Yeah im having similar fw issues that other people have expressed, i do hope asus get their act together because as has been said above, this thing wasn’t cheap. I am slowly regretting not just getting the LG TV version now as if it doesn’t improve this thing could be relegated to a background noise monitor as its going haha
ASUS 42" ROG Swift PG42UQ
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Although the screen is really buggy I think the higher brightness and sustained brightness due to the heatsink makes up for it (presently). But LG does have a 48" gaming version with 138Hz and I expect a 42" version is forthcoming that will rival the PG42UQ and actually work properly.
I am having similar issue with 6900XT. In my use the display is otherwise perfect. When set to 3840x2160, 10bit and 120hz using DP with DSC, I experience similar issues randomly when playing back video.
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I have tried disabling HDCP and SAM (resizeable bar) which both reduced the occurrences (or it felt that way at least), but did not mitigate the issue. I am starting to suspect that there is something wrong with the DSC+HDCP implementation on this display and am now testing video playback scenarios wih 60hz to confirm if not having DSC in the picture removes the issue altogether. Is anyone experiencing this with HDMI 2.1?
I have had no issues while gaming or working for very long periods at the time, only hardware accelerated (?) video playback triggers this.
I am having similar issue with 6900XT. In my use the display is otherwise perfect. When set to 3840x2160, 10bit and 120hz using DP with DSC, I experience similar issues randomly when playing back video.
Asus PG42UQ
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I have tried disabling HDCP and SAM (resizeable bar) which both reduced the occurrences (or it felt that way at least), but did not mitigate the issue. I am starting to suspect that there is something wrong with the DSC+HDCP implementation on this display and am now testing video playback scenarios wih 60hz to confirm if not having DSC in the picture removes the issue altogether. Is anyone experiencing this with HDMI 2.1?
I have had no issues while gaming or working for very long periods at the time, only hardware accelerated (?) video playback triggers this.
Running HDMI 2.1 with a 3080 here, not had the static screens. But i will say when i wake my screen from sleep i do get a windows notification stating ‘your display connection might be limited’ which i have never had on any other monitor before including my older 48CX. This is at 4k 10bit 138hz. All nvidia setting seem normal when i Check though.
The display issues you guys are having with the static do remind me of HDCP issues i had years ago with a secondary 144hz dvi asus monitor when trying to play netflix. So i feel you may be on the right track with your troubleshooting.
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ive had 3 units from launch and ive tried all the firmwares v28, 31, 32 and in the end im sticking with v28 seems less buggy that all the others
i had the standy by bug with v31 and 32 even tho i had it set to 120hz and not 138hz
first unit faulty after a week line on the screen if you search this thread or even go afew pages back you will see my posts with pics
2nd unit the usb hub failed but the picture and everything was fine but without a working usb hub then it didnt matter as i couldnt update the firmware and the monitor has so many bugs that need fixing that was not acceptable to me
3rd unit is *touch wood* fine so far 2.5 weeks in but tbh each day i turn it on or use it i worry if somethings going to break like its a ticking time bomb or something
shouldnt feel like that after £1399
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I got mine today, came on the .24 or .25 bios, colours felt really washed out and flat, HDR looked terrible. .31 fixed the issues that was causing.
An update to the "screen static" issue, I did a fresh install to windows 11 and it's gone, i guess it wasn't hardware related at all, maybe it was the drivers or a bugged out codec for netflix.
Still the hdr sucks on sdr content in 11, it offered feuteres such as auto hdr for games and proper built in windows hdr calibration, but windows still seems dim and washed out, same goes for sdr games.
The ones that actually support hdr like the resident evil series look great.
Still the hdr sucks on sdr content in 11, it offered feuteres such as auto hdr for games and proper built in windows hdr calibration, but windows still seems dim and washed out, same goes for sdr games.
The ones that actually support hdr like the resident evil series look great.
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I am having similar issue with 6900XT. In my use the display is otherwise perfect. When set to 3840x2160, 10bit and 120hz using DP with DSC, I experience similar issues randomly when playing back video.
Asus PG42UQ
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I have tried disabling HDCP and SAM (resizeable bar) which both reduced the occurrences (or it felt that way at least), but did not mitigate the issue. I am starting to suspect that there is something wrong with the DSC+HDCP implementation on this display and am now testing video playback scenarios wih 60hz to confirm if not having DSC in the picture removes the issue altogether. Is anyone experiencing this with HDMI 2.1?
I have had no issues while gaming or working for very long periods at the time, only hardware accelerated (?) video playback triggers this.
OK one week of testing completed. With 4k 10bit 60Hz on normal desktop use including video playback and 120Hz when gaming and I have not experienced my issue even once. I am quite certain it is an issue with DSC and hardware accelerated video playback (possibly with HDCP?). Not 100% sure if the problem is the display or GPU/drivers. My previous display did not support DSC so I cannot compare to that.
On Monday I will switch back to running everything on 120Hz and see how long does it take for the issue to manifest itself the first time.
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If anyone has any issues might be a good idea to start a shared Google Sheet or something to collect data points of the issues, including res/frequency/GPU/OS etc, to see if there are any factors in common.
Strangely, I haven't noticed the screen refresh message popup any more, I did switch xscreensaver to do DPMS "off" rather than "suspend", might be that.
Additional data point: zero problems here, PG48UQ v023 running:
* HDMI 2.0 on HDMI-2 , 4k 60Hz, 10bps, DSC=on, Linux 5.15 (RTX 2080Ti, Nvidia driver 520.56.06)
* DisplayPort 1.4 , 4k 60Hz, 8bps, DSC=on, Linux 5.18 (Intel CometLake-U GT2, xorg-video-intel 2.99.917)
Strangely, I haven't noticed the screen refresh message popup any more, I did switch xscreensaver to do DPMS "off" rather than "suspend", might be that.
Additional data point: zero problems here, PG48UQ v023 running:
* HDMI 2.0 on HDMI-2 , 4k 60Hz, 10bps, DSC=on, Linux 5.15 (RTX 2080Ti, Nvidia driver 520.56.06)
* DisplayPort 1.4 , 4k 60Hz, 8bps, DSC=on, Linux 5.18 (Intel CometLake-U GT2, xorg-video-intel 2.99.917)
Soldato
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Hello,
Thought I'd share my problems with the monitor so far (email I sent to Asus support):
Issue:
When the following settings are configured there is a white flashing line at the very top of the screen, this is only the case when there is dark/light colour next to each other, if you have a solid colour background for example, the flashing lines are not present (this also happens in games).
- G-sync is enabled within Nvidia Control Panel
- 138hz is selected on both the monitor and within the Nvidia Control Panel
- 10bit colour is selected within the Nvidia Control Panel
If any of the above settings are changed e.g. G-sync disabled, and/or 120hz is enabled and/or 8bit colour is selected instead, the issue goes away; it only happens when all 3x settings are set to the above.
An example of this can be seen at: https://youtu.be/QCxstdE28-g
This has been the case now on 2x PG42UQ monitors, the first one was replaced, and the replacement arrived today with the same issue.
What I've tried:
- I've tried 3x DP 1.4 cables (one that comes with the monitor, a 'cable matters' one that was recommended, and a braided 8k DP 1.4 cable from Amazon) - this doesn't fix the issue.
- Tried each of the DP outputs on my GPU - still the same issue.
- The original monitor was upgraded from V23 to V31 of the firmware - still the same issue.
- Replacing the monitor entirely - still the same issue.
- As stated above, disabling gsync, changing to 120hz or changing to 8bit colour fixes the issue.
- Turned on hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, and variable refresh rate within Window's graphic settings.
- Tried with both fullscreen and fullscreen/windowed gsync settings.
- Enabled 'display specific settings' within the Nvidia control panel although there is a warning (on both monitors) to say this monitor is not validated as 'g-sync compatible' (although it's sold as g-sync compatible).
- Tried On/Off/Fast within 3D settings - same issue (FPS locked to 134FPS).
- Ensured monitor technology is selected as 'G-SYNC Compatible' within 3D settings.
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On the first monitor it was happening all the time, but on the second replacement monitor it happens randomly but using a background that has a single colour along the top of it means I don't notice it (and haven't noticed it in games either), Asus support are still looking into it and have been asking about my GPU (3090).
I haven't tried HDMI 2.1 (yet).
Has anyone else experienced this?
Cheers!
Thought I'd share my problems with the monitor so far (email I sent to Asus support):
Issue:
When the following settings are configured there is a white flashing line at the very top of the screen, this is only the case when there is dark/light colour next to each other, if you have a solid colour background for example, the flashing lines are not present (this also happens in games).
- G-sync is enabled within Nvidia Control Panel
- 138hz is selected on both the monitor and within the Nvidia Control Panel
- 10bit colour is selected within the Nvidia Control Panel
If any of the above settings are changed e.g. G-sync disabled, and/or 120hz is enabled and/or 8bit colour is selected instead, the issue goes away; it only happens when all 3x settings are set to the above.
An example of this can be seen at: https://youtu.be/QCxstdE28-g
This has been the case now on 2x PG42UQ monitors, the first one was replaced, and the replacement arrived today with the same issue.
What I've tried:
- I've tried 3x DP 1.4 cables (one that comes with the monitor, a 'cable matters' one that was recommended, and a braided 8k DP 1.4 cable from Amazon) - this doesn't fix the issue.
- Tried each of the DP outputs on my GPU - still the same issue.
- The original monitor was upgraded from V23 to V31 of the firmware - still the same issue.
- Replacing the monitor entirely - still the same issue.
- As stated above, disabling gsync, changing to 120hz or changing to 8bit colour fixes the issue.
- Turned on hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, and variable refresh rate within Window's graphic settings.
- Tried with both fullscreen and fullscreen/windowed gsync settings.
- Enabled 'display specific settings' within the Nvidia control panel although there is a warning (on both monitors) to say this monitor is not validated as 'g-sync compatible' (although it's sold as g-sync compatible).
- Tried On/Off/Fast within 3D settings - same issue (FPS locked to 134FPS).
- Ensured monitor technology is selected as 'G-SYNC Compatible' within 3D settings.
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On the first monitor it was happening all the time, but on the second replacement monitor it happens randomly but using a background that has a single colour along the top of it means I don't notice it (and haven't noticed it in games either), Asus support are still looking into it and have been asking about my GPU (3090).
I haven't tried HDMI 2.1 (yet).
Has anyone else experienced this?
Cheers!
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Hi I have the 48 Asus version which was cheap in the recent sale. I have none of your issues BUT I am using HDMI 2.1 and my own cable. The HDMI cable that came with the monitor is trash. It blackscreened all the time at 138hz and sometimes at 120 Hz. I already had a certified HDMI 2.1 cable and used that and voila no more black screens.
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No issues from me so far. Loving it.
It's sensational for gaming.
It's sensational for gaming.
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yes I get this issue too. Sometimes it's easier to press the physical on/off button on the monitor then after that theres no issues with the remote.
Soldato
People with the 48 what firmware did yours come with and what are you running ?
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Came with V021 , upgraded to V023 after a few days, didn't notice a difference, both worked perfectly for me.