weird things appearing

Mando772004 · October 1, 2021

i recently noticed weird shapes appearing on my second monitor sometimes my first i dont know why. as soon as i put my cursor on them they disappear. at first i thought my 3080 is dying, but when i game none of these artifacts/shapes appear even when i stress test. whats the cause? should i just use DDU

Bombastinator · October 1, 2021

58 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

i recently noticed weird shapes appearing on my second monitor sometimes my first i dont know why. as soon as i put my cursor on them they disappear. at first i thought my 3080 is dying, but when i game none of these artifacts/shapes appear even when i stress test. whats the cause? should i just use DDU

DDU is a convenience feature that allows spare pieces of previously removed drivers to be removed from the system without doing a clean reinstall. It’s faster. Not fast, but faster. It’s an option. I kind of like full clean reinstall myself if it hasn’t been done in a while as it gets rid of ALL the crud like that, not just bits of driver detritus. Depends on how long a system has been up.

Would it be possible to take a picture of these things? Might prove useful.

Mando772004 · October 1, 2021

25 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

DDU is a convenience feature that allows spare pieces of previously removed drivers to be removed from the system without doing a clean reinstall. It’s faster. Not fast, but faster. It’s an option. I kind of like full clean reinstall myself if it hasn’t been done in a while as it gets rid of ALL the crud like that, not just bits of driver detritus. Depends on how long a system has been up.

Would it be possible to take a picture of these things? Might prove useful.

they barely every happen really i was able to record some flashes that happened on my main screen but those black shapes happened on the other screen i can show you the video

Bombastinator · October 2, 2021

1 hour ago, InfernalClaw said:

they barely every happen really i was able to record some flashes that happened on my main screen but those black shapes happened on the other screen i can show you the video

So a rare occurance. This says software over hardware. Might possibly be hardware if temperature is a factor. Only happens if it’s really hot or cold.

Mando772004 · October 2, 2021

13 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

So a rare occurance. This says software over hardware. Might possibly be hardware if temperature is a factor. Only happens if it’s really hot or cold.

my gpu temp is always while on my desktop 50-55 sometimes goes down to the 47-50 range never too cold and never too hot really unless maybe it spiked when that happened which i honestly find very rare. i googled and some people said it could be missing DLL files from my windows

Bombastinator · October 2, 2021

1 minute ago, InfernalClaw said:

my gpu temp is always while on my desktop 50-55 sometimes goes down to the 47-50 range never too cold and never too hot really unless maybe it spiked when that happened which i honestly find very rare. i googled and some people said it could be missing DLL files from my windows

Gpu temp isn’t the whole machine though. It’s a probe inside the gpu. Won’t even measure the gpu as a whole necessarily. 3090s are supposed to have a problem because of that sometimes. The memory junction heats up but not the rest of the card. Missing DLL file would be software. Sorry I don’t have better information.