Nvidia latest drivers causing my multiple monitor setup to crash to blue screen(not BSOD but light blue colour)

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Hi all,

I have been having weird issues with my pc since Nvidia driver 460.89.

Initially I installed the drivers without restarting my pc in the last month or so but Windows finally forced my hand in restarting the pc to install patches it said was crucial.

Restarted my pc and boots fine all the way to the login screen.

Input password and as soon as it shows the desktop it shows a weird light blue color. This is with both my monitors and TV plugged in.

I can still windows is working by pressing the same button all the time until I hear windows freaking out about sticky keys.


I did the following:

  1. Clean install on Windows with the latest drivers 460.89. Problem persists after login.

  2. Use DDU and boot to safe mode, clean the drivers and install driver 460.79. Problem persists after login.

  3. Use DDU and boot to safe mode, clean the drivers and install driver 457.51. Problem persists after login.

  4. Use DDU and boot to safe mode, clean the drivers and install driver 457.30. All problems are magically gone and it all works

Problems with drivers 460.89, 460.79 and 457.51 manifests itself in the following ways, and it took me hours to figure this out!

  1. Displayport monitor is plugged in with latest drivers it works. As soon as I plug in either my HDMI television or 2nd monitor it completely freaks out the display.

  2. I plug in both my HDMI tv and Monitor it all works fine until I plug in my Display port Monitor and freaks out the displays.

Checked my GPU, both the 6pin and 8pin connectors are running from individual connectors and not split.

Changed PSU, problems persists same as above ^

Swapped out my RAM, problem persists as above ^


Hardware

Ryzen 5 3600

ASRock X570 Taichi

16gb Trident Z Royal 3600 MHz CL14

2 x Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB M.2

1 x Corsair F240B as Boot Drive

Corsair TX850M PSU

Corsair 4000D Airflow PC Case

Asus GTX 1080 Ti Turbo 11G


All sound,network and motherboards drivers are up to date as of this post.

Hoping I can scratch your brains in helping my fix this issue I am having, as currently Cyberpunk 2077 refuses to work properly with low GPU utilization and makes it frustrating to play.

AC Valhalla, Shadow of Tomb Raider and DOOM Eternal all run perfectly fine.

Warm Regards,

Posted Dec 19, 2020, 10:10 AM UTC

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PoSaP•

I guess you can swap the GPU (borrow your friends one) and see if it helps.

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JavisoGaming•

I am having the same problem. Nvidia just posted this hotfix yesterday. See if it helps. I'm installing it now.
GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 460.97
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5145

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Gradiu5OP•

Thanks I did try it but its same old ***t for me.

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JavisoGaming•

Yep. Me too. I have 3 monitors. Two to 1080Ti and one to integrated Intel GPU. Now all 3 are connected to the 1080Ti. 2 via DP and one via HDMI and so far so good with latest drivers.

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Gradiu5OP•

is that with the hotfix patch they have out?

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