Driver issues persistently failing on a 3070Ti processor.
Driver issues persistently failing on a 3070Ti processor.
Hello! I’m new to the forum and have been dealing with this problem for more than a week since my recent upgrade. I’m currently using Windows 10 Pro 21H2 64-bit, which is a brand-new installation. My motherboard runs the latest BIOS from February. Here are the details:
Hardware:
- Motherboard: Asus Prime B550-plus
- CPU: Ryzen 5600x
- GPU: ASUS TUF RTX 3070Ti
- Power Supply: Seasonic Focus PX-850 850W (Platinum)
- RAM: 16GB (2x8) Corsair Vengeance LPX at 2133 MHz
- Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 Pro NVMe, plus a 3TB WD Red drive and an 8TB Seagate Barracuda drive
The issue is that my screen occasionally flickers black for a brief moment before coming back. Sometimes it doesn’t recover, so I have to restart or reattach my HDMI cables to get the monitors working again. During these moments, I notice an event ID 4101 in the event log, which suggests the Nvidia driver crashed and then recovered—sometimes linked to a DCOM event named "PerAppRuntimeBroker." Also, when this happens, my GPU power spikes to 100% for a short time before returning to normal.
I’ve checked that these problems aren’t due to hardware issues—I’ve confirmed everything from my old build works fine. The RAM and PSU are from previous configurations, and even running my old GTX 1070 in this setup still causes the error, indicating it’s not the graphics card itself. I’ve also tried a clean OS install and updated drivers, but nothing resolved it.
Nvidia suggested replacing my motherboard, which seemed unlikely given the symptoms. I contacted them, thinking it might be a hardware fault, but they recommended trying a different board. Now that I have the new one, the same errors persist.
I’m stuck. It looks like the problem isn’t hardware-related, so it must be software. I’ve already done a clean install, so I’m wondering if there’s a BIOS setting or registry tweak I should try. The TdrDelay option I read about didn’t help either. Should I just do another clean install? Is there any registry hack that could work? I’m really unsure how to proceed.
If anyone else has faced this before or has suggestions, please let me know—I’d appreciate any advice. Thanks!
Nothing as far as I can tell. Safe mode doesn't load the NVIDIA driver at all, so it never has a chance to crash in the first place. I doubt the cables are the issue since the power supply and cables are both working w/ the old build, so the cables would have had to fail exactly when I unplugged them from that setup to plug them into this one.
I've reinstalled the driver several times, removing the LAN cable before starting DDU in safe mode and installing the driver again before going online. The main issue is that most actions I take to crash the driver—like running 3D apps—don't work properly in safe mode at the moment. When I tried launching Octopath, it asked for a driver with OpenGL 2 support.