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GREEN BLOCKS AND COLORED LINES IN GAMES AFTER THE INTEL OPEN SOURCE INTEL GRAPHICS DRIVER UPDATE

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Accepted solution by Diego Yilmaz — yeahhh if artifacts persist after DDU and an older driver, and even appear in BIOS, back up your data and look into warranty... don't keep…
  1. Uma V.
    @uvos

    i installed teh Intel Open Source Intel Graphics Driver 2.21.0 update last night and this morning my gaming dekstop looked like this in games:

    gpu artifacts

    ltitle colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes green for a moment. it doesnt crash, it just looks horrible. my stomach dropped because artifacts usually mean dying harwdare, right? but its suspicious that it started exactly after teh update.. 🤦 how do i tell which one it is without spending money? what am i doing wrong??

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  2. Aiden R.
    @solidowl

    ur BIOS observation is a good clue. if artifacts appear only after Windows loads teh driver, but not in BIOS or in Safe Mode (which uses the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter), that leans towards driver/software. if they show up in BIOS too, think hardware.

    windows update said 'this will only take a moment' 3 hours ago

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  3. Aiden R.
    @solidowl
    in reply to @solidowl

    lol same thing happened to me do a proper clean install of teh previous driver: download it from the Intel support page, boot into Safe Mode, run DDU, reboot, then install. A plain rollback in Device Manager sometimes leaves the problematic profiles in place.

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  4. Maya Ekström
    @mayae802

    oof came here to say exactly this, dumb question but how do i even check teh extension

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  5. Zane L.
    @zane_loose

    been there man check that the PCIe power connectors are fully seated and not melted or discolored. Power issues can produce artifacts under load. hope that helps :)

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  6. Zane L.
    @zane_loose

    ahh classic honestly just reset the power plan and save yourself the pain. spent half the night on artifacts and im still not done

    thinking

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  7. Zane L.
    @zane_loose

    Reset any overclock or undervolt, especially memory clock. Artifacts that look like small colored blocks are often VRAM instability, and a driver update can change memory behavior enough to tip a marginal OC over.

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  8. Quinn Petrov
    @quinnp323

    been there man have u checked your 2.21.0 settings? mine were reset after an update. reading this at 2am isntead of sleeping, no regrets lmk how it goes

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  9. Xavi V.
    @xavi.varga28

    wait does this also apply to source?

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  11. Diego Yilmaz
    @quietsmith-1ro

    i swear gpu is cursed

    DNS. its always DNS

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  12. Tariq Rahman
    @proxy_owl

    make a backup before u touch the extension, learned that the hard way worked for me anyway 🤷

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  13. Zane L.
    @zane_loose

    pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo intel from scratch. my gaming rig is officially haunted

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  14. Xavi V.
    @xavi.varga28

    @quietsmith-1ro nah thats not it, gpu has nothing to do with it idk maybe im wrong lol

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  15. Diego Yilmaz
    @quietsmith-1ro

    test with a second dsiplay output or a different port. if artifacts move with teh screen conetnt in screenshots, its rendering (GPU). if they dont appear in a screenshot but do on the monitor, the cable, port or monitor itself is involved.

    lol

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  16. Diego Yilmaz
    @quietsmith-1ro
    Accepted solution

    yeahhh if artifacts persist after DDU and an older driver, and even appear in BIOS, back up your data and look into warranty... don't keep stress testing a card that shows artifacts in BIOS.

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  17. Uma V.
    @uvos
    in reply to @quietsmith-1ro

    @quietsmith-1ro yesss removed the memory overclock and teh artifacts in games disappeared even on Open Source Intel Graphics Driver 2.21.0 ;) the update just exposed an OC that was never stable. owe u a beer 🍺

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