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Windows 10 Keeps on Lowering Monitor Refresh Rate

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Hi guys, I've run into a little bit of a problem here recently, and I was wondering if any of you had a solution, or were experiencing similar issues...

 

I'm running windows 10, on a 5930k/980ti SLI (most likely doesn't matter), with dual monitors (important). the primary monitor is a ultra-wide 3440*1440, and the secondary is a 1920*1080.

 

Recently, Windows 10 has frequently been setting the primary display's refresh rate to 30Hz. This happens a lot after waking up from sleep, and the only way to fix this (in dual-monitor mode) is by manually going into the display monitor properties and setting refresh rate back to 60Hz. One thing i noticed is that if I pull the hdmi to my secondary display (while system is running), the primary ultra-wide instantly reverts to 60Hz. The moment I plug the secondary display back in, the primary goes 30Hz. The Secondary always runs on 60Hz though. After manually setting the display to 60Hz, both displays work as intended.

 

This system is around a year old, and has been working flawlessly until now. 

 

I have tried updating drivers, restarting, both ineffective. As far as windows update logs show, no updates system have been installed since august 31st. 

 

Any help would be nice, thanks in advance!

 

EDIT: Ahh, i got my terminology wrong. The monitors aren't daisy chained, they're just dual monitors. can't recall where I pulled "daisy chain" from lol

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i never heard of daisy-chaining monitors. 

 

what cables are you using and what ports on the displays? 

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not a fix but a work around ...disable hibernation/sleep, always on

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15 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

i never heard of daisy-chaining monitors. 

 

what cables are you using and what ports on the displays? 

woops, not daisy chained, They're just dual monitor mode. A DP1.2 for the 3440*1440, and a regular hdmi for the 1920*1080

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8 minutes ago, jools said:

not a fix but a work around ...disable hibernation/sleep, always on

It's always been set to that, but recently I've started manually sleeping the computer while I'm out for school (since it water-cooled and i want to minimize risks of accidents and possibly fire while i'm away). I've started noticing it only recently, after starting this habit, so it's likely got something to do with sleep mode. I guess I'll just have to save and shut down from now on...

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its what I do , when I leave my pc I turn the old cow off. hibernate/sleep/wake up can cause all sorts of issues...since doing this , no probs. and if torrenting its full on

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"regular hdmi", one fo thtse awful 1.0 cables might give you issues. happend to me with my ps3. coudn't set it to 1080p, problem was the cable. 

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