Windows 10: Blackscreen from GPU

GPU - Geforce GTX 1660 super Ventus - Less than 8 months old I have reinstalled drivers and then sometimes it works until i shutdown the pc, then next day shortly after startup will backscreen again. I have also noticed drivers for my gpu corrupt after every backscreen. I have done sfc/scannow --- no problems found. i switched to the spare PCIE express cable - stays on longer and then backscreens. Fans on the gpu are running i can hear music etc while screen is black. pc runs fine when GPU is unplugged and using onboard graphics. I checked for overheating on the gpu on startup and immediately

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Blackscreen with high GPU fan spin

Hello guys,

I'm having a problem where my PC will have a blackscreen with the GPU fans at 100%. I still have sound and can communicate through Discord but nothing else. I have to hard reset the PC afterwards. It happens with a lot of games especially on start up. For example R6 with DirectX will Blackscreen on startup but R6 with Vulcan will work relatively fine. I find that I have microstutters in games that will work with the only fix being lowering the options, limiting the frames etc. It doesn't even need a heavy load to happen this problem appears on games like AC1 or PCBS2. I've noticed that it got worse over time aswell.

These are my specs:

- CPU: Intel i5-10400F

- GPU: MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 8G

- RAM: 2x G.Skill Aegis 8GB 3000mHz (X.M.P enabled)

- PSU: ThermalTake "Hamburg" 530W

- Motherboard: GIGABYTE B560M DS3H V2

- SSD: Crucial P3 Plus 500GB M.2

- OS: Windows 11 Pro

I basically tried everything related to the graphics driver because i suspected them to crash so I already tried multiple leagacy versions and a complete fresh install of the drivers. CPU, RAM, SSD and Motherboard are relatively new and have been installed as of January this year together with a new version of Win 11. I've cleared CMOS.

Thermals of CPU and GPU look pretty normal with the GPU rarely exceeding 70°C and the CPU sitting at around 50°C.

The Hardware itself looks alright I can't see any obvious damages at the GPU connectors or anything else. I have to add that I never took apart the GPU since I bought it in 2017 that means I also never changed the Thermalpaste. I just superficially cleaned the dust once or twice but like I said the thermals look alright to me. I also don't suspect the PSU although it is probably the oldest Part in my setup.

Do you guys have any idea? I can supply some stats from a few tests I did with HWinfo and GPU-Z but I have no idea about PCs really so I would really appreciate every Help I can get!

 

B(lack)SOD after closing GPU demanding applications and games

I would like to suggest 2 more things if you don't mind,
1. Seat the GPU in another slot, if possible, and see if that helps anything
2. Use the GPU in another system, if possible, this is a step to determine that it is really the GPU and not multiple defective slots or something else from the system.

 

PC goes to blackscreen everyday.

Hi, thank you so much for that information, in this case, we actually need to reinstall the AMD Graphics driver, kindly follow the steps below:

Step 1. Completely uninstall AMD GPU Driver using the steps from this link:

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/gpu-601

Step 2. Reinstall AMD Graphics driver using the steps from the link below:

Install AMD Radeon and automatically detect the AMD driver: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/rs-install

If none will work from the above solution, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.

Kindly follow the steps from this link:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Note: If the issue persists, I suggest contacting a local technician to physically check the device for any hardware-related issues.