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[Dorfdad]

Mods if this should be moved to a new thread or just deleted altogether feel free, but I want to send a little message to all those who have recently bought or experiencing weird pc issues. I just purchased a new oled LG 32 monitor and while I love it I started experiencing issues with games and free ups etc I put it down to my installing random shit and that I must have corrupted something with my tweaks. So I rebuilt my pc and on a new built it was still happening! After hours of troubleshooting I discovered that the issue was that my fully functioning oled monitor needed a firmware update! It was working fine so I ignored it but a recent windows update or 4090 driver was having issues I didn’t notice / understand. Now it’s perfect and smooth as ever!

So if you are doing windows updates etc might be a good time to update all your motherboard / drivers / firmwares even on things you deem unnecessary!

Thanks to Hisenburg for helping me a little

 

[Guilty_AI]

and here i am still rocking a 2015 monitor

 

[spons]

fully functioning oled monitor needed a firmware update

PC monitors have firmware updates now? I'm clearly out of the loop.

 

[Spyxos]

PC monitors have firmware updates now? I'm clearly out of the loop.

Yeah same, never heard about that.

 

[winjer]

PC monitors have firmware updates now? I'm clearly out of the loop.

Yes, some can be upgraded.
You might have received a USB cable, in the monitor box, that connects to your monitor for that exact purpose.
There is also windows drivers, or your specific monitor.
But most important, check if your monitor has an ICC profile, as this can help with color accuracy. Or check RTings for one.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Yup, my monitor gets firmware upgrades. Kinda trippy and I can't really be arsed to update it unless something breaks.

 

[Dorfdad]

Yeah what I found recently is windows updates are adding new features often and some of those can affect your peripherals. In my case I assume that something with the firmware (bug) was causing the frame rate and micro stutters I was having. I wouldn’t buy any new monitor without checking if they can updated anymore. You could be stuck with a problem forever

 

[Games of Today]

and here i am still rocking a 2015 monitor

I still use my LG E8 OLED from 2018. Still as beautiful as ever. No burn in at all.

 

[Crayon]

Thanks, I'll send it up to the kernel team.

 

[SlimySnake]

So Update Game. Update GPU. Update Windows. Update TV. Update BIOS.

This is the worst fucking timeline.

 

[Black_Stride]

Wait so was the issue the monitors firmware or the Nvidia driver?


Updating BIOS unnecessarily is asking for trouble especially if youve got a gigabyte motherboard (ill never forgive them so will slander them every chance I get).
Video driver updates i do relatively often, but everything else......after that first month or so of teething, I aint touching it.

 

[mhirano]

Haha, so much for the 'master race' PC guys...
(Turns on PS5 and it offers DualSense update.
Then go play the Nintendo Switch and it wants to update the f*cking dock).

 

[El Muerto]

Had to install a monitor driver in order to enable Freesync for my Acer 165hz monitor. I was lazy and used Driver Booster and it found it and started working after a reboot.

 

[Fahdis]

OLED Tv's get updates, why wouldn't monitors?

 

[cormack12]

This is good advice for Uber users

 

[Black_Stride]

OLED Tv's get updates, why wouldn't monitors?

Cuz monitors generally do little to no processing.
They effectively do nothing but accept the signal, even Freesync monitors do minimal work compared to the average TV.

 

[Tommi84]

Unless you have a HP laptop then you don't

HP bricks ProBook laptops with bad BIOS delivered via automatic updates — many users face black screen after Windows pushes new firmware

HP / Microsoft seems to have removed the bugged BIOS download now.

www.tomshardware.com