Windows 10 suddenly blinks external monitor every 16 seconds. GTX1060.

I uninstalled nvidia driver, reinstalled default windows driver. Tried different cable.

I tried hdmi port, usb-c displayport.

all the same issue.... External monitor blinks every 16 seconds.

Once I plug in the hdmi cable, it will wait about 28 seconds before it starts blinking every 16 seconds.

If I turn off the monitor and turn it back on, 1m25s passes before it starts blinking.


problem started tonight.

I don't know where the problem is.

This is so odd.

i turned off the display overnight, and turned it back on this morning.

for 15 minutes, it didn't blink.

then it started blinking again, it started blinking exactly every 46 seconds, instead of every 16 seconds like last night.

and now it's blinking every 28 seconds.

dxdiag doesn't show any problems.

edit: now it's sped up to blinking every 23 seconds.

i reset my TV to factory settings, and the blinking seems to have stopped for now.

i thought it was a software or hardware issue with windows or the gpu