Black screen for nVidia card
Black screen for nVidia card
Experiencing blackscreens of varying frequency. Started with the current nvidia driver (591.67) about a week ago. I've since DDUed this driver, and worked my way backwards through some driver versions, trying to find one that just won't crash/blackscreen, but no luck. I would like some help/guidance determining if it's just a driver issue, or hardware issue. I do not think I'm having any thermal issues, since I'm hovering around 70C on GPU while gaming System was built this May/June. Issues/symptoms: Blackscreen; display goes dark, then either tasks keep running/are audible, or I get a delayed restart. If it doesn't restart automagically, I hit reset More frequent on low-load tasks (browsing, quakelive, point and click adventure games) Almost never happens on BF6 with any driver version (well, only once, but during shader compilation) Sometimes id 153 error in Windows Event Viewer. Sometimes, I just get a bug check/crash log indicated in Event Viewer. Excerpt at end of post. System: Win11 24H2 9950X3D 5090 Astral (air cool, not LC version) ProArt X870E-CREATOR WIFI 128GB RAM (CMK128GX5M2B6400C42) Monitor is Corsair 27QHD240 Stuff I've tried: nVidia GRD 591.67, 591.59, 581.80, 576.88 DDU between every driver version, after I get a blackscreen. I'm almost back to the release driver for my card lol Disable Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling (not for every version, and frankly, this is a feature id want on) Switch to HDMI from DP (not for every version) Disable GSYNC Remove second monitor OCCT test CPU/RAM (not the individual CPU/RAM tests), this test passed Stuff I've thought of but haven't tried quite yet (some of which I'd rather not do): Reinstalling Windows Replacing my GPU Notably my system crashed once while writing this. Here is an excerpt from WinDbg of the dump file: VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (116) Attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed. Arguments: Arg1: ffffda0721dce010, Optional pointer to internal TDR recovery context (TDR_RECOVERY_CONTEXT). Arg2: fffff800a1d8aae0, The pointer into responsible device driver module (e.g. owner tag). Arg3: ffffffffc000009a, Optional error code (NTSTATUS) of the last failed operation. Arg4: 0000000000000004, Optional internal context dependent data. Debugging Details: ------------------ Unable to load image nvlddmkm.sys, Win32 error 0n2 *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
Which power unit? A black screen suggests a power problem, GPU isn't receiving sufficient power. Have you run Memtest86 or something similar to verify RAM? Edited January 6 by leclod
It seems your setup is solid—1600W PSU should handle the load, and you’re not seeing black screens in intense games or web browsing. Comparing this to OCCT’s RAM tests, your own results show smooth performance without issues, which suggests your hardware is well-suited for demanding tasks.
Neither option provides a clear answer. You should either swap the RAM or test each connector separately... It seems the problem might be with the RAM, though it's difficult to confirm for sure.
I haven't tried a tougher memory test yet, since I overlooked updating my chipset driver. I installed the latest updates yesterday, and even during 16 hours of mixed tasks (broadcasting, audio work, web browsing), there were no black screens. It's unclear if it completely solved the problems, but it seems to have lessened their impact and frequency.