Obscure 2 black screen update#
Obscure 2 black screen Pc#

Obscure 2 black screen update#

For a while it seemed like removing the Intel UHD 630 driver prevented this from happening, but I did eventually run into the crash again and Windows would always update the driver immediately. I have them both set at different volume settings so I know when this happens, but so far it's always done that. If I'm using Discord and this crash happens, it will ask me if I want to switch to that device as if a new device were plugged in. It will also switch over to another NVIDIA High Definition Audio device and the one that is used on startup becomes disabled. There's also a message above that drop down menu that notifies me about Windows now being responsible for selecting which one to use, and none of this is there before the crash happens. I get additional options under 'Power management mode' that weren't there before, and I get an option under the 'Global Settings' & 'Program Settings' tabs that lets me choose my preference between the GTX 1080 and integrated graphics (Intel UHD 630). In NVCP, 'Low Latency Mode' gets set to 'Custom' and loses the option for 'On'. It's really odd.Īfter this crash happens, there's some really weird things I see change. A weird thing I could do with Chrome is open the tab that has the video playing and quickly switch to another tab before the page finishes loading, exit Chrome, open it again, and if I do it carefully enough it somehow prevents the crash from happening. I'm not sure why there are some instances where it won't crash, and I've tried to replicate exactly what I did during those sessions to see if there's something else that prevented it but again it's not consistent. In the past this used to happen 100% of the time, but now it's a bit less consistent. Again important to note that once it happens, I can't replicate the crash until I restart my PC. If I open Halo Infinite, the opening sequence will trigger the crash.

Obscure 2 black screen Pc#

If I open Valorant before encountering the issue, I will not be able to produce the crash and it will prevent it from happening until I boot up the PC again. Weirdly enough, this has never happened while playing a game, but booting up some games does trigger this crash. If I open Chrome and the page has some sponsored video playing, the same thing will happen. For some examples, if I open Steam and the front page has some kind of animated piece, my display will flash black and then recover after a few seconds. Starting with Event 4101 'Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered', this one seems to occur almost every time I encounter any sort of video playback for the first time after booting up my computer. I'm not sure if these two problems are related, but I assume they both suggest some larger issue potentially with my GPU. I'll try to break down the important things I've observed regarding these two issues and I'd be super grateful for anyone that tries to help narrow down what my issue could be. I've had this really strange issue that I've failed to troubleshoot for a couple years now, and it's completely stumped me as I've exhausted all of the knowledge I have and have tried every solution I could find online during this period.