Screen flickers black once after logging in?

[Iggy Wolf]

So lately my screen will flicker black every time I restart my PC. It'll do specifically AFTER I login into my desktop. The desktop will load first but after doing so, the screen will immediately flicker black and then return. Nothing in Event Viewer even indicates that it's a driver or display problem.

I actually just installed the newest Nvidia driver (537.13. in hopes that maybe perhaps it's a driver issue). I'm not sure why it's doing it. Although it does seem to have started doing it when I was playing around with the Nvidia color settings and color accuracy mode in the control panel.

I did set the settings back to what they were before (mostly default). And my monitor's a Gigabyte G24F 2 165 Hz Freesync monitor. I'm actually curious if it isn't possibly the HDD instead. I mean, my GPU is a brand new 3070 Ti. I don't know if it's the refresh rate that's causing it or perhaps another unstable or corrupt driver.

Would it even possibly be related to my GPU or the HDMI cable it's using? I have no flickers or actual display problems with graphics or anything within games themselves. It ONLY seems to make that one flicker after I login. I don't know if it's possibly just the desktop refreshing itself.

[Omega]

Something is refreshing your screen, it could be doing it to change resolution, refresh rate or something else. Reset your GPU control panel back to default, that will probably fix it.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

For me I'm seeing it is normal for every NVIDIA Driver I've used since switching to DCH Drivers. For me I notice it does this because it takes a quick moment to apply the RGB + FULL change at OS Login I have set in NVIDIA Control Panel; which explains why the screen does this 1-time flicker at after OS Login (when showing Desktop for first time this session).


This is nothing wrong.

[Iggy Wolf]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Omega:

Something is refreshing your screen, it could be doing it to change resolution, refresh rate or something else. Reset your GPU control panel back to default, that will probably fix it.

I actually noticed after manually refreshing Windows Explorer that the Nvidia Control Panel had disappeared in my tray icon. I had to restart the Nvidia Display Container LS service to get it back. But when going into Services to do so, I had also noticed that the Nvidia LocalSystem Container Service was Off and apparently set to "Manual" for some reason.

I'm well aware that technically, THAT service should be running at ALL times. Not even sure why it was set to Manual. It could have been causing my Control Panel to always refresh the desktop after logging in because it wasn't saving my desktop refresh rate settings in the CP.

[Iggy Wolf]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Bad 💀 Motha:

For me I'm seeing it is normal for every NVIDIA Driver I've used since switching to DCH Drivers. For me I notice it does this because it takes a quick moment to apply the RGB + FULL change at OS Login I have set in NVIDIA Control Panel; which explains why the screen does this 1-time flicker at after OS Login (when showing Desktop for first time this session).


This is nothing wrong.

I have a question about that actually. Is it better to use the Nvidia Color settings or the default? I only ask cause I have set a custom profile in my monitor settings for colors and gamma. I also tend to use Sweetfx/Reshade in a lot of my games so I'm wondering if it's better to stick with default settings or my Nvidia color settings. Ditto for the "Color Accuracy Mode". Whether I should set it to "Override for Reference" or keep it as "Enhanced".

[levet.byck]

maybe your pc has decided to become an atari st..

[Bad 💀 Motha]

NVIDIA Colors should be on default.
To change them, change them via your Monitor's profile. Most have presets you can cycle through at the click on a button on the Monitor.

But as for the RGB, it should be set to Full. If it's set to Half, then your screen always looks dull and washed out, not vibrant and crisp. Where Black looks Grey and not as it should be.

[Iggy Wolf]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Bad 💀 Motha:

NVIDIA Colors should be on default.
To change them, change them via your Monitor's profile. Most have presets you can cycle through at the click on a button on the Monitor.

But as for the RGB, it should be set to Full. If it's set to Half, then your screen always looks dull and washed out, not vibrant and crisp. Where Black looks Grey and not as it should be.

Yeah. I have Colors set to default. I have RGB set to Full. Although blacks sometimes looking grey is still a thing if only cause it's an IPS display, and only has a 1100:1 contrast ratio. Thankfully, the "IPS glow" isn't as bad as other IPS displays, and I have the brightness set much lower so the backlight glow isn't as obvious.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Learn to use and if needed configure the Monitor built-in presets.

For example Asus Monitors have at least 6 of these. One good for Photo and Video editing due to color accuracy(RGB), one good for general OS use, one good for Night Time, one good for Movies and another for Games. The one used for Movies is also good for Games, however the one labeled Game Mode is bit brighter and great for games that offer very dark areas, which in this mode allows better ability to see in dark tunnels, during night time, etc.

I can switch to them quickly with a single toggle button on the Monitor.