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Random black screen upon OS startup, nvlddmkm.dll stopped responding, fixed after restart.

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Hello,

I have RTX 3090 from ASUS, TUF OC Version. This card is 100% stable in all games, there are no crashes. Tried hours and hours in FurMark, 3DMark, Superposition, Aida, you name it. However, sometimes (about 3 of 7 days of the week) on cold boot, I experience this weird issue when the PC starts. I push the button, everything is normal, I see everything through BIOS screen, OS loading screen with that W11 running circle, then suddenly black screen. I can hear that the OS is working, the logon sound is there, but the signal to the monitor is lost. Then, about every 10 seconds monitor blinks, like when you switch inputs, but still comes to black screen. When I shut down the PC, either through a keystroke, button or hard reset, does not matter, the next boot everything works fine and the signal is there. When I check the eventlog afterwards, I see numerous errors of Nvidia driver periodically crashing (nvlddmkm.dll stopped responding). The timing of crashes equals those blinks of a monitor. Tell me, what might cause the issue please? Why the card works flawlessly upon next boot?

I have disabled hybrid start in W11, I have tried a few versions of the drivers, disabled every power saving gimmick in BIOS and OS to no luck.
 
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Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling Custom Watercooling
Memory G.Skill Trident Z Royal 2x16GB
Video Card(s) MSi RTX 3080ti Suprim X
Storage 2TB Corsair MP600 PRO Hydro X
Display(s) Samsung G7 27" x2
Audio Device(s) Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500W
Mouse Logitech G903
Keyboard Steelseries Apex Pro
Do you have one or more monitors?
What happens if you unplug the monitor and reconnect it when you get the black screen?
You can also hit ctrl+win+shift+b to restart the graphics driver, see if that helps.
 
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I have only one monitor. Disconnecting and reconnecting the monitor does nothing, reverts to the same state - blink every few seconds between blackscreen and no signal. I will try the keystroke.
 
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