Monitor turns off when I go to Fullscreen

Hello @Goodlifeway

Try to delete config file of game in: This PC>>Documents>> Battlefield 1>> Settings and delete PROFSAVE_profile file. Then, please reinstall or update driver for your graphics card and reboot your PC.

If you still experience difficulties with this, try the following: Go to Documents>> Battlefield 1>> Settings and please open PROFSAVE_profile file via WorldPad and find this line: GstRender.FullscreenEnabled   you need to change a value from 0 to 1 (GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 1) and save. 

Hey @IIPrest0nII

I did exactly what you told me to do, but it didn't do anything. The game boots up then turns off my monitor, turns it back on and I just see black and the bf1 cursor. This only happens in Bf1 I don't know what the problem is, if it's my monitor or just some weird bug.

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@Goodlifeway wrote:

Hey @IIPrest0nII

I did exactly what you told me to do, but it didn't do anything. The game boots up then turns off my monitor, turns it back on and I just see black and the bf1 cursor. This only happens in Bf1 I don't know what the problem is, if it's my monitor or just some weird bug.

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@Goodlifeway What are your PC specs and OS? Do you get any error codes or messages or does the screen just go blank?

MINIMUM SPECS

• OS: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
• Processor (AMD): AMD FX-6350
• Processor (Intel): Core i5 6600K
• Memory: 8GB RAM
• Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 2GB
• Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce® GTX 660 2GB
• DirectX: 11.0 Compatible video card or equivalent
• Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
• Hard-drive space: 50GB

RECOMMENDED SPECS

• OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later
• Processor (AMD): AMD FX 8350 Wraith
• Processor (Intel): Intel Core i7 4790 or equivalent
• Memory: 16GB RAM
• Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ RX 480 4GB
• Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1060 3GB
• DirectX: 11.1 Compatible video card or equivalent
• Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
• Available Disk Space: 50GB

Hey @ragnarok013 here are my specs

OS: Windows 7 ultimate

Processor: Intel Core i5 6500 3.2 GHz 6Mb

Memory: 8gb of ram

Graphics card: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1060 WF OC 6GB

Card is directx 12 compatible

200 mbps internet connection

400 gb of free space in hardrive

I get no error codes or messages, as I said it just turns off the monitor then turns it back on. After that all I see is the in game cursor and I can also hear the in game music

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@Goodlifeway wrote:

Hey @ragnarok013 here are my specs

OS: Windows 7 ultimate

Processor: Intel Core i5 6500 3.2 GHz 6Mb

Memory: 8gb of ram

Graphics card: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1060 WF OC 6GB

Card is directx 12 compatible

200 mbps internet connection

400 gb of free space in hardrive

I get no error codes or messages, as I said it just turns off the monitor then turns it back on. After that all I see is the in game cursor and I can also hear the in game music

 

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@Goodlifeway The thing that jumps out at me first is that your processor is just below the minimum required to run BF1 which may be a contributing factor in your full screen issue and most likely one of the reasons behind the stutter. You can see how your processor stacks up against the minimum required processor for BF1 here:  http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-6600K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-6500  In addition to your CPU being below specs your RAM is at the minimum specs and most of the people experiencing issues here seem to have 8GB of RAM.

Have you tried disabling Origin in game in both the Origin application settings and under the BF1 game settings in Origin yet? Are you using the in game video settings or allowing GeForce Experience to set the graphics settings for BF1?

I've heard that disabling Shadow Play helps some people with Stuttering. Also if you have MSI afterburner or team viewer try turning that off as they are known to create issues with BF games as wel.

Hey @ragnarok013 to answer some of your questions. I do use nvidia geforce experience to determine my graphic settings wich are all set to ultra. I get 65-70 frames in the single player and most times in the multiplayer, the stutter is mostly present in windowed fullscreen on multiplayer. I am gonna try disabling origin overlay to see if it helps but If you want to I can send you a video of what happens when I enter fullscreen (don't have time to record it right now)

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@Goodlifeway wrote:

Hey @ragnarok013 to answer some of your questions. I do use nvidia geforce experience to determine my graphic settings wich are all set to ultra. I get 65-70 frames in the single player and most times in the multiplayer, the stutter is mostly present in windowed fullscreen on multiplayer. I am gonna try disabling origin overlay to see if it helps but If you want to I can send you a video of what happens when I enter fullscreen (don't have time to record it right now)

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@GoodlifewayI usually advise against letting GeForce experience determine you graphics settings since it cranks everything up to the highest settings for you GPU without regard for the other parts of your system which ultimately hurts performance. I don't even install GeForce experience anymore on my GTX1060, I do custom install and install only the GPU drivers and if there's an update the PhysX drivers and then manually set my BF1 graphics settings via the in game menu and BF1 runs like a dream for me with no issues.

BF1 is a processor and memory intensive game and in your system your processor is below specs and memory is at the minimum so if I was you I'd manually drop your graphics settings in game to medium and see if the problem persists. if it doesn't, increase them to high and see if the problem persists and keep doing that until the problem comes back. If the problem doesn't go away then the root of the issue may lie somewhere else.

I didn't see it the first time but I see your 1060 is overclocked. Historically BF games have issues with overclocking, can you set your GPU back to default instead of being OC'd to see if the issue goes away?

Hey @ragnarok013

I am going to try to stop overclocking the graphics card to see if it helps.

I would like to send you a video through here but for some reason its not working. I recorded my monitor with my phone and with shadowplay (in different occasions).

I want to say again that performance isnt the issue here its going fullscreen. When I record with shadowplay it shows footage of me going fullscreen but while that happens my monitor turns off

Hello @Goodlifeway 

Let us know if you were able to solve this, thanks to our users help.  

Cheers,

Archi

@Goodlifeway this thread may be of interest to you as it details BF1 going "black screen" and also offers a fix. It's currently stickied on the BF1 forums:  https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/86982/black-screen-fix-works-every-time-just-added-video#latest