Question At random, screen refreshes to display solid color?

Jul 7, 2019
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While gaming, although it occurred once while just web browsing, and once or twice while starting up windows, the following will happen: After a random amount of time, my screen will refresh, and then just display a solid color. It could be dark green, pink, white, or black. I could still hear sound from a video playing in the background, or I'm in a discord call, but the game will stop playing sound. For the cause, I'm not sure. I remember it started around the time my Geforce Experience updated, so perhaps it also updated my drivers too. Or, and I really hope this isn't the case, my graphics card is starting to die.

In previous times it's occurred, I'd notice in event viewer 2 things that caught my eye:
A warning stating: "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered."
Something about dwm.exe not responding anymore

I've already:
Re-installed latest drivers w/ DDU
Dusted my PC w/ compressed air (it was dusty, anyways, and the problem was occurring before this)

Should I try rolling back my drivers w/ DDU? And/or try to get a different version of Geforce Experience?

Here are my specs:
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
CPU: AMD Ryzen 1300x
RAM: 2 of the same sticks of 8GB DDR4 2666MHz
Mobo: MSI B350M Gaming Pro
GPU: GTX 1050 Ti (SuperClocked, from EVGA)
Storage: 1TB HDD at 7200 RPM
 

Dont use automatic driver installation, but select manually and download.