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    Random 1-2 seconds black screens.

    If you're connecting to your monitor via DisplayPort try opening the AMD Radeon Settings, click on Display and make sure Scaling Mode is set to Full Panel rather than Preserve Aspect Ratio. That worked for me.
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    [SOLVED] Monitor Intermittently goes black for 1-3 seconds

    Sounds exactly like the problem I had which I solved by opening the AMD Radeon Settings, click on Display and make sure Scaling Mode is set to Full Panel rather than Preserve Aspect Ratio. Took several days of cursing to finally get it - hope this works for you.
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    RX480 random black screen during gaming

    Thanks fedefury. Never again - sheesh! Let's hope my misfortune can benefit someone else with this problem. :-)
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    RX480 random black screen during gaming

    Finally solved, thanks to an LG engineer pointing me in the right direction. In the AMD Radeon settings, under "Display", the scaling mode was set to "Preserve aspect ratio" when it should have been "Full panel". That's all it was. Wow.
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    RX480 random black screen during gaming

    Arrrrrgh!! It's back. How??! How did it work for an hour with no glitches and then just come back?! This thing is one step from defenestration...
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    RX480 random black screen during gaming

    Ok, I just blasted the card with an Xtreme burn-in with FurMark on full 3440 x 1440 res and it performed beautifully - not one black screen. Could it be an in-game issue and some bizarre coincidence with the only two games I play? The plot thickens...
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    RX480 random black screen during gaming

    Ok, thanks for the ideas. Here's where I am now. I've tried dialling down the graphics settings but that didn't work. I tried disconnecting the Thunderbolt cable and that didn't work. I tried a different mains outlet for the monitor and that didn't work... ... but what DID work was changing the...
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    RX480 random black screen during gaming

    Hi all At my wits end here. Here's my new build: XFX Radeon RX 480 Core Edition 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card Intel i5 6400 Skylake 2.7GHz Quad Core 1151 Socket Processor Asus H110M-PLUS Motherboard Micro ATX Crucial CT2K8G4DFS8213 16 GB (8 GB x 2) DDR4 2133 MT/s DIMM 288-Pin Memory Kit Noctua...