Desktop Picture randomly changes to all black

Brand New PC. Everything is great but since I switched the desktop background pic(which was a slideshow scene that changed every now and then) to a personal pic on my hard drive the desktop picture goes to black randomly. It seems to come back on it's own given time but I can't figure what is causing this.
Also - since this forum seems to be geared more toward Win 11 software(doh!) is there a place you folks recommend for hardware/bios info? Especially regarding 9800x3d Bios settings. EXPO is off and I hear I should turn it on.

wader2k said:

is there a place you folks recommend for hardware/bios info

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If you look at the list in
Windows Support Forums - ElevenForum
then I think the most relevant section is
Devices and Drivers


Denis

Hello @wader2k and welcome to ElevenForum.

Although primarily geared toward overclocking, Overclock.net leans more towards the hardware side of things.
Of course, both AMD and MSI also have their own forums.

I gave you ten points, just for filling out your computer specs.





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Ghot said:

Hello @wader2k and welcome to ElevenForum.

Although primarily geared toward overclocking, Overclock.net leans more towards the hardware side of things.
Of course, both AMD and MSI also have their own forums.

I gave you ten points, just for filling out your computer specs.





Here's some other things that you may find useful...

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Windows 11 Tweaks - Leader Board.

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Nice! Now if anyone has any ideas about my random fade to black desktop background?!

wader2k said:

Now if anyone has any ideas about my random fade to black desktop background?!

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You'll get better responses to that by making it the sole question in a new thread.
You are always more likely to get better responses if you have just one question in a thread.


Denis

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