Please help

[rigid mauve]

Hi, i built my PC a week ago with all new parts except the GPU and CPU they are second hand. Everything works fine but i have an issue. On saturday i was playing DayZ and i got a random black screen. I couldnt Alt Tab or anything basically everything just shut off but the PC fans were still spinning and RGBs working. Yesterday it happened again. Please help.
My build:

CPU Ryzen 5 7600X
GPU Nvidia RTX 3070
32GB DDR5 Ram
1TB Adata SSD
MB MSI Pro B650-S WIFI
PSU GIGABYTE P650G 650W

[rigid mauve]

anyone know what to do?

[snow crane]

Did you still have sound during the blackscreen?

[rigid mauve]

i think yes, at least for a few seconds

the rgbs were still on and the fans spinning

[snow crane]

Next time it happens, press Windows key + Ctrl + Shift + B

That manually resets the gpu driver. You can try it now for shits n giggles to see what it does.

Its possible it's a driver crash and isn't able to recover.

[rigid mauve]

i did this the second time it happened, didnt help

[rigid mauve]

how do i fix driver crashes

[snow crane]

Familiar with the program DDU?

[rigid mauve]

is that the driver uninstalling thing?

@snow crane

[stable creek]

yes

i m hving similar issue to urs but sometimes my pc just freezes with whatever is on my screen (games mostly) and just reboots or i hv to reboot it manually

try the ddu thing and disable g-sync from control panel or nvidia app.......it might help

[rigid mauve]

i couldnt find the g sync yesterday

where is it in the nvidia app

[stable creek]

wait i ll send u pic

[rigid mauve]

okay

[stable creek]

un tick the boxes

[rigid mauve]

okay thanks

@snow crane is it possible that my CPU integrated gpu drivers and interfiering with my main GPU drivers?

[stable creek]

i dont think thats the issue

[snow crane]

Absolutely, its rare, but does happen

[stable creek]

bcus i hv a similar issue to urs and my pc dont hv integrated graphics

[snow crane]

If you are using nvidia app, it's under system, video

[rigid mauve]

ill uninstall every driver and redownload only the nvidia drivers and ill update bios

[snow crane]

So basically, Download driver - unhook internet - boot into safe mode - run ddu (select nvidia, intel, and amd) only select option to restart on nvidia in your sake - restart - install driver - once driver is installed, hook back up the internet

@rigid mauve

[rigid mauve]

can i watch a youtube tutorial on this?

because its hard like this

a little

haha

[snow crane]

You can sure, but i gave a few extra steps to make sure nothing else accidently downloads

https://www.guru3d.com/download/display-driver-uninstaller-download/

[rigid mauve]

alright thanks man i appreciatte it. I will try everything and if it happens again then the guy i bought the gpu from said he will replace the gpu or return money

[snow crane]

It could be a slew of possible problems. The easiest is to redo the drivers which is what ddu will allow you to do

[rigid mauve]

hopefully it gets fixed

[snow crane]

Just make sure you are disconnected from the internet, and don't hook back up until AFTER ddu has finished, you have restarted, and have installed your gpu drivers

[rigid mauve]

okay thank you, but i can install gpu drivers without wifi?

[stable creek]

ig u hv to disconnect wifi from pc

like no internet connected to pc at all

[rigid mauve]

oh

[snow crane]

Download the driver ahead of time

So basically, Download driver - unhook internet - boot into safe mode - run ddu (select nvidia, intel, and amd) only select option to restart on nvidia in your sake - restart - install driver - once driver is installed, hook back up the internet

[rigid mauve]

Oh okay thanks

[lavish mortar]

@stable creek @rigid mauve
Hope this helps

[rigid mauve]

thanks but my game doesnt crash. My monitor loses signal

[lavish mortar]

Ah ok mb

[snow crane]

Also, don't change that to 99%. I really don't feel like listing every reason here, but just dont.

If you feel like having a read, just Google it. Why you shouldn't set power plan processor management to 99%

[lavish mortar]

Welp idk if there is any big downside to this but it fixed my pc lockups

[stable creek]

thanks for the help but doesnt this reduce game performance?

[snow crane]

Yup lol, because it won't ever allow your cpu to clock to its full performance.

[snow crane]

Yes, there are alot of downsides. For starters you never get the full performance of your cpu for one. Setting to 99% essentially removes turbo boost from it.