jnelsoninjax Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I am not sure if this is a hardware issue, but lately I have had 3 games that max out at 2K resolution and my main monitor is running 4K, and when I attempt to load and play the game more often than not the display will go black, I can hear the music from the game playing but no display, and when I alt+tab or attempt Win+D I get nothing. Eventually at least one of the games will finally let me play, but the others simply will not. I have attempted to force the games onto my second display which is only 2K, but I can not get windows to allow it, and I have also attempted to use Display Fusions 'triggers' to force the game to the second monitor, but it does not seem to respect the request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted February 16, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2017 What GFX card do you have? Do you have the latest drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Mindovermaster said: What GFX card do you have? Do you have the latest drivers? Nvidia GTX 1080, drivers current as of yesterdays update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted February 16, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2017 Did it work before this update? If so, I'd roll back to previous drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 5 hours ago, Mindovermaster said: Did it work before this update? If so, I'd roll back to previous drivers. No, the update had nothing to do with the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 I am wondering something, device manager lists the 4K monitor as Generic PnP, I attempted to locate drivers for it, but this monitor is from S. Korea and I am having trouble deciphering through all the google results. The monitor is: YAMAKASI M280PU, maybe someone can have better luck locating a driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Nvidia forums suggested a user uninstalled, and installed 344.11 in safe mode, and it helped +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Good ole Yamakasi, I remember the craze with the catleaps... haven't heard that name in quite a while. Do you have the panel overclocked by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 7 hours ago, Circaflex said: Good ole Yamakasi, I remember the craze with the catleaps... haven't heard that name in quite a while. Do you have the panel overclocked by any chance? Don't even know what panel overclocking is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 10 hours ago, The Evil Overlord said: Nvidia forums suggested a user uninstalled, and installed 344.11 in safe mode, and it helped That is a really old driver, IDK why that would make any difference, besides I am playing games that specifically need the newer version of the driver. The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Advice: Buy from a well-known Western monitor manufacturer The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, Elliot B. said: Advice: Buy from a well-known Western monitor manufacturer Probably should have, but I only paid $270 for it, last year and that was a good price! The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Grab powerstrip and read the edid from the monitor directly, n search for drivers that way mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Don't know what I am looking for: On the left is the Yamakasi 4K, the right is the LG 2K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) Do you have anything installed that modifies window buttons up top? I noticed something like that when I was using HPs My Display software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, LostCat said: Do you have anything installed that modifies window buttons up top? I noticed something like that when I was using HPs My Display software. The only thing that is installed is Display Fusion, which is the button on top left of the ? button, and it moves it to the other monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 28 minutes ago, jnelsoninjax said: The only thing that is installed is Display Fusion, which is the button on top left of the ? button, and it moves it to the other monitor. That might be your problem. Something in recent Windows 10 builds really doesn't seem to like that. I'm not saying it is the problem, but worth checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 5 hours ago, jnelsoninjax said: Don't know what I am looking for: On the left is the Yamakasi 4K, the right is the LG 2K on the 4k right click the powerstrip icon next to clock. Options Monitor Information Under options, on the tab, change to Read data from stored EDID or Read data directly from monitor, see if shows the correct manufacturer and modelID If you knew the supported refresh and resolution you could create a custom driver i suppose via powerstrip. Not used it in decades, lifetime licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 10 minutes ago, Mando said: on the 4k right click the powerstrip icon next to clock. Options Monitor Information Under options, on the tab, change to Read data from stored EDID or Read data directly from monitor, see if shows the correct manufacturer and modelID If you knew the supported refresh and resolution you could create a custom driver i suppose via powerstrip. Not used it in decades, lifetime licence. So obviously it's not detecting the right info, because the max resolution is 3840 x 2160, not 1600 x 1200, so that doesn't seem to be helping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just out of curiosity, how is it hooked up to your rig? What cable? +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 5 minutes ago, The Evil Overlord said: Just out of curiosity, how is it hooked up to your rig? What cable? DVI Display Port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Is there any other way to hook up the monitor? (ruling out an intermittent fault in the cable) +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, The Evil Overlord said: Is there any other way to hook up the monitor? (ruling out an intermittent fault in the cable) 3 HDMI inputs and 1 display port and I was wrong, it is display port that is how it is hooked up. Also I do not suspect cable faults as it happens in select games that only go as high as 2K, I had the same issue with Dark Souls 3, for 2 weeks after I bought, I could not even play it, until someone here found an obscure post about editing a file and forcing it to use 4K The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 1 minute ago, jnelsoninjax said: 3 HDMI inputs and 1 display port and I was wrong, it is display port that is how it is hooked up Same results using the other inputs? (Might need to do a reboot in case a driver autosearch is required) +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 1 minute ago, The Evil Overlord said: Same results using the other inputs? (Might need to do a reboot in case a driver autosearch is required) I'm not sure, I will have to dig out an HDMI cable to test, and I also still suspect that the driver is the whole issue here, Windows does not detect the specific brand, choosing instead to list it as Generic PnP, @Mando suggested I use Powerstrip to obtain the EDID and search for the driver that way, but that did not work out either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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