NVIDIA issues new VBIOS and firmware update tool to fix RTX 5060 Series GPUs

The mainstream desktop GeForce RTX 5060 launched last week (while the TweakTown team was at Computex 2025 in Taipei), and the GPU's arrival has not been without incident. RTX 5060 (and RTX 5060 Ti) owners have been reporting blank or black screen issues after a system reboot, with some systems being unrecoverable. The fix? Update the firmware on your RTX 5060 or RTX 5060 Ti.

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Having to update the firmware, or VBIOS, on a mainstream and popular GPU like the GeForce RTX 5060 is not something you usually see, as it points to a fundamental issue or flaw. Issues like this are often discovered and fixed before a consumer launch, with NVIDIA and its partners updating GPUs long before they hit retail shelves.

Several users on NVIDIA's forums have reported blank or black screen issues with the RTX 5060, occurring after a system reboot or at random times. NVIDIA has been asking for Windows crash dump files to figure out what's happening, which involves forcing a manual Windows crash and rebooting into safe mode.

With that, the company has now released 'NVIDIA GPU UEFI Firmware Update Tool for RTX 5060 Series' - a new VBIOS that it says should only be applied "if blank screens are occurring." It's a complex process that includes booting up in UEFI mode and using a secondary graphics source as the primary display driver before updating the firmware on your GPU.

According to NVIDIA's post, the issue appears to be related to RTX 5060 Series GPUs being installed onto motherboards running in Legacy/CSM boot modes. The good news is that most PC gaming motherboards support UEFI boot mode, which is the standard for booting computers.