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weird checkerboard pattern on the desktop. the nvidia update is the only change

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Accepted solution by Aiden Vos — oh ive been there lol your BIOS observation is a good clue. If artifacts appear only after Windows loads the driver, but not in BIOS or in…
  1. Nell Costa
    @nell.costa

    so annoyed rn i installed the NVIDIA Aopen AK79D-400V nVIDIA nForce Driver R3.13 update last night and this morning my living-room PC looked like this on the desktop:

    gpu artifacts

    little colored blocks, filckering lines, sometimes a whole strip of teh screen goes green for a moment. it doesnt crash, it just looks horrible. my stomach dropped because artifacts usually mean dying hardware, right? but its suspicious that it started exactly after the update. how do i tell which one it is wihtout spending money? pls help 🙏

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  2. Wes Sato
    @wsato

    hmmm do a proper clean install of the previous driver: download it from the NVIDIA support page, boot into Safe Mode, run DDU, reboot, then install. A plain rollback in Device Manager sometimes leaves the problematic profiles in place.

    the real fix was the friends we made along the way

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  3. Aiden Vos
    @frame_hound-3h6

    unrelated but anyone elses cfofee machine also judging them today

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  4. Aiden Vos
    @frame_hound-3h6

    any update on this??

    nothing is more permanent than a temporary workaround

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  5. Aiden Vos
    @frame_hound-3h6

    been there man following, having the same problem fingers crossed 🤞

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  6. Aiden Vos
    @frame_hound-3h6
    Accepted solution

    oh ive been there lol your BIOS observation is a good clue. If artifacts appear only after Windows loads the 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.

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  7. Nell Costa
    @nell.costa
    in reply to @frame_hound-3h6

    @frame_hound-3h6 yesss sadly it was hardware. Artifacts showed in BIOS after a few days. Warranty claim is in. Thanks for helping me figure it out fast. u guys are the best!!!

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