How to Fix a Black Screen on Windows 10 (5 Easy Methods)

The dreaded black screen (or black screen of death) can happen for any number of reasons in Windows 10 - from loose connections to faulty graphics drivers. Here we’ve gathered some quick fixes showing you how to fix this age-old problem.
This tutorial applies to Windows 10 desktops and laptops (and some of the fixes apply to Windows 7 too). Below are the methods we’ll be going through (with timestamps):
0:48 Obvious Stuff - cover the basics first
1:13 Windows outputting to wrong monitor
1:49 Windows reading wrong monitor port
2:23 Misinstalled or Buggy Graphics Card Drivers
3:35 Bonus method: Overclocked monitor?
AMD GPU drivers
support.amd.com/en-us/download
Nvidia GPU drivers
www.nvidia.com/Download/index....
How to Overclock Your PC Monitor (MTE)
www.maketecheasier.com/overcl...
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[@angelvillalobos372]

How could I go through windows safe mode if I CANT SEE ANYTHING BUT BLACK IN THE SCREEN?

[@Crazy-bq2ke]

True

[@__skyler]

put it on a tv with a usb cable

[@callowrat]

Repeatedly turn off your pc three times in a row and it should boot into automatic repair. from there go to troubleshooting, advanced options and from there you should see startup options, with a cog logo. Click it, and then press F5. It should boot into safe mode from then.

[@Taiwandragon0828]

AMEN, I was doing safe mode and it caused the problem. They're idiots.

[@the_captain.7111]

Skully4705 yo you should be doing this tutorial thanks so much

[@MrNAPPYBOY1]

Thank you so much man!! I listened to this video about updating my driver and it made my screen black for what felt like eternity. I just switched the hdmi to another port and that worked.

[@aleksandarprekajski9678]

For me it was the fact that my second display has a resolution of 1440x900, and my main is 1080p. My main was trying to be shown on my secondary, and my secondary display just said "input not supported" in the middle with a black screen around because it's old. The Win + P fixed my issue. Thanks!

[@certified_tableflipper7063]

GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL!! My GPU came in and has been causing me trouble with the black screen. I tried your HDMI method and put the cable in the GPU along with the win+p and it finally worked. Thank you so much!

[@TragicHamad]

Thanks. I had this problem and fixed it by disabling G-Sync through NVIDIA. Whenever I play a game that has fullscreen turned on, it would just turn to black but disabling G-SYNC fixed it.

[@msfrenelyn3930]

Thankyou.. this saved me after an hour

[@sandswimmer]

Your tutorial gave me an invaluable hint regarding the the monitor cables, freeing me from 3 days of hell while I was trying to figure out what had gone wrong. A thousand thanks!

[@DavidMontgomerymt]

This video is excellent. I really appreciate the legacy boot trick. Great stuff! Worked great!

[@shawnsnider2079]

Thank you sm man 🔥

[@lips1646]

Thanks! I thought I gotta buy a new pc until I saw this vid! Tip no.1 helped me TYSM

[@DownwindTofu]

Thank you! I had no idea what I was doing wrong until I watched your video, you really helped me out!

[@mehmedtan404]

Thank you for your video. this should be watched more

[@Maketecheasier]

we agree :D

[@noorkh.3574]

Thank you so much really helpful

[@shahajikhandkar9198]

It worked. Thanks!!

[@Br1an_1]

Thank you so much!you helped me so much and you fix my pc

[@sulejmanbunjaku588]

Thank you it worked for me with Windows + P button clicking a lot of times and it gave me the signal

[@vBrine]

do you have to click the plus key aswell

[@tobbebergman7583]

01:16 Thanks -That made me find my primary monitor and eliminate a reboot ! But I still don't know what is causing Windows 10 to randomly only find the extended monitor ? Both my monitors is on BTW !

[@bretanasimmerbeauty2212]

You saved my life!!!!! Omg thank you!

[@relaxingsounds709]

Thx this really helped

[@williamzhou1055]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@sasujin9546]

thank you this helped so muuch

[@HrWoprock]

Worked, thx

[@landonplayz659]

Thank you I think it worked lol. I was freaking out thanks

[@richarddrawsstuff2728]

Thank you for the tips. I pressed windows P. When i change to a different screen modes, It would show work on every mode except on the extend option.

[@thabodennis]

Thank you so much 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@usmonbakhtiyarov6538]

YOU ARE MY LIFE SAVER THANKS BRO

[@aafaqahmed2265]

Awesome man

[@leedawson382]

Your a life saver:- Windows key + P x3. Sorted my problem. Thanks

[@Maketecheasier]

Love it when the simple little things work. Easy but powerful knowledge to remember!

[@user-mk7bl2do3b]

TY IT REALLY HELPED🎉🎉🎉

[@saulreyes95]

Thank you: )

[@Assassinguy55]

Thanks you just got a new subscriber

[@internits2689]

Thank you so much it works now

[@bobjordan5231]

Wow, thanks so much! Win+P did the trick for me. Interestingly, it had to be computer-related because I have a docking station at home and work, and two monitors for each docking station. Home or work, suddenly the Black Screen. Well, all fixed now!

[@megasonify4800]

same for me win+p, anxiety gone, unbelievable fix.

[@ExtremerGamesEFX]

Thanks :)

[@Fr0st7k]

The win + p thing worked for me. Thank you so much.

[@swerxydc2874]

Thank you so much

[@huskz]

bro thank you so much you are the best

Thank you for the video, but I have a problem which is not on here, sadly. My monitor just goes black for about 1-2 seconds then comes back on again. It's been doing it for a few days and is completely random when it does it. I have changed the HDMI cable in case it was that, but to no avail. Have you any tips, please?

[@herrzyklon]

Nice. Win P 4 times solved it, thank you!!!

[@iwill_shitonyou]

Thank you bro

[@f2nzy614]

Bro thank u so much u deserve a sub

[@elizaporras4767]

Thank you soo sooo soo much!!!!!

[@Yuujiji]

How am I supposed to access anything for the screen if its stuck on standby

[@MP-vf8qz]

Press the power button, and wait until it loads. This can take a day if it is acting bad. But it sounds like you need maintenance anyways.

[@kabreeze4045]

@IANIS BRATOSIN how when our screen is black or did you not see his/her comment

[@TheresaCrabtree88]

Thank you! I see why it is called the Screen of Death... darn near killed me! lol

[@stiezel2931]

thank you, i just realized i overclocked my monitor before

[@aiden4544]

@Shameer Khan me too and I dont know how to fix it

[@drmungie6830]

I put my resolution to high and I can't fix it😭

[@jabeyy5281]

Elfo SAME MAN I put my resolution to 1440x1080 and when I turn my pc on a see a windows logo and my screen goes black after 😭 hel

[@jabeyy5281]

Elfo help

[@drmungie6830]

@@jabeyy5281 turn you computer off then let go to logo then turn off again then repeat 2 more times it reset your computer

[@julien8084]

thank you man i got worried

[@kkulchong1833]

OMG!! I literally panicked, but ty this helped a lot. But the downside was when I did it my screen started glitching, so if that happens to anyone just restart your computer and it'll fix it back to normal

[@diivineproxenet]

i'd hope it be that easy... ;(((

[@TodayGoldPriceinTelugu]

Thanks

[@WrongAlbee]

You saved my life I love you

[@happyshinji3918]

THANK YOUU MANN

[@Maketecheasier]

you are welcome

[@zaeof9203]

OH MY GOD THANK YOU

[@bindukumari4658]

Thanku It Worked

[@FallenHalo19]

Thank you so muchhhh

[@Joken_Playz]

just hold the power button in your pc/laptop for 8 seconds and then turn on the pc/laptop and it should fix the black srceen problem

[@mmynespetyfruggyhahskareni2398]

THX SO MUCH THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AND I COULDN'T PLAY MY COMPUTER FOR HOURS THX SO MUCH THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME😃😄🙂

[@Rashers951]

Thank you for your helpful knowledge I was so stressed I broke my school computer 💻😭💀

[@midnight_splitfi]

Thank you so much i always come bacl to this vid bcs i sometimes get a black screen and this vid has all the solution. Thank you so mucj :)

[@mr_chlorine7831]

So i couldnt even open the blue screen thing, but I disconnected my second monitor and restarted and it worked!

[@jeffersonmccoy]

BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH IVE BEEN SO SAD SINCE MY PC MONITOR TURN BLACK I AM SUBSCRIBING TO YOU AND LIKING THIS VID RIGHT NOW

[@TheGoldenMan888]

You are the saviour of the pc civilization

[@anbua3165]

Thanks soooo much

[@kennethmcdonald8144]

Nice one

[@maxalba3700]

YES! I LOVE IT

[@timothynguyen34]

I have a DELL curve monitor and currently using DP chord. Randomly when i’m browsing, the audio of the screen and the graphics goes off and turns black. I’m currently trying a HDMI chord to see if it helps

[@hamod.mix15]

You are a life saver

[@danielleb.7107]

The fn + f key worked! Thanks

[@aka_giampy]

2)You save me, thanks!!!!!

[@Gamer-uz4rk]

Thank you

[@3minutesorlesstexttutorial853]

What worked for me was to go to control pannel\hardware and sound\ device manager\universal serial bus controllers\usb root hub\properties\power managment\ and uncheck the box "allow to computer to turn off this device to save energy" Do this to all USB and it will fix your issue. I'll make a tutorial about! Have a great life

[@r3hab.]

How the fuck can I do that when my monitor doesnt work

[@3minutesorlesstexttutorial853]

@@r3hab. Hei. This option worked 2 days and then, agaimn, problems! The only fix i had since 5 months ago was to change the psu..i bought a seasonic 80+ 550w and no problems at all. The psu was the problem

[@3minutesorlesstexttutorial853]

@@r3hab. aaa..buy another monitor if is broken :))

[@bryanrodriguez8724]

Star Wars battlefront got my screen darker as soon as I got into the game and it stayed like that till now.

[@Maketecheasier]

Black screen when you run the game? Try updating or reinstalling your GPU drivers

[@Rymgaa]

How you fix my pc turned off when i started mc and now black

[@lesterguevara2278]

UR MY LIFE SAVER I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL SUBSCRIBED PLUS NOTIF BELL

[@Maketecheasier]

Great to hear. Thanks!

[@Banterghini]

What do you do if you have no other hdmi ports to try and change it to that because my pc won’t connect to anything after I updated my windows and I tried different hdmi cables as well as dpi but it didn’t work

[@DudeFromCleveland]

Also a problem may be your hdmi is in the wrong slot.. I just spent the last 2 hours taking everything apart, cleaning and putting it back together just to realize I had my hdmit in the pc not the cpu

[@edwardsellars6051]

You are an absolute Legend I thought my PC died on me 🤘

[@bblitefootbilly3243]

mine wont let me go into safe mode after down loading gpu driver... screen goes black after dell logo i can enter bios tho none of the repair or restore work i don't know what to do or what could be the cause its looking like ive lost windows as a result tho the system is fine as i had ubuntu live cd working on it. any ideas how to solve my issues?

[@TurboMalibuV6]

Mine won't even show the initial BIOS boot-up dialog. Sometimes it will work perfect. Sometimes it will show and then after you get into Windows it will just go black.

[@TurboMalibuV6]

Just a follow-up to my issue. After I tried a known good power supply, video card, hard drive, memory modules and unplugging all connectors not related to booting up, I bought another CPU and it solved the issue.

[@BRATANul]

Hi, i got an RX 580 8gb and i was getting black screens when playing games for 3-4 weeks after some hours and last 2 days i wad getting black screen just from starting a game, i uninstalled the drivers and get old version after that i got black screen after putting my pc booted, now is completetly dead no image on screen, you think this gpu can be repaired ? Thank you if you read this

[@VisnitchiRaul]

If I uninstall the video driver, the image apears, but it autoupdates the video driver and the image disapears again. If it doesn't update the video driver and I install the video driver, the same thing happens. It just works with no driver. Whyyy?!

[@milos1235]

Guys i had the same problem and i've fixed with the settings of the monitor.For HDMI It was automaticaly and i've changed ti manually.later i've changed to PC from av and i've changed again these two and the monitor worked

[@heatheranne790]

Amazing

[@Oxi_Cs]

Thank youu soo much mann sub to you

[@CyborgGent]

Thanks a lot I accidentally switched to second screen only and i didnt know how to fix it lmao

[@campbat5712]

whats happening to me is that i will be doing something normally playing a game my screen will suddenly turn black after about 10 minutes off playing, if im lucky it will go back to normal and say that something went wrong with my driver and that it "recovered" but obiously it did not because it will do the same thing in about a half an hour. If im unlucky i have to turn off my pc and turn it back on to get my screen back. someone please help i have updated my drivers and done countless other things and it still continues to happen (im on windows 7 which makes this even harder since no one makes videos for how to fix it)

[@haileyiscool]

I've been using mine for as long as I can remember and there was no problem but then later on I had to keep turning the screen off and on just to turn the whole computer on, the monitor was fine and then one day the computer wouldn't stop pressing the letter "C" so we shut the whole thing off. I've got it out again 1 year later and the monitor still works, I can hear the fan sound but the screen... it's black when it's off and then it lightens to a darker black, so it changes color a little bit but doesn't turn on... Can anyone help?

[@ellamuhleisen4171]

I'm in need of help. I was updating my AMD Radeon graphics card when the screen suddenly went black. The fans are still on and the machine is still operating, I just can't see or hear anything. I'm unable to use the recover method since I have no way of putting the laptop into said recovery mode. (I don't have the disc or anything) Someone please help me!

[@delacruzshainefrancis-ol697]

Same bro when I download AMD Radeon driver after that it went black

[@delacruzshainefrancis-ol697]

Tell me when you fix it

[@Maketecheasier]

Sounds like a Radeon tech support problem to me

[@shazibakbar9404]

@@delacruzshainefrancis-ol697 omfg same

[@delacruzshainefrancis-ol697]

I fix mine I just unplug the memory ang put it back and its fine

[@dinnemok27]

Yooo tysm

[@JaitoFN]

THE WIN + P WORKED UR GOATED

[@chokols]

how

[@chokols]

pls help me

[@educationalchannel980]

I replaced my old psu and gpu with better ones and when i boot it gets to the welcome *username*, then it loads a bit and black screen. also the booting is very slow like 2 mins Anyone has any idea?

[@hackeem5623]

Hi my rca cambio 2 in 1 laptop tablet got a black screen because I messed with the bios. Do you know a way I can fix it? My device has no cmos battery.

[@ardaozar6855]

Hello i just watched your video i still dont know what the issue is can you please help me

[@guracainarului9749]

you saved my life

[@Fiker_Amberber]

brilliant

[@joshssnakecatching]

mt second monitor goes black every 3 minute, then comes back on ,changed cable, changed monitor, also tested it on another pc, do you know why? cheers

[@quight4076]

I can’t delete my custom hz because it’s in amd drivers and when I click on it in safe mode it says not installed

[@berserkiez]

same, has anyone found a fix

[@Bllkll]

Bro it was the first thing he said the fn+f problem cus I step on my keyboard a ton I love you nh

[@WhyNot-sb9vx]

So my laptop when I turn it on after it loads goes to a black loop screen where it stays there and when I try to do any system thing it requires a password, I use a pin, so it shouldn't be doing this, and I have been putting in my Microsoft password and have reset the password many times.

[@hujax]

I have 3rd problem. The monitor, that is not working is on DVI cable, while in Nvidia Control Panel it is shown on VGA port. I had this issue before, and was able to fix it with unplugging/replugging DVI cable. But after recent Windows Update it doesnt work anymore. Method with Win +P doesnt apply to me, because my GPU has only 1 DVI port (1HDMI 3DisplayPort), so I do not have another DVI port to try on. If I completely uninstall the Nvidia driver, monitor works, but only until I install GPU drivers or Windows does it. How do I make it recognize my monitor on DVI, not on VGA.

[@adamcyz1690]

Sometimes while im moving my mouse when left mouse key is pushed, screen turning black at area where i moved mouse, and i have to restart pc to repair this, any ideas where is the problem and how to fix it?

[@jacquesmkhayel7246]

Thank you!! I nearly had a heart attack!

[@gamerx630]

Thank you so much I have a broken screen on my laptop so I use a hdmi to show the screen to the tv but I accidentally put it to project second screen only and then the black screen happened. Thank you