Windows 10: Surface Pro 7, Dual Monitors with Dock, Blanking Screen, Poor Resolution

I use a Microsoft Surface Pro 7, with the Microsoft Dock and Two Dell Monitors. The system has been working reliably since installation - about two years previously used with a MSP4.


Recently, my Dell monitors have been flickering, and occasionally going blurry see image below. The flickering consists of the screen going black for a couples of seconds, then coming back. Sometimes, when this happens, the text goes blurry. Pulling the blurry windows to the other monitor shows a normal display. This seems to alternate between the two monitors and always seems to occur in the monitor I am working in.


Re-starting the dock usually solves the blurry text problem.


Note: while this happens most frequently on my left monitor, it happens the same way to both.


- I have been using the same configuration for several years now, however this issue started about a month ago.


- I have run sfc/scannow and returned no issues.

- I have updated the windows 10 OS and device manager reports the drivers are the latest version is installed.

Any ideas how to fix this?

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System information: Monitors 2,

Dell P2312H using HDMI input in a dual monitor configuration.


Microsoft Surface Pro 7, Windows 10 Professional, ver. 2004 - 64 bit, 16GB RAM, 1TB Solid State Drive - with Microsoft Surface Pro docking station

Windows update show it is up to date.

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