just moved all their best people to the datacenter software side cause drivers have been awful for what feels like 2 years now. There was a really nice guy on /r/nvidia driver threads that would voluntarily keep track of all the bullshit and help people find a driver that works and even he gave up recently.

For what it's worth I am on 566.14 and relatively problem free except for one time my screen wouldn't come on after returning to the computer, but I know people with newer cards can't even use this driver branch soooo...if you're looking to buy a 5k series card, you don't need to rush.

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scv_good_to_go@reddit

Issue happened once on my 3080 Ti with the latest Nvidia driver. So far it has been fine.

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Dranatus@reddit

Interesting that the 572.47 didn't work for you. The 2 drivers after that one are completely borked on my 5070 ti, even while using another GPU to display the desktop and using the 5070 ti solely for rendering.

Have you guys tried using Nvcleaninstall? https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-nvcleanstall/ I'm using that, and having only the display driver and the legacy control panel.

That utility removes all the aids that the nvidia driver bundles, like telemetry and stuff.

Using 572.47 + NVcleaninstall, has been solid for me.

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The-Special-One@reddit

I’ve been having a weird issue. After both a windows and nvidia driver update, my icons have been moving all over the place. Everything was working perfectly fine prior to those 2 updates.

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geothermalcat@reddit

5090 user here, ive had these issues, sometimes 5-6 times in a gaming session, but the only real game ive played recently is cyberpunk with mode (which is why assumed it was conflicting mods causing the crashes)

please fix this nvidia, i came from a perfectly working 3080ti and this is indeed unacceptable.

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MissusNesbitt@reddit

Holy fuck it’s not just me. Thank you for putting this together because I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what the hell is throwing this god damn error. I was certain my eGPU setup was the culprit despite it being rock solid stable for the better part of a year.

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Gonzoidamphetamine@reddit

I had the issue where the GPU drivers would crash leading to black screen, the game would carry on as you could hear it still running just no video output

Not had the issue from the past couple of driver releases though

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FutureIsMine@reddit

I had that happen when I first setup my new computer with a 3090. Turned out that I had setup the PSU to exhaust into the case not outside it. Once I flipped it around everything was fine, but until then I constantly had black screens all the time

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Foriusz@reddit

Wait, may it be this fix the POE2 hard crash also?

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FlygonBreloom@reddit

It might be a coincidence, but I've very suddenly been having issues where I must unplug one of my monitors for my PC to boot. And I always forget to every time, and have to reboot my PC multiple times until it decides to boot. And this's on a GTX 1060.

So much for Nvidia having more stable drivers than AMD.

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laxounet@reddit

Agreed. I was having black screens with my 3070 when playing games in HDR. Tried the latest driver and I think the issue has been fixed, but still. No acknowledgement of the issue by Nvidia, and it took months to get fixed.

Also, updating drivers using the nvidia app causes a black screen as well.

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Rarely-Posting@reddit

Updating drivers always causes black screens and flicker. Is this something different you are talking about?

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laxounet@reddit

I mean usually the screen goes black for a few seconds. With the Nvidia app it stayed black and I had to shut down my PC using the power button (even though in the end the driver was correctly installed).

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DraftIndividual778@reddit

Like some people said, it seems to be related to 24H2 update. Anybody can confirm it happens on 23H2?

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throwawae101@reddit

Has anyone tried disabling DSC on their monitor? I've tried this with my 271QRX monitor and it seems to stop the hard crash/reboots caused by having frame generation enabled with G-Sync. I'm on the 572.83 driver.

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coffeesippingbastard@reddit

bound to happen. once the company got hot too many coat tail riders wanted in and some dumb shits would inevitably make it in to start fucking things up.

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He110_W0r1d@reddit

I'm starting to believe it's the 24h2 update. I was doing just fine until I was forced to update about a month ago. It started with wierd glitches on my secondary monitors after playing a game with hdr. I did a clean windows 24h2 install hoping something broke on the update and now I have the random black screens on boot and when changing form hdr to sdr. (also I have a weird monitor configuration main 4k secondary 5160x1440 and a portrait 1080p)

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Alamandaros@reddit

Is this issue the same as, or related to, your monitor going black for a second every time you tab out of a full-screen application (even if it's borderless window)?

I've had that problem since I got my 5080, and the only way I've been able to fix it is to change the refresh rate (and change it back) once per restart.

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RainyInSAndreas@reddit

During the early days of my 4090 usage few weeks after the launch, I would get many event viewer errors after waking the screens from sleep.

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SkillYourself@reddit

There's another issue where sections of the display stops updating until you win-D if there is a 3D accelerated app being composited by DWM. Everytime this happens Windows also spams Event Viewer with unhelpful info events from Windows Error Reporting.

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AstralKuraOFX@reddit

572.83 4090 works fine here pal.

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DiggingNoMore@reddit

That's what you get for updating software. Never, under any circumstances, update software that is already working.

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noiserr@reddit

Software is supposed to get better, not worse.

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DiggingNoMore@reddit

And yet it never does. I used Office 2000 until 2017. I used Windows 7 until 2025. I used Android 2.3.6 until 2018 and I'm using Android 9 today.

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kagoromo@reddit

I got a 4080. I didn't have any hard crash on 572, but there was a lot of stuttering and constant FPS dips despite high average FPS (like 120 avg but 40 1%). The problem went away after I went back to 566, so that's what I have been on still. I have disabled automatic driver update.

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Jaybonaut@reddit

572.83 RTX 3080, I have no idea what you are talking about. I know there was a hotfix for a black screen issued just prior, but it didn't affect me so I never grabbed it.

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BlueGoliath@reddit

If you do "nvidia-smi -q" in a command prompt what does it say about GSP?

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Scotty1992@reddit (OP)

Do you mean this?

GSP Firmware Version                  : N/A

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BlueGoliath@reddit

Yep. I was guessing it was yet another GSP bug. On Linux using the GSP is required for 50 series and is the default for Turing and newer.

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lovely_sombrero@reddit

GSP is always fully disabled in Windows. You have to manually enable it via Windows registry. I enabled it on my 4080S recently and it hasn't changed anything - I still sometimes (but much less often than with Jan/Feb drivers) get either a black screen or the GPU being permanently stuck in PCIe 16x V1.1 mode.

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kyflaa@reddit

I've had this problem on my 3070. There is a workaround.

Put the card into performance mode and get MSI afterburner and through it never let your card go idle and the problem goes away. This increases your power bill a little and the card won't be as cool, but it will not crash.

Though, I do have to say that it has something to do with power you feed it, cause I have swapped my gold 750w PSU for a platinum Seasonic one and I have never ran into this problem again.

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Dr_Cunning_Linguist@reddit

4070s here on a z490 w 10600kf.. had this issue since day one

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jassco2@reddit

I have a 4080S and 3080 under my watch and so far no issues. I do under-volt my cards though. I still think this it’s driver related as ever since the 56X driver it’s been nothing but issues for people. Windows 11 was giving me issues so back to 10 as well.

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F9-0021@reddit

Is driver 572 the launch driver for the 50 series? I've been having all kinds of issues since that dropped. My computer hard crashed multiple times just trying to install that driver, and ever since it's been a random draw if the driver is going to be a pain to update or not. Stability doesn't seem to have been affected, except just recently with AC Shadows I have intermittent crashes with a DX12 error.

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gahlo@reddit

Is it just for CP77? I haven't been having issues, though to be fair I haven't played anything other than FF7 Remake and Ever Crisis recently.

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Scotty1992@reddit (OP)

I have only tried Cyberpunk 2077. However, I haven't really tried other games, as I don't want to spend the time and risk my Windows install. Others have reported similar issues in other games, it seems bit may be related to G-Sync and Frame Generation, but not sure why it affects some and not others.

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gahlo@reddit

Thanks for the response. Just trying to figure out what I might be potentially dealing with in the future.

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ryanvsrobots@reddit

572.16 has been fine for me

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