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BLACK SCREEN FOR 5 SECONDS THEN IT RECOVERS. WHAT IS WINDOWS ACTUALLY DOING?? !!

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Accepted solution by Vera Eriksen — yeahhh that pattern (black screen, then "display driver stopped resopnding and has recovered") is Windows TDR: teh GPU didnt answer within…
  1. Xavi Fontaine
    @earlyotter

    Okay, this is driving me nuts. Black screen, fans ramp up, and about five seconds later Windows comes back like nothing happened. Then this pops up:

    USB Audio Device Properties

    USB Audio Device Properties
Device status:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)

{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.

    It's always while alt-tabbing out of a fullscreen game. My small form factor PC is not overclocked and temps look normal in the vendor overlay. The only change i can point to is the GeForce Security Update Driver update from NVIDIA. i've already restarted a dozen times, obviously. Is there a log somewhere that tells me what actually timed out, or am i stuck guessing? pls help 🙏

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  2. Chen Vance
    @rusty_nomad-1bh

    Do u see Event ID 4101 in the System log at the same times as teh black screens?

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  4. Diego H.
    @diego_loose

    yeahhh check power before blaming the driver. A PSU thats borderline or a daisy-chained PCIe cable can cause exactly this under load, if its a desktop, use two separate PCIe power cables if teh card has two connectors. fingers crossed 🤞

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  5. Kira
    @frame_pusher

    btw how is this thread still going lmao

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  6. Vik
    @vik.reyes

    since it started right after teh update, roll back first. Device Manager > Display adapters > right-click your GPU > Properties > Driver > Roll Back Driver. if teh button is greyed out, download teh previous package from the NVIDIA support page and install that instead.

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  7. Vera Eriksen
    @pingforge
    Accepted solution

    yeahhh that pattern (black screen, then "display driver stopped resopnding and has recovered") is Windows TDR: teh GPU didnt answer within teh timeout so Windows reset teh driver. Open Event Viewer > Windows Logs > System and look for Event ID 4101 from Display or nvlddmkm/amdkmdag/igfx. The timestamps tell u if it lines up with ur symptom.

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  8. Xavi Fontaine
    @earlyotter
    in reply to @pingforge

    @pingforge WOWWW clean install with DDU on the previous NVIDIA driver and teh black scerens are gone. Two days of alt-tabbing out of a fullscreen game and not a single 4101. Thank you! seriously made my day 😭🙏

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