Windows 10: My screen flickers and drops refresh rate when I minimize something.

I recently built my computer, and every time I minimize anything, my screen flickers and drops the refresh rate until I click with my mouse. How do I fix it? It’s very annoying. All my drivers are up to date.

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Refresh rate Problem

Hi Robert,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Screen refresh rate is the rate at which the data displayed on screen is refreshed; it may be an image or some text document. Most of the users would like to set it to a higher rate but this also depends on the capacity of graphic
card and monitors. If the refresh rate is slow, the images on the display looks as flickering to the user eye and makes it uncomfortable to work.

Nowadays the latest monitors available in market will have minimum 60 Hz of refresh rate and it is very good option to set it to 70 Hz if you your monitor is compatible. Normally a high performance or quality monitors can reach
120 Hz of refresh rate. So I would suggest you to set your monitor refresh rate as higher as possible, below given steps describes how to access this feature on your Windows 8.1/10 PC.

• The default refresh rate setting is 60 Hertz (HZ); however, your monitor may support a higher setting. Check your manufacturer's documentation for information about the settings that your monitor supports.
• If you use a higher refresh rate, you can reduce the rate that your screen flickers; however, if you specify a refresh rate that is too high for your monitor, your screen may become unusable and your hardware may be damaged.
• Changes to the refresh rate affect all users that log on to the computer.

I would, as of now, suggest you to visit the computer manufacturer's support website and install the latest display and chipset drivers available for the latest operating system (currently it would be 8.1 in the list).

Hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to reply in case you face any other issues with Windows in future.

 

Screen flickering after Windows 10 upgrade

Hi,

If you're still having problem with flickering screen. Just change your refresh rate(lower it down)

Steps:

• right-click on empty space on the desktop
• choose graphic properties
• look for the refresh rate dropdown box
• from 60phz change it to 40phz
• hit apply then ok

 

Screen Flickering At The Half Bottom Of The Screen.

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

In order to get clarity on this issue and assist you with appropriate troubleshooting steps, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

1. What is the make and model number of your computer?
   
2. Have you connected any external monitors to the computer?
   

To narrow down the issue, I suggest you to try connecting another monitor as well as another monitor cable and check if the issue persists.

Meanwhile, try the below troubleshooting methods and check if this helps.

Method 1:
Troubleshoot Screen Flickering In Windows 10.

If the issue persists after checking with another monitor and the monitor cable, try the troubleshooting steps mentioned in
Troubleshoot screen flickering in Windows 10 and check if this
helps.

Method 2:
Changing The Screen Refresh Rate.

1. Right-click on an empty area on your desktop > Click on
   Display settings > On the right-pane, scroll down and click on
   Advanced display settings.
2. Click on the Display adapter properties for Display 1 > In the next window, go to
   Monitor tab > Under Screen refresh rate drop-down menu, try changing the desired Hertz rate.
3. Restart the computer after changing each rate and check if the issue persists.

Give it a shot and let us know of any changes.