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My Gaming Desktop Started Showing Glitchy Squares On The Desktop Overnight

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by Kira KochJump to the reply

ur 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.

  1. Fenna Nakamura
    @fennan816

    ok weird one i installed teh NVIDIA ForceWare Beta Drivers 163.71 update last night and this morning my gaming desktop looked like this on teh desktop:

    gpu artifacts

    Little colored blocks, flickering lines, smoetimes 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 suspciious that it started exactly after the update. How do I tell which one it is without spending money? thx in advance!!

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  2. Wren J.
    @lambda_owl

    oof 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.

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  3. Wren J.
    @lambda_owl

    ok weird one i swear 163.71 is cursed

    the real fix was the friends we made along the way

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  5. Theo N.
    @polarowl

    yeahhh 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.

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  6. Freya Q.
    @freya.quintero

    ok so my gaming rig is officially haunted. exact same thing happened to my second monitor setup last month

    the real fix was the friends we made along the way

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  7. Erik Grant
    @erik.grant

    came here to say exaclty this lmk how it goes

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  8. Ada
    @threadrider

    omg finally ok update: did what @erik.grant said and its fine now

    thumbsup

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  9. Yara Grant
    @cipherhound

    ehh everyone keeps saying this but nobody posts proof. bump. still happening with artifacts for me but hey ymmv

    it works on my machine™

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  10. Freya Q.
    @freya.quintero

    also lol page 1 lets gooo

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  13. Malik Dubois
    @embersage-1yn

    hmmm wait does this also apply to 163.71?? ??

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  14. Malik Dubois
    @embersage-1yn

    make a bcakup before u touch the thermal paste, learned that teh hard way

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  16. Felix Stone
    @felix_tensor

    i swear nvidia is cursed... try turning off teh fan curve first, fixed it for me pls help 🙏

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  17. Erik Grant
    @erik.grant

    oh ive been there lol +1 same here. @lambda_owl what did u end up doing in the end lmk how it goes

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  18. Kira Koch
    @buffer_deck-3ej

    is drivers even worth bothering with or should i just leave it. try turning off the BIOS first, fixed it for me

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  19. Freya Q.
    @freya.quintero

    ahh classic reset any oevrclock 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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  20. Ada
    @threadrider

    Check that the PCIe power connectors are fully seated and not melted or discolored 😤 Power issues can produce artifacts under load.

    3 2 helpful

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