Nvidia has released a new hotfix driver today that brings even more fixes for black screen problems. The previous GameReady driver release from the company, version 572.60, was also meant to address black screen bugs specifically on the RTX 5000 series GPUs.
The new hotfix release builds on top of that and resolves a problem where a Windows 11/10 PC would boot up to a black screen. This would happen when a DisplayPort interface is used to connect the GPU to the monitor. Nvidia does not specifically say which family of GeForce cards are affected by this. This fix follows an earlier DisplayPort bugfix wherein an audio issue was resolved.
The release notes for GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 572.65 says:
This hotfix addresses the following issue:
- PC may boot to a black screen when connected via DisplayPort with certain monitors [5131002]
Please note that hotfix drivers are not available via the Nvidia app or Nvidia Driver Search and have to be manually downloaded. You can do so from this page on Nvidia's official website.
As a reminder, here are the release notes for the previous GameReady driver:
Fixed Gaming Bugs
- [SteamVR] Some apps may display stutter on GeForce RTX 50 series [5088118]
Fixed General Bugs
- [Adobe Substance 3D Sampler] Crashing at launch with R570 branch drivers [5083712]
- [Adobe Substance 3D Painter] Texture corruption in baking results from GPU raytracing [5091781]
- [VRay 6] Unexpected Low Performance on CUDA Vpath Tests for Blackwell GPUs [4915763]
- [GeForce RTX 50 series] Various black screen issues [5088957] [5100062] [5089089]
- Audio issues when GPU is connected via DisplayPort 1.4 w/ DSC at very high refresh rates [5104848]
- Applications may display slight image corruption on pixelated 2D patterns [5071565]
Known issues
- Changing state of "Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area" does not take effect until PC is rebooted [4995658]
- PC may bugcheck IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL 0xa during gameplay with HDR enabled [5091576]
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