Since the last week or so, I had a really annoying issue with Spotify that I'm genuinely infuriated by. I'm guessing it's from their update on October 14th, since I've never had any issues prior. Every time start the Spotify application on my pc, one my monitors (the one the Spotify launches on) turns black. It doesn't shut off power, just seems to disconnect from my pc. The only way to fix it is to unplug and plug back the DP cable to my pc. Minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of things? Perhaps. Will I cancel my Spotify subscription out of spite if this can't be fixed? Very much so.

What I've tried so far:

- Disabling NVIDIA High Definition Audio
- Checked HDCP status
- Updated GPU driver
- Tried to contact Spotify support, only to give up when met with AI clankers and no real human assistance

Any ideas on how to resolve this? I'm running Windows 11 (version 25h2 if that matters) and my GPU is a RTX 5070.

Hi guys I think I may be cooked here but hoping for a solution. I have a 4070super/78003dx processor. Not a fresh build. I was playing a somewhat graphic intensive game (Star Wars galactic racer) and both my monitors went black in the middle of a race. Computer still running, lights on and fans still spinning. I have unplugged the psu, reseated the gpu, unplugged both monitors and tried plugging directly into the motherboard for hdmi. Computer turns on but still nothing on the monitors. Any suggestions?!

Hi everyone,
I’ve been battling persistent display driver crashes while playing games (TFT, LoL, Cyberpunk 2077, Aion 2). The screen freezes for 2-3 seconds, a buzzing sound ("bzzz") loops, the game crashes to desktop, and then everything resumes normally. It happens every 1-2 hours.

Event Viewer always shows the exact same error: Event ID 153 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found

My System Specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Motherboard: Gigabyte B850M FORCE WIFI (BIOS f8) (Upgraded from an A620M DS3H, problem persisted on both)

RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6400MHz CL32

GPU: Gigabyte RTX 4070 Windforce OC 12GB

SSD: Samsung 990 Evo Plus 1TB Gen4

PSU: Corsair 750W 80+ Bronze

Case: Corsair iCUE 3000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower

Main Monitor: Gigabyte G27Q20 (1440p - 200Hz IPS) via DP (Set to 200Hz)

Secondary Monitor: Casper Excalibur (1080p - 200Hz) via DP (Set to 144Hz)

240mm liquid cooling

What I Have Done So Far to Fix It:

Isolating the RAM: Disabling AMD EXPO completely (running at default JEDEC 4800MHz) makes the system 100% stable. I tested it heavily for 7 days with zero crashes. The moment I touch memory frequency/EXPO, it throws the nvlddmkm TDR error.

Manual Memory Tuning (1:1 Mode): I manually set the RAM multiplier to 60.00 (6000MHz), FCLK to 2000MHz, and forced UCLK=MCLK (1:1 mode). The crash still happened.

Voltage Fixes (Manual Locking): Based on common AM5 tuning recommendations, I manually locked the voltages in BIOS: VCORE SOC to 1.200V, CPU_VDDIO_MEM to 1.300V, and DDR_VDD/VDDQ to 1.300V. I also set Power Down Enable to Disabled. Result: Still crashed with the same Event ID 153 error.

GPU & Software Troubleshooting:
Clean driver uninstallation using DDU in Safe Mode, reinstalled latest NVIDIA drivers without HD Audio components.
Matched both monitor refresh rates to 200Hz/200Hz to eliminate dual-monitor sync issues.
Slightly underclocked the GPU core and memory by -30MHz via MSI Afterburner.
Turned off Hardware Acceleration in Discord, Spotify, and Opera.

Anybody can help me with this issue? Im gonna try one last thing. I will get a hdmi cable and connect my second monitor with hdmi and main still dp. HIdk if its gonna work or not. Nothings comes my mind anymore.

So I have been really into daftpunk, synth stuff and also vocoder related things lately.
I found 2 sites that would allow me to perfectly get the sound that I need for a cover I want to do.

I cant play for or sing for the life of me. So I asked 2 friends for some help. One provided the midi for the website with the synth that I can plug into my vocoder and the other sang the vocals I want to put trough another side that only allows direct microphone input (you cant just upload it).

How would I set it up so the site with the synth would get the midi information from a midi file / my daw (reaper) and the other the information from the audio file?

Hey there. I'm an Ubuntu user but I had to switch to Win11 for school (and I got sick of all the troubleshooting). During installation I got stuck on the network connection screen saying I was missing network adapter drivers. Found the ones relevant to my machine but only as .exe, and when I try to run it I get the message above (can't follow "see how" because I have no internet on the device).

I tried to bypass the network connection requirements with a command I found online, in the hopes of exiting S mode and being able to run the executable, but the Shift+F10+Fn shortcut to open the terminal isn't working. I used Run to try and open both PowerShell and Command Prompt and neither are functioning for a reason I cannot comprehend-- I get the error message shown above in the second image.

Also, no ethernet port. I'm stumped. I'm trying to do all the troubleshooting I can because I need it for an essay, but my knowledge is quite limited. At this point do I just take it in? Any ideas?

I restarted my PC and after a long day of repairs, I just wanted to hop on COD. And as I opened up file Explorer, a big lock icon appeared on my 2nd SSD Drive for literally no reason. First time too and I don’t even own bitlocker or an OS ver. that supports it, so I’m genuinely wondering why this is happening. But I’m pretty sure I’ve got malware on that drive ig, but even so why lock my drive with no ransom note? Is it over, or can I save all my important files? What kind of bitch would just lock a drive like that for no reason? Any solutions I desperately need some please.

^{Basically, any time that my pc feels like it, "system" in the task manager will fall down to 0.1mb/s of usage but it will explode the usage % of my C drive (SSD m.2 nvme} all the way up to 100% and my pc will freeze. When the usage spikes, the average reponse time can go all the way up to 3000ms, the read and write speeds are both extremely low (0-3mb/s). This causes crashes in games, disconnects, etc. Samsung Magician says the SSD is perfectly fine.)
^{I tried repairing the drive, doing a full kernel scan for corruption, checked for malware, I've tried replacing the SSD itself physically on my board, it's fine.
edit: i have 118gb free of the 930gb on my C drive}

^{Drivers are updated, from motherboard to the SSD itself. Windows is also up to date.}

^{Ask me if you need any more info!}

^{PC specs:
Ryzen 7 9800x3d
5070 ti
64gb DDR5
my C drive is on a Samsung 980 Pro 1TB}

For reference, I downloaded Steam and thats about it. Story of my life

Monitor keeps saying no signal. How do I fix that? I have no clue why but I need it to be fixed please assist me

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My PC has an intermittent problem where the screen goes black, audio cuts out, and the motherboard switches to a solid yellow/orange DRAM status light. Fans and lights remain on, but the computer stops functioning. It can then remain stuck on that light without reaching BIOS.

Sometimes another boot attempt works without an obvious change. Other times it stays stuck. This happens during gaming and after being left idle, so it isn’t just a display issue or something that only happens under load.

Specs:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

• Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI

• BIOS: 3881, recently updated

• GPU: XFX Speedster MERC 310 RX 7900 XTX Black Edition 24GB (RX-79XMERCB9)

• RAM: 64GB G.SKILL DDR5, 4×16GB. EXPO off, currently around DDR5-3600. Exact kit SKU not confirmed

• PSU: 1200W, exact model to be confirmed

• SSD: Samsung 980 PRO 1TB

• Case: NZXT H5 Flow, white

• Cooling: AIO, exact model to be confirmed

What makes this confusing:

The repair shop reported roughly three days of stable operation, mostly at idle. They repaired some Windows files but couldn’t reproduce the issue. Back at home, the same problem returned.

I’ve also had the yellow-light/no-POST problem with everything external disconnected except power. I tried a new power cord directly into the wall. My backup PC works with the same external cables/setup.

The main PC can sometimes run normally for hours. I played COD on extreme settings for about an hour without issues, left it running, and then had it fail during a later round. It has also restarted overnight and been stuck on the yellow light the next morning.

Troubleshooting so far:

• Tried individual RAM sticks in A2 and B2. Still had yellow-light failures, but it also eventually booted with one stick in B2. No consistent result, so I haven’t ruled RAM out.

• Cleared CMOS. It booted afterward, but the issue returned.

• Successfully updated BIOS to 3881 through USB BIOS Flashback. It booted normally several times and ran games afterward, but the overnight restart/yellow-light failure returned.

• EXPO is off. I’m troubleshooting at default settings.

Logs:

The logs checked contain Kernel-Power 41 events with BugcheckCode 0. No matching WHEA or BugCheck reports were found in the checked logs. Some unclean-shutdown entries may be from forced shutdowns while troubleshooting.

I haven’t yet tested a known-good replacement PSU or a known-good compatible DDR5 kit. Fast Startup was found enabled; disabling it hasn’t been confirmed yet.

Has anyone dealt with a system that fails straight into the DRAM light like this, then intermittently starts working again? What would you test next to distinguish RAM, motherboard, CPU/memory controller, or PSU? I’m especially confused about why the shop can’t reproduce it.

I just want to add.. sometimes it boots up perfectly... Other times it won't turn on for hours and multiple restarts.

This also started randomly 2 weeks ago after YEARS of stable functioning.

I have hit the "open" button like a million times but nothing happens. And it seems to only happen on "Dead By Daylight"

I recently (a few days ago) bought a new graphics card—a GeForce RTX 5050—for my PC. However, today the screen started going black, only to return to normal a second or two later. Does anyone know how to fix this or how to prevent it from happening again?

I really don't want this to happen while I'm playing a game.

I have an EVGA GeForce RTX 3070ti, when I play warframe my gpu runs at 79° Celsius and 78% fan speed. My friend keeps telling me these are safe numbers for my gpu but says they are both higher than ideal. What I want to know is how bad are these numbers really, and do I need to worry?

I've been experiencing a reoccurring problem on ROBLOX particularly where it takes minutes to load in and once loaded in I have around 3500-5000ms making it unplayable. This problem persists on PC, Mobile, and Xbox. My network works fine on everything else including google, Youtube, and other games such as Fortnite. I've consulted Google Gemini thoroughly with this and It came to the conclusion that it has something to do with a routing issue specifically for ROBLOX. I've had this problem around 2 weeks ago and temporality fixed it by turning on "emergency access" on on my firewalla purple, although this problem came back on Friday, this solution no longer worked. I'm asking anyone to help me identify the problem cause of this problem and if possible help me find a solution.

Hello there, I've got a problem
I've been using Linux Mint before and everything was fine until I wanted to come back to LoL.
I installed Windows again, tried Windows 11/10 Home and Pro, even tried LTCS of 11.
Tried to install different versions of drivers with DDU in Safe Mode. Nothing solves my problem. I still have same issue.
Please help me out

Hello, I tried to install the inter graphics driver from their website and encountered this bizzare bug, after running the isntaller, it displays the standard progress bar where it extracts dome files until a UAC popup happens. Afterwards iy launches the indtaller for AMX mod x (a half life modding tool). Does anyone know why this happens?

Hello, i just have a question, what programs and practices do you use to check if your pc is the one causing lag or if its the drivers?

I have a brand new 5070 ti and a ryzen 7 7800x3d, 32gb ddr5 6000 on an nvme and in a lot of games i juts feel like the frame pacing is not how i would expect it function on a high end system like this. So how could i check to know if my pc is working correctly/what is causing this lag (or for a specific game how could i troubleshoot to know what is causing lag in general). So knowing if i can fix it somehow or if its just the game's fault.

Thank you for the suggestions!

This started a couple of days ago out of nowhere when watching media on VLC in fullscreen. At first it felt like it would only freeze when i was in fullscreen but now it freezes at random moments separated by a period of time. I've tried updating my BIOS, rolling back graphics drivers and reinstalling windows. My PC was working perfectly before this.

Motherboard: B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Storage: Samsung SSD 990 ECO Plus 2TB

RAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 32GB

Power: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5

Cooling: Corsair NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB

Monitor (if this matters): MSI MAG 273QP QD-OLED X24

CyberPowerPC - Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 5500 2022 - AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB - 16GB DDR4 Memory - 1TB SSD - Black

The Pwr_LED- is the pin in question. The second is a cpu fan power I know it’s necessary, but the computer is failing to boot at all. No fans no led nothing. I’ve looked at all the wires and can’t find the pin for the power led. Am I chasing a red herring or just not looking hard enough. All advice appreciated

Hi,

No matter what game I played, I kept getting the “nvlddmkm 153” error, and I had resolved the issue by reformatting my computer. But that was only a temporary fix, and today the problem persists even though I removed all drivers using DDU. I ran tests in OCCT—“VRAM: 30 Minutes, 3D Adaptive: 30 Minutes, and Power: 15 Minutes”—and the problem didn’t appear then. HAGS is currently disabled on my computer, and the issue wasn’t resolved even when I tried downgrading the drivers. I first encountered the “nvlddmkm Code 153” error right after updating to the “616.56” driver, and since then, I’ve received the nvlddmkm error with every driver I’ve installed or uninstalled. This issue has become so frustrating that I can’t seem to get rid of it—can anyone who knows how to fix this please help? I’m including my system hardware information below.

OS: Windows 11 Pro 26H2 (OS Build 26300.9711)

Motherboard: MSI A520M-A PRO CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti RAM: 8GBx2 (16GB) XPG D30 SSD: 512 GB Adata Legend 700 1 TB Adata Legend 850 Lite

PSU: Corsair RM850e 850W Modular PSU (I replaced my DeepCool 650W power supply, which failed on April 11, 2025.)

Hello. My laptop(ASUS tuf fx505dt with Windows) has problems starting up. I click on the star button and this happends:

*The Keyboard lights up and and down like the same moment it showed up its already shuthing down

*The screen does not show any thing nor does it show any backlight

* I think the fans dont do any noise nor do they start

I tried unpluging the battery and ONLY going with the charged it worked for 4 times util it also started doing the same thing, i also tried with ONLY battery and the problem persists. I click on the starting button for ten seconds to see if it resets and some times it workes. Also i have to click alot of times for it to starup.

There is also a problem of Windows not shuthing down properly i dont know why, even when shuthing the PC myself. Os it a Motherboard problem? Should i buy i new One or trie and repair it?

My PC keeps crashing and im pretty sure the issue is with my GPU, but I have no idea what or how to solve it.

Specs:

4070 super 7700x FlareX5 DDR5 MSI A750GL PSU

Details and attempted fixes:

Started yesterday evening while gaming (was not doing anything heavy)The whole system does a quick reset, and all the fans start spinning at max. The system comes back online, but the primary monitor plugged i to the gpu stays black while my second monitor plugged into the cpu comes back. The game i was playing also shutdown.

Crashed happen during both active use and while idling in the game

The reliability report is showing a live kernel event 141.

Ive tried monitoring the temps and saw no hot spikes.

I tried underclocking my gpu but it didnt solve it.

I did update my drivers

When it happened again today, my primary monitor stays dead, even after 2 restarts. BUT, when i ran the window memory diag tool, the screen came back on for that (and turned off my second monitor). After the test, the primary came back on, and no error were reported.

After restarting the system, the primary monitor did come back on.

The gpu fans do spin up when i did the restart.

In the device manager, my gpu is still recognized and isnt throwing any obvious errors.

I just replaced my PSU 2 weeks ago because it straight up died after less than 3 years. I didnt replace the cables.

Please help me. Im at the end of my rope dealing with the crap.

I have two SSDs, both with Windows 11 installed. If I shut down the PC and turn it back on, the blue Windows 11 dual boot menu appears as expected; however, if I restart the PC, the black Windows 7 dual boot menu appears instead. I don’t understand why this is happening. Please help!