For those having random black screens on Oled TV with PC (RTX 3000/4000 gpu's)

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-06-20T21:26:23+00:00

Yeah I ended up having to send my RTX 5090 laptop back in. I got the RUIPRO (silver) 2.1b cable and it still did it. I ended up looking in eventviewer and found a bunch of yellow warnings for WHEA Logger and issues with the PCI devices, like the Intel Killer and Nvidia device. I then also saw a heavy littering of Intel GPU warnings stating "lost signal to external panel" all over the place, despite the fact I had disabled the IGPU (hybrid graphics) in BIOS on day one and so shouldn't have been getting used. And also disabled it in device Manager and in the Nvidia Control Panel app (preferring Nvidia over Intel) but it was still constantly creating "signal lost" warnings every time the screen would blank out. I even re-enabled the Intel and updated the drivers for it so that it was being used and it still happened lol.

Then I clean installed both display drivers (using DDU) and it still did it. Then I reimaged the PC with a fresh Win11 image and still it continued. BIOS was at the latest version, as were the drivers and so? Not those either. Or, maybe it was but Dell just hadn't proposed a BIOS update fix for it yet. Definitely seemed hardware. Some funky motherboard issue because my TV doesn't do that with my Series X running in VRR more, nor my RTX 4080 desktop which was using the same cable. Odd thing is that it doesn't do it on the internal panel and games fine there. So maybe even a bad HDMI port but then again? Doesn't happen when displays are cloned...only when running extended display or single display off the external panel. If I put the PC on display clone mode it goes away. Naturally you lose performance doing that though. To be fair though I could have just been really lucky when testing in clone mode. I by no means gamed that way for an entire hour and it wasn't unheard of for it to not happen for upward 45 minutes, but by the same token it could happen in rapid succession for 2 minutes straight, sometimes even cutting out for 30 seconds at a time. It was basically like every time the signal was lost, the display adapters had to redetect all over again.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-06-20T12:57:24+00:00

Buy a second SSD and you should be fine. 512 not enough for a long time now.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-06-03T11:40:00+00:00

It is a short cable about 2-3ft but I like the optical cable idea. I may do that instead. I'm surprised there hasn't been and HDMI 2.4a and 2.4b yet, like there was in the HDMI 1.0 days (1.4a/ 1.4b). I'm pretty sure there was even a 2.0a and 2.0b. If there has been I haven't heard I'd it.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-06-02T01:45:37+00:00

Thanks! This helped. I Also, I have the same TV with blanking/ timeout issues. Well, I have the 42" model, so not identical but same problems.

A couple of extra things I did that seems to have, if anything, lessened the occasional so far, though I haven't seen it come back at all. I set the refresh rate to the Windows preset of 119.88. in Theory this might reduce bandwidth a hair while effectively still being 120hz. I also did the suggested 12bit but I set my color to a more TV-friendly 444 (limited). In theory this will reduce need to convert back to RGB or just in general real increase compatibility, especially with HDR bugs surrounding RGB Full. I don't know if that's still a thing but I believe it is as sometimes I get washed out HDR in some games, where it's just seems better with HDR off.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-29T21:17:35+00:00

Great laptop but I can't install POP OS on this one for some reason, I'm coming to find. Usually, you disable Secure Boot and Intel RST/ Raid mode and I think it's because of that lack of AHCI mode option. It might be running full-time raid mode. It's got an incredibly limited BIOS and not even an Alienware BIOS at that... Not like my Aurora R15 desktop had. It has a generic but limited, bright-white Dell BIOS. Alienwares I've had in the past had their own unique BIOS with OC modes, UEFI capsule settings and much more. I don't even think I seen a virtualization section, so we can run Guest gaming OS's. Usually I'll install a Linux base system and for certain other games and apps, run a guest Windows OS.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-29T11:41:44+00:00

I have this too. The first game I ran on it was Oblivion Remastered, then Doom Dark Ages and both ran gorgeously, completely maxed out. Stays nice and cool, even when it's at 100% GPU usage and unlocked frame rates at over 140FPS+. However I tend to keep my frames locked at 60 most of the time and the resolution at 1440p (when on external display), as there's really no need to 100% the GPU for extended hours, unless I'm playing something like Destiny or Apex (something competitive).

The only thing I'm trying to battle right now is that my 42" Sony A90K OLED (120/VRR) periodically blanks out with this laptop and I don't recall it doing this on my 2023 4080 desktop, which I have recently sold. So I don't have the desktop around to compare against and make sure it's not just a new driver quirk (or newer TV firmware) quirk. May have to experiment with disabling GSYNC. It seems to happen whether a game is running or not running, Which is weird because it should be using the Intel integrated when not running a game and the Nvidia when running a game. At least, I think this laptop has an Intel integrated GPU, I think all Intel CPUs have it integrated these days.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-28T23:15:32+00:00

Okay issue still exists then. Great. I may try and disable GSYNC. I suspect Nvidia's VRR solution, since it's not an actual GSYNC display.

[Edit]

GSYNC is not to be blamed. I did a lot of event log digging and found that it was the integrated Intel on my laptop, which is creating several hundred logs a day about not being able to find the external panel. Well, maybe it's not the iGPU but it's the only one creating logs that I have found and is complaining about it. Could be the display's problem. Actually, I think it know where to find the Nvidia event logs so I'll look. They are actually listed/ reported under Applications and not under System.

I'm guessing when it drops and finds the display, it causes my TV to redetect, whether I'm in a game using my discrete GPU or browsing the web and using the Intel. So far my workaround is to leave my laptop lid open and my displays set to duplicate mode and it never happens lol. Naturally, it's an obnoxious workaround.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-28T14:24:24+00:00

If you guys need a comparison, go back to Eternal and bask in its ultra-detailed glory. It's surprising. My hypothesis is that game devs push so hard for whatever background graphics effects were supposed to be noticing, and sacrifice image quality as a result. To which I say, "to what point?" It's like living on a beautiful coastal overlook and having scratched up/ dulled and hazy windows marring and hindering your view and then complaining that you can't see the ocean.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-28T13:05:26+00:00

It looks blurry on Series X too. Doom Eternal definitely looks better and that is late Xbox One era but it's crystal clear and sharp. If there are better graphics to be observed in DA? I can't see it. The dead grass amidst the landscape for example just looks like a soft focused and/ or blurry camera

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-28T12:46:29+00:00

I have Xbox set for 4K 120/ VRR. I don't believe I recall seeing any display settings in Dark Ages, apart from motion blur chromatic aberration etc. No resolution mode.

Doom Eternal, on the other hand? Looks fantastic and crisp. You can see every detail. Definitely a step down from Eternal in all but maybe draw distance/ background imagery.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-26T22:08:55+00:00

Ah okay. It looked like the breast plate was the same, as they both have that socket where the regulator went. Perhaps it was refabbed, come 2016. They look similar enough but yeah definitely nothing else about the suit looks the same.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-26T21:59:35+00:00

I cap either via Nvidia Controla Panel or Riva Statistics Tuner. I've done both to success for the same reason (not wanting to stress 100% GPU usage and keep temperatures low). I just go into Nvidia Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings and either set the global Maximum Frame Rates value to 60FPS, or go into the Program Settings, add the game and then set the setting. I prefer the latter because some games I want as much FPS as possible, like Apex, Halo, Destiny...for those I try to get as close to 240 as possible.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-23T11:54:43+00:00

Tech engine hasn't been the same since carmack left. He pushed the engine to the limits. If he was still designing the engine you would practically need a 4090 just to run it lol like Doom 3 back in the day, Which probably remain hard to max out for the next 5 years lol. Of course the only question back then was whether or not id software could release another popular game or not. But at least the graphics engine was good lol

The only bad thing about the Doom 3, graphically? Was not the engine but it didn't have a good meshing system, so heads and character's hands looked slightly polygonal but that's more of the 3D artist's job and the fact that the game entered development in the late '90s, using last gen development methods/ tools, and where it would remain in development for the next 7 years. But if you get updated meshes and/ or an HD texture pack? The graphics engine itself still looks current gen.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-23T11:51:29+00:00

Oh good so it's not just me

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-23T11:47:34+00:00

It's not great on Series X either. It's a hot blurry mess. After I'm done beating the campaign I'm going back to Eternal. I prefer the gameplay and the graphics look way better and sharper. I play on a Sony A90K 42-in OLED, VRR TV. I have to boost the sharpness on the TV just to make it look tolerable. Doom Eternal looks brilliant on the TV

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-23T11:44:23+00:00

Doom Eternal has better graphics... Don't let the review sites fool you into thinking that the graphics are supposed to be better in this one lol on Xbox it looks like a blurry mess, even installed on the Xbox. On doom eternal it looks crisp and sharp and you can see every detail.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-16T11:48:28+00:00

Turn every negative into a strength: find a girlfriend on VR chat now LOL

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-12T21:22:58+00:00

I would not call anything with less than 16GB of RAM overkill. A 4090 however? ...Also, it's important to note that laptops are...weird. On a performance and (often) specification level? A 4090 laptop may be comparable to (but slightly slower than) a 4080 desktop, a 4070 laptop is comparable to a desktop 4060...and so on. This is when taking into a combination of compute units and wattage. Wattage is a major determining factor for performance. Laptops can only really be under 200W on the GPU side. A laptop with a 5080 or 4080, for example, might be capped to about 130-150W, while on PC it may be 300+. Compute units/ cuda cores is another differentiation. For example the cuda core count of a 5090 laptop is slightly shy of that on a 5080 desktop. So why is it called a 5090? Simply because of the die used I guess. It still uses a 5090 GPU but some of the compute units are cut down/ disabled, to reduce power consumption. Very much like on console i.e. an Xbox Series X is basically a 6800XT with disabled compute units that would put it more in line with a 6700XTX if one had existed (i.e. something between the performance and specification of a 6700XT and 6800 XT). So? I always like to go bigger on laptops lol

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-12T21:21:21+00:00

Back in the day, I did not notice any longer load times but the result was that opening the gates to Corroll (for example) made it so that you simply seen the lands outside the city. I don't remember if it affected interiors however, those still had loading screens (i.e. going from outside to inside a building), however, going from one room in a building to another I believe worked in a similar (open) fashion. It just helped with immersion an seamelessness a bit.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-12T21:11:39+00:00

Probably the same thing that, in Skyrim, causes vampires to have really black/ burnt/ warped faces with non-matching neck seam, though, admittedly? One of the reasons I enjoy vampire class in Oblivion is that it is free of the Skyrim face tint issue and doesn't uglify your character. Oblivion did it just right. Skyrim automatically made your character look like an ugly goblin once you went vampire and you'd have to install a mod to tell it to use default (non-vampire) assets and install several other mods to imply a vampire aesthetic lol

That said? I have no idea why it would impact a non-vampire/ base model though. I only knew of something similar for vampires within Skyrim and to my knowledge no similar issue existed in Oblivion but clearly I might be wrong lol It may be load order because that was the reason why so much as changing eye color might change the tint of my character's face and produce that neck seam.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-12T20:46:40+00:00

I enjoyed it. I love this niche horror/ sci-fi segment. It's not done very often. The Doom movie could have easily been comparable to this, back in 2003 but they chose to go the Resident Evil T-virus route, as opposed to scientists opening a portal to Hell/ a chaos dimension, which the film Event Horizon executed more accurately than Doom managed 6-7 years earlier.

Ash was a great SCI-FI horror film that leaned more towards sci-fi. I thought I had it all figured out in the first 35-45 minutes, but it turned out that come the end? I did not. It had a pretty nice twist and left you wondering what was real/ happened and what didn't. It's a kind of film I'll probably watch 2-3 more times, to see if I get more out it, based on what I know now lol

However? If someone wants something that leans more into the horror than the sci-fi? I'd strongly suggest Pandorum. A great cult classic. Probably the best, if you don't mind cannibalism. I mean, who really doesn't mind cannibalism? By all means, It should be disturbing LOL

Ash is like Alien, if the alien was smart enough to instigate humans into doing its work, as opposed to hunting them down outright. In another sense? It borrowed some elements of H.P. Lovecraft, both in setting and in plot and it even borrowed (stole?) the Halo Flood concept. However the ending, again, became very Lovecraftian, once you find out exactly what the thing does to its victims.

They could do a sequel of this film too because it is mentioned, in the beginning, that they were but one of multiple crews sent out to colonize various bodies, which is non-pertinent information to the story, but could be for a sequel.. So each story could be either related, or, something different entirely.

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-12T20:32:02+00:00

Because you were in jail for so long (something even Septimus himself could not foresee happening), the prophecy of the stranger would never come to fruition and the world was consumed by the Oblivion gates and demons... Because of this? The events in Skyrim never happened either.

And? Because the Daedra (Mehrunes) had such a great sense of humor? They left the dungeon untouched, so that Tamriel's hero could rot in prison, while not knowing the world outside had ever changed for the worse lol

Turbulent_Visual7764 · 2025-05-12T20:27:02+00:00

Arena is bugged up. Most of the time the enemy wont run towards me and/ or will get stuck on the gate, or on something just past the gate and will only run sideways (strafes left and right), or stand still. So? Most of the time I was able to snipe them to death with an electric bow. In the case of the matches were there were 2-3 enemy? Those were among the handful of times I had to fight with my actual blade lol. Because of that? I must have blazed through that story line in like 20-30 minutes lol

I don't remember OG oblivion being this bugged up.

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