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Nvidia releases new firmware targeting RTX 5060 black screens, again

The RTX 50 series gets yet another helping hand with black screens
Sebastian Kozlowski
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Nvidia releases new firmware targeting RTX 5060 black screens, again
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Black screens and tumultuous drivers have seemingly plagued Nvidia in plenty of the RTX 50 series releases. In the previous release, the RTX 5060 Ti had fixes attempted to save it from this frustrating behaviour. Now, there have been even more updates to this, including the latest RTX 5060 release.

Just a few days ago, Nvidia was asking users with these issues to send them crash dumps so they might figure out what’s at fault with these cards. This looks to be suggesting that even with BIOS updates for your motherboard and the latest driver you may need to help them discover what has been causing this issue.

RTX 5060 crash dump request, Source Nvidia forum
RTX 5060 crash dump request, Source: Nvidia forum

RTX 5060 firmware update

Another way to try to mitigate these black screens is to update the firmware on the graphics card itself. The update tool has been updated for the latest card and looks to be more specifically to work with older, legacy motherboards that can experience black screens on reboot.

To complete this method of update, you will first want to grab the UEFI firmware update tool, which will inform you if there is a new firmware for you to install. But first, you want to do the following steps:

  • Completely power down your system before rebooting.
  • Make sure your motherboard is running the latest SBIOS version.
  • Verify that your system is set to UEFI boot mode (not Legacy/CSM).
  • Try booting with an alternate graphics source, such as a secondary GPU or integrated graphics.
  • After powering on, allow the operating system to fully load with the appropriate graphics driver.

After downloading the tool:

  • Run the tool and follow the on-screen instructions.
  • Close all other applications before starting.
  • Ensure there are no pending operating system updates running in the background.

Considering the trend, this might not be the last we hear of driver issues. They will likely keep coming down the line, so you should keep your hardware up to date.

About the Author

Sebastian Kozlowski

With a fascination for technology and games, Seb is a tech writer with a focus on hardware and deals. He is also the primary tester and reviewer at BGFG and PCGuide.