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CAN A GRAPHICS DRIVER UPDATE REALLY KILL THE DISPLAY OUTPUT?

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Accepted solution by Tess Thorne — clear CMOS (jumper or remove teh battery for a minute with teh PC unplugged). A BIOS update or stetings change can leave the primary…
  1. Mila Grant
    @heapworks

    strange one. ever since a graphics driver update, teh screen stays black through teh BIOS logo and only comes on once Windows finishes loading:

    sometimes it doesnt come on at all and I have to unplug teh DisplayPort cable and plug it back in. it works fine once its up. its not the end of teh world, but it means I cant get into the BIOS at all, and that bothers me. it also makes me nervous something is slowly failing. thx in advance!!

    thinking

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  2. Jade Larsen
    @jlarsen

    wait does a different monitor or TV show a picture with the same PC? ??

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  3. Mila Grant
    @heapworks
    in reply to @jlarsen

    facepalm moment: after a graphics driver update I plugged the DisplayPort cable into the motherboard port. hope thats enough info 😅

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  4. Ava Lindqvist
    @ava_stack
    in reply to @heapworks

    If you have a dedicated graphics card, make suree the cable is plugged into the card's outputs, not teh motherboard's video ports. Those motherboard ports are disabled when a GPU is installed.

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  5. Jade Larsen
    @jlarsen

    help!! spent since tuesday on display and im still not done what am i doing wrong??

    cry

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  7. Jade Larsen
    @jlarsen

    yeahhh if u can hear Windows boot, press Win + Ctrl + Shift + B. It restarts the graphics driver and sometimes brings teh picture back. good luck man!

    thumbsup

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  8. Ava Lindqvist
    @ava_stack

    @ava_stack thank u this wroked!! u guys are the best!!!

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  10. Tess Thorne
    @tthorne

    ok but is no-signal even worth botehring with or should i just leave it. for me it was the settings. swapped it and boom, fixed

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  11. Tess Thorne
    @tthorne

    same issue here on my work pc... driving me crazy... spent all weekend on graphics and im still not done good luck man!

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  12. Rhea Kim
    @rkim

    if it started after a driver update, boot into Safe Mode (interrupt boot three times to reach Windows Recovery), then use DDU to remove teh driver and reinstall a clean one.

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  13. Tess Thorne
    @tthorne

    hmmm if teh picture appears only after Windows loads, teh GPU firmware and the monitor may not agree on the boot resolution. try another port on teh card, or toggle CSM/legacy boot in the BIOS. good luck man!

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  14. Tess Thorne
    @tthorne
    Accepted solution

    clear CMOS (jumper or remove teh battery for a minute with teh PC unplugged). A BIOS update or stetings change can leave the primary display set to teh wrong output.

    thumbsup

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  15. Mila Grant
    @heapworks
    in reply to @tthorne

    @tthorne clearing CMOS fixed the boot screen after a graphics driver update lol picture from power-on now. thank u thank u thank u

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