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Open Forum => Public Discussion => Computer Hardware => Topic started by: SSG (Ret) Donohoe on March 15, 2016, 07:07:28 PM

Title: Blank screens
Post by: SSG (Ret) Donohoe on March 15, 2016, 07:07:28 PM

Over the last few days I have had an issue occur. I leave my PC running and when I return to it a few hours or so later my screens are blank, I press every button on my keyboard and move mouse but screens do not come back, I end up reseting my PC and then everything works fine again. My PC is not set to hibernate or go to sleep.
Problem is this issue has happened 3 seperate times over the last few days and I'm starting to panick that it might be a GPU issue!

Has anyone experienced this recently?

Title: Re: Blank screen
Post by: Hito on March 15, 2016, 07:38:20 PM

Any recent update of windows or GPU drivers?

Title: Re: Blank screen
Post by: SSG (Ret) Donohoe on March 15, 2016, 07:44:42 PM

Nothing from windows for a while but Nvidia updated with some "game ready drivers" last week....actually did 2 updates for the same driver

Title: Re: Blank screen
Post by: SGT Madsen on March 15, 2016, 07:48:35 PM

i have had a similiar problem, i read something about NVIDIA drivers being troublesome.

Title: Re: Blank screen
Post by: SSG (Ret) Donohoe on March 15, 2016, 07:52:32 PM

I'm just after finding an article to saying that the latest game ready driver update is screwing up systems that have multiple monitors and running windows 10!!!! I'm going to uninstall the update and hopefully that will solve the issue.

Title: Re: Blank screen
Post by: SGT (Ret) Padgett on March 15, 2016, 07:54:05 PM

Have you checked the cord that connects it to the monitor?

Title: Re: Blank screen
Post by: SSG (Ret) Donohoe on March 15, 2016, 07:57:06 PM

Quote from: SSG Padgett on March 15, 2016, 07:54:05 PM

Have you checked the cord that connects it to the monitor?

Yes SSGT, there is no issues there. I'm convinced now that it is the game ready driver update.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3041484/software/nvidias-new-36467-game-ready-drivers-are-crashing-systems-but-theres-a-fix.html

Just after finding this article and could cause some people here to have issues...especially if after getting a new game as nvidia will push a driver update to account for new game

Title: Re: Blank screens
Post by: CPT (Ret) Whitby on March 15, 2016, 08:20:43 PM

If you installed the new Nvidia update its a big ol' fuck up, You need to unistall it and install 362.00 on Nvidia's website.

The latest Game ready driver that came out for division is well known for black screens. Happened to me too.

Title: Re: Blank screens
Post by: Barraco on March 15, 2016, 09:14:37 PM

I have actually had this happen to me just recently... I use windows 7.... nothing has changed with my PC any time soon... weird

*edit.. after reading through the posts, it seems mine too is caused by the recent Nvidia update. Thanks for info..