Nvidia has launched a repair for issues with its new RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 graphics playing cards experiencing a black (or clean) display screen on bootup in some unlucky circumstances.

This isn’t fairly as unhealthy because it first sounds, because the working system will nonetheless load okay and produce the desktop in your show as regular, finally – you simply get the clean display screen on boot. Nevertheless, meaning you’ll be able to’t entry the BIOS for instance, or see something in any respect on the display screen, till you attain the OS setting. And never with the ability to get within the BIOS could possibly be a giant downside in itself.

As Tom’s {Hardware} (opens in new tab) stories, although, Nvidia has launched a GPU firmware replace for the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 to treatment these clean display screen blues.

Notice that the issue will solely occur with sure motherboards that are in UEFI mode.

Nvidia says: “The Nvidia GPU Firmware Replace Software will detect whether or not the firmware replace is required, and if wanted, will give the person the choice to replace it.”

For these experiencing a clean display screen on boot with their new Lovelace GPU, you’ll be able to seize the related replace right here (opens in new tab), the place Nvidia additionally gives directions on the right way to get going with the replace.

Evaluation: One other Lovelace GPU glitch for Nvidia – however the resolution has arrived shortly this time

By all accounts, this downside is a uncommon one, in order that’s some excellent news. Nonetheless, when you’re affected, it’ll clearly be irritating not to have the ability to attain the BIOS (although at the very least your PC will nonetheless boot tremendous to the desktop).

As Nvidia notes, don’t apply the replace until you’re truly experiencing the clean display screen – there’s no must threat a firmware replace when you don’t have a tangible downside to resolve, after all.

Notice that this gremlin within the works has nothing to do with the opposite well-publicized subject that has hit the RTX 4090 graphics card, specifically the melting cable controversy. (We’ve simply heard an replace from Nvidia on that downside, by the best way, and it appears the perpetrator, as thought, is the facility adapter not being plugged in accurately.)

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