If you are experiencing black screen flickering or need to enable the latest DisplayPort 1.3/1.4 features for your graphics card, then the NVIDIA Graphics Firmware Update Tool

If your system is connected to a DisplayPort 1.3/1.4 monitor, it might encounter issues such as blank screens during boot or hang-on boot. To avoid such problems, install the update provided by the NVIDIA Firmware Update Tool. It will quickly identify if a firmware update is necessary and allow the user to update it if required.

We recommend creating a restore point and backing up your drivers beforehand just in case you run into an issue.

If you are facing issues like a blank screen or boot hanging with a DP 1.3 or 1.4 monitor, please try one of the following workarounds to run the tool:

Boot using DVI or HDMI

Boot using a different monitor

Change boot mode from UEFI to Legacy; or Legacy to UEFI.

Boot using an alternate graphics source (secondary or integrated graphics card)

NVIDIA Firmware Update Tool Supports the Following Products:

NVIDIA TITAN Series:
TITAN X (Maxwell), TITAN X (Pascal), TITAN XP

GeForce 10 Series:
GeForce GT 1030, GeForce GTX 1050, GTX 1050Ti, GTX 1060, GTX 1070, GTX 1070Ti, GTX 1080, GTX 1080Ti

GeForce 900 Series:
GeForce GTX 950, GTX 950Ti, GTX 960, GTX 970, GTX 980, GTX 980Ti

GeForce 700 Series:
GeForce GTX 745, GTX 750, GTX 750Ti

Quadro Series:
Quadro Maxwell and Pascal products may be impacted. For support and additional details, contact OEM/Channel partner.

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