I have a strange situation. I had recent fresh install of Windows 10 version 1803 and I also tried to upgrade some of my drivers with new releases from the official website. I always disable Automatic Update and never use them.
I am noticing a strange issue since then. While working sometime on high load, screen stops working. I can move my mouse (movement is visible), I can keep talking to other person on Skype,.. but screen doesn't change at all. I can even open apps using keyboard shortcut. They are opened but not shown on screen
I have physical power button mapped to Hibernate. It works too. When I restore from hibernate, screen start working normally.
I'm unable to diagnose the issue correctly. Turning monitor on/off doesn't fix it, but hibernate does though.
I have tried stress test on CPU, GPU, both of the disks, and nothing happens. But sometime out of nowhere it freezes even if I just open a tab.
How do I diagnose the issue and find the culprit? I really don't want to install Windows once again.
Best Answer
Many people who have proactively installed Windows 10 version 1803 have reported similar issues. Microsoft is releasing a fix within the Patch Tuesday update tomorrow (8 May 2018):
Source: Microsoft is working on a fix for the Windows 10 freezing issue affecting Chrome
Update 1
Microsoft's official release notes regarding this patch are as follows:
Source: May 8, 2018—KB4103721 (OS Build 17134.48)
Update 2
Microsoft just released another cumulative update to Windows 10 version 1803 that addresses this issue again, and the official release notes are as follows:
Source: June 26, 2018—KB4284848 (OS Build 17134.137)