- Nvidia’s GPUs face another error causing black screens crashes
- This affects RTX 5060 and 5060 TI GPUs and doesn’t let you start on the desktop
- Nvidia has a solution to hand but applying it can be a somewhat difficult case for some people – even if the effect of this error is not widespread, apparently
Nvidia has released a solution for owners of the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 TI -Graphics cards watching their PC start to a black screen.
Of course, this is an ugly problem where the affected people are unable to use their PC unless they have a way of getting around the black screen that presents themselves and brings the boot process to a screaming stop, instead of allowing people to get to their desktop.
Videocardz highlighted Nvidia’s confirmation of this problem in a support document that also provides a tool for healing showstopping bug, namely NVIDIA GPU UEFI Firmware Update Tool V2.0.
Nvidia makes it very clear that this patch – which is an update to motherboard BIOS – should only be installed by those who encounter black screens. If you are not affected by this problem, do not grab this tool.
Of course, there is a small problem in terms of downloading and using the tool on a PC with this error, considering that, as mentioned, you apparently cannot get to the desk in the first place.
Not with a normal trunk anyway, and that’s why Nvidia provides a list of solutions to get your PC started in its support material. It includes headline into BIOS (which you can do before your PC begins to start, after the instructions delivered with your computer or motherboard) and make sure you are in UEFI boot mode and not Legacy/CSM mode.
This is because the latter can cause the problem of black screen, but note that some (older) PCs may not have a UEFI option, in which case NVIDIA advises you to “contact customer service for your graphics card manufacturer for a Legacy VBIOS update.” (Of course, Nvidia does not mean, but the producer of your board, such as Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and so on).
The other most important trick that had to work to get to the desktop is, if you have integrated graphics (on your processor), you can switch to use of it (in the BIOS graphics settings) instead of your NVIDIA GPU. Or if your CPU has not integrated graphics, you can use another (old or borrowed) NVIDIA GPU on your PC temporarily.
Analysis: A frustrating problem with limited impact
This is then a messy problem or it may be in some scenarios, which potentially requires a bit of fiddling around to get to a place where you can install the patch to solve it.
It’s far from ideal, but the good news is that there don’t seem to be many players affected by this error, as Videocardz points out. It is comforting to hear in some ways – although it may partly be a reflection of the lack of popularity of the RTX 5060 especially for different reasons – but clearly some GPU owners will be hit by this snag, otherwise Nvidia would not bother with a patch to cure it.
Unfortunately, NVIDIA graphics card owners have been exposed to black screen problems from Boot or Black Screen-Lock-ups during daily use or games ever since new GeForce drivers were released with support for Blackwell GPUs. And it does not just extend to these RTX 5000 graphics cards, but the RTX 4000 models have also been affected (or even the generation before it spread in a spread of reported cases).
In short, there has been a general Wonkiness with Nvidia’s graphics drivers since the RTX 5000 series arrived and this is the latest episode. All in all, it’s not a good look for Team Green.
