Black Screen even after doind DDU, NVINSTALL and Rolling back drivers

[Kratos]

Hello, 

 

I am fully aware of the known black screen and black screen & gpu fans to 100% issue of NVIDIA drivers starting from 572.

 

I have been getting all the package. The thing is, I did 3 DDUs now and rolled back to 566.14, 566.36, 565.90 which I didn't have isssues with in October - November, all worked like a charm.

 

Now since RTX 5000 Series launch there is just simply NO WAY to not get a black screen, no matter what I do, I did a DDU and NVInstall too to make sure I did a clean install. 

 

It seems that rolling back to previous drivers does not solve the issue because somewhat there is still something baked into the GPU from the 572 drivers. Something not even DDU is capable of removing.

 

I have an RTX 4090 and it's starting to get annoying, the issues started with the launch of the RTX 5000 series.

 

Before I had no issues. Since then it's been 3 months of black screens, and also black screens followed by gpu fans at 100% speed.

 

Is anyone else having this issue?

 

I'm starting to think that a full Windows reinstall is not going to solve the isssue.

 

Should I just RMA the card? I got warranty until October 2026.

 

Anybody got more info on this? Thank you!

[strange13930]

12 minutes ago, Kratos said:

Hello, 

 

I am fully aware of the known black screen and black screen & gpu fans to 100% issue of NVIDIA drivers starting from 572.

 

I have been getting all the package. The thing is, I did 3 DDUs now and rolled back to 566.14, 566.36, 565.90 which I didn't have isssues with in October - November, all worked like a charm.

 

Now since RTX 5000 Series launch there is just simply NO WAY to not get a black screen, no matter what I do, I did a DDU and NVInstall too to make sure I did a clean install. 

 

It seems that rolling back to previous drivers does not solve the issue because somewhat there is still something baked into the GPU from the 572 drivers. Something not even DDU is capable of removing.

 

I have an RTX 4090 and it's starting to get annoying, the issues started with the launch of the RTX 5000 series.

 

Before I had no issues. Since then it's been 3 months of black screens, and also black screens followed by gpu fans at 100% speed.

 

Is anyone else having this issue?

 

I'm starting to think that a full Windows reinstall is not going to solve the isssue.

 

Should I just RMA the card? I got warranty until October 2026.

 

Anybody got more info on this? Thank you!

you can try reinstalling windows but if that doesn't work rma the gpu.

[podkall]

Have you tried installing the latest, and then instead of DDU, just installing in the older drivers?

 

You could also OCCT test the card to see if it isn't some easy to stress fault of the card.

 

GPU fans going 100% is GPU issue, usually thermally related, how are the temps of the 4090?

[Kratos]

On 4/27/2025 at 10:37 PM, podkall said:

Have you tried installing the latest, and then instead of DDU, just installing in the older drivers?

 

You could also OCCT test the card to see if it isn't some easy to stress fault of the card.

 

GPU fans going 100% is GPU issue, usually thermally related, how are the temps of the 4090?

I haven't tried that yet thanks I heard with the new one there's temps reading issues. I'll wait to the next official driver and try what you suggested.

 

Temps are more than fine, its a Gigabyte OC 4090 so the heatsink is overkill, temps are around 32c idle and 60-65 during load gaming/rendering.

Also memory doesn't go past 72c.

 

For now, I re-connected the 12VHPWR cable. I heard people where having issues with Cablemods cables so I bought a Corsair one compatible with my PSU, it's the classic 12VHPWR to x2 8 Pin (Corsair says each 8 Pin can deliver 300w). 

 

Next time this happens to the GPU I'll try and install the latest drivers, then doing DDU, then installing the old ones.

If the problem persists, I'll swap the PSU cable and see if that's the cause.

[podkall]

1 hour ago, Kratos said:

I haven't tried that yet thanks I heard with the new one there's temps reading issues. I'll wait to the next official driver and try what you suggested.

You can try older drivers, just search manually for RTX 4090 drivers on Nvidia website.

 

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

 

1 hour ago, Kratos said:

Temps are more than fine, its a Gigabyte OC 4090 so the heatsink is overkill, temps are around 32c idle and 60-65 during load gaming/rendering.

Also memory doesn't go past 72c.

Hotspot temps?

 

1 hour ago, Kratos said:

Next time this happens to the GPU I'll try and install the latest drivers, then doing DDU, then installing the old ones.

If the problem persists, I'll swap the PSU cable and see if that's the cause.

No need to do this the complicated way.

What I suggested was instead of using DDU, just installing older drivers. (current drivers > older drivers)

[Mark Kaine]

On 4/27/2025 at 8:02 PM, Kratos said:

Hello, 

 

I am fully aware of the known black screen and black screen & gpu fans to 100% issue of NVIDIA drivers starting from 572.

 

I have been getting all the package. The thing is, I did 3 DDUs now and rolled back to 566.14, 566.36, 565.90 which I didn't have isssues with in October - November, all worked like a charm.

 

Now since RTX 5000 Series launch there is just simply NO WAY to not get a black screen, no matter what I do, I did a DDU and NVInstall too to make sure I did a clean install. 

 

It seems that rolling back to previous drivers does not solve the issue because somewhat there is still something baked into the GPU from the 572 drivers. Something not even DDU is capable of removing.

 

I have an RTX 4090 and it's starting to get annoying, the issues started with the launch of the RTX 5000 series.

 

Before I had no issues. Since then it's been 3 months of black screens, and also black screens followed by gpu fans at 100% speed.

 

Is anyone else having this issue?

 

I'm starting to think that a full Windows reinstall is not going to solve the isssue.

 

Should I just RMA the card? I got warranty until October 2026.

 

Anybody got more info on this? Thank you!

What windows version are you running exactly?

 

Also did you install the Nvidia "app" (you know that's not mandatory right)?

 

I'm on 566.33 but didn't install the app as it was buggy. no black screen but just random bugs, including "Nvidia driver crash"... I've never seen this before and haven't since again...

 

 

You could also try like 550 drivers, my 4070 runs on that with the app, and only minor bugs ...

 

It all depends on your windows version though probably.