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Hutsell
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Aug 23, 2025
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Random Crashes to a Black Screen. No Errors.

I'm a little stumped on this one and I'm not even sure its a Windows issue, but for a couple months now when I run some software my screen will go black and the sound will stop randomly. There's no w...
  • WasmWilliam's avatar
    Aug 23, 2025

    This sounds super frustrating, and I've dealt with a similar black screen issue myself.

    This is almost always a hardware or driver issue. Since it happens across multiple games, I'd start by completely wiping your GPU drivers with DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) in Safe Mode and then doing a clean install of the latest drivers. This fixed my random black screens.

    If that doesn't work, it's likely a hardware problem—check your power supply (PSU) or GPU temperatures under load, as both are common culprits for this exact behavior.

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