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HD NUC Graphics Driver update and now my screen looks like a broken mosaic

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if artifacts persist after DDU and an older driver, and even appear in BIOS, back up your data and look into warranty 👍 dont keep stress testing a card that shows artifacts in BIOS. worked for me anyway 🤷

  1. Kira Lopez
    @kira.lopez68

    hmmmm ok i installed teh Intel HD NUC Graphics Driver 15.33.42.4358 update last night and this morning my gaming desktop looked like this in video playback:

    gpu artifacts

    little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the sceren goes green for a moment :/ it doesn't crash, it just looks horrible. my stomach dropped cuz artifacts usually mean dying hardware, right?? but it's suspicious that it started exactly after the update. how do I tell which one it is without spending money?? what am i doing wrong??

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  5. Theo Pereira
    @regexowl

    @elifs307 thank u this worked!! owe u a beer 🍺

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  6. Mila D.
    @threadforge
    in reply to @regexowl

    oof 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. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  7. Tess Haddad
    @heap_sprite

    oh ive been there lol following, having the same problem

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  8. Theo Pereira
    @regexowl

    been there man test with a second display output or a different port. if artifacts move with the srceen content in screenshots, it's rendering (GPU) 😂 if they don't appear in a screenshot but do on the monitor, the cable, port or monitor itself is involved. lmk how it goes

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  10. Theo Pereira
    @regexowl

    ok but wait does this also apply to gpu? ?

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  11. Haruto D.
    @haruto_proxy
    in reply to @regexowl

    yeahhh honestly just reset the thermal paste and save yourself the pain. @kira.lopez68 did u ever fix it? lmk how it goes

    rgb adds +10 fps everyone knows that

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  12. Elif
    @elifs307

    hmm idk everyone keeps saying this but nobody posts proof... same issue here on my old thinkpad, driving me crazy idk maybe im wrong lol

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  13. Elif
    @elifs307

    any update on this? ?

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  14. Theo Pereira
    @regexowl
    in reply to @elifs307

    check that teh PCIe power connectors are fully seated and not melted or discolored. power issues can produce artfiacts under load.

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  15. Haruto D.
    @haruto_proxy

    ok so 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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  16. Malik
    @malik.schmidt48
    in reply to @haruto_proxy

    ahh classic do a proper clean install of the preivous 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. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  17. Mila D.
    @threadforge

    yeahhh exact same thing happened to my ofifce machine last month

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  18. Elif
    @elifs307

    been there man pro tip: write down what u change lmao i didnt and had to redo gpu from scratch. exact same thing happened to my desktop last month fingers crossed 🤞

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  20. Mila D.
    @threadforge

    uhh any update on this? ??

    at this point my GPU cost more than my car lol

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