NVIDIA's RTX 5060 GPUs have been causing blank/black screens, as has been reported by numerous users, for which NVIDIA has released a new firmware.
Numerous RTX 5060/5060 Ti Black Screens Reports are Piling up; NVIDIA Releases UEFI Firmware Update, Which Works "Only" if Blank Screen Occurs on Reboot
No RTX 50 series GPU has been spared from the black screen issue, and the RTX 5060 series is the latest victim. Reports of bricked RTX 5060 Ti are very common these days, and while the RTX 5060 is relatively new, the GPU will likely suffer the same fate. We have been seeing many reports emerging on social media and NVIDIA's forums about the issue, and it seems to be pretty complex.
Some users have been unable to operate their systems normally since their systems crash or freeze on a black screen unexpectedly. Unlike what you would think is a result of intensive workloads, the black screen can occur at any point, regardless of what and how intensive the process is. In some cases, users aren't even able to reach the BIOS screen, which is bizarre.
One of the very recent responses from one of NVIDIA's employees involved troubleshooting with multiple steps, but at the end of the day, if the problem doesn't get fixed, you will have to send the crash dump file to NVIDIA. Yesterday, NVIDIA released a new firmware in hopes of fixing the blank/black screen issue RTX 5060 series owners are facing. This is the GPU UEFI Firmware Update Tool v2.0, which aims to update the GPU firmware for users who are facing issues when they reboot their systems.
NVIDIA says that this update should "only" be applied if the black screen occurs after the reboot, which essentially means that it is not a permanent fix for all users. Many have been unsuccessful in getting the boot, even the first time after installing the RTX 5060 Ti. Some have reported that the GPU doesn't work with the driver installed, and others have reported that they were successful in booting to the OS only in safe mode.
In the release notes, NVIDIA also recommended a few steps in order to troubleshoot the problem as follows:
- Completely power down your system before booting
- Ensure you are using the latest SBIOS from your motherboard vendor
- Ensure you are in UEFI boot mode and not Legacy/CSM
- Boot using an alternate graphics source (secondary card or integrated graphics)
- After powering on your system, wait for your operating system to load with the graphics driver installed
It asks users not to use the Legacy/CSM boot mode, but if their motherboards don't support the UEFI boot mode, they will have to contact the customer service of their GPU manufacturer for a Legacy VBIOS update.
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