Windows 10: What just happened? Screen went blank for 1 second...

Discus and support What just happened? Screen went blank for 1 second... in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I don't know WHAT went wrong but my screen went black just now for 1 second and everything went back to normal. Also that sound that something went... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by RingTailCoon, Dec 12, 2017.

  1. RINGTAILCOON
    RingTailCoon Win User

    What just happened? Screen went blank for 1 second...


    I don't know WHAT went wrong but my screen went black just now for 1 second and everything went back to normal. Also that sound that something went disconnected (like you remove a USB stick) but I cannot see what went disconnected (everything still visible in Explorer)

    When I looked at the logs: also nothing out of the ordinary...

    So what just happened? *Confused

    EDIT: Oops, was just an display driver update! *Redface Mystery solved!

    :)
     
    RingTailCoon, Dec 12, 2017
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  2. JIMILONA
    jimilona Win User

    Screen went blank

    I just purchased a 7205 Intrigue. The screen went black while I was checking out the settings. The time does not show on the front either. Can you help me get the display back? Thanks.
     
    jimilona, Dec 12, 2017
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  3. MCCSHREYAS
    MCCshreyas Win User
    LUMIA 720 SCREEN JUST WENT BLANK

    Connect charger to phone. And what you see on phone.
     
    MCCshreyas, Dec 12, 2017
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  4. EDTITTEL
    EdTittel Win User

    What just happened? Screen went blank for 1 second...

    It had to be something graphics related, especially because things immediately went back to normal after the event. Glad to read your cause was entirely benign and easily diagnosed. When it's NOT because of a driver update, this kind of thing usually means either a driver problem (easily fixed) or hardware issues with the GPU or graphics circuitry (often easily fixed as well, but seldom cheaply). Thanks for sharing your solution. This should help other forum members.
    --Ed--

    PS: I, too, experience this whenever Nvidia updates its drivers (actually, when I run Nvidia update). As an added "bonus" I have to move any open apps on my number 2 screen back from screen number 1 to screen number 2 when this happens. If I routinely open apps on Screen 2 but they're not open when the driver update occurs, they still pop up on screen 2.
     
    EdTittel, Dec 12, 2017
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  5. DEBSAWYER
    debsawyer Win User
    Yes, this happens to me all the time when Nvidia updates their drivers.
     
    debsawyer, Apr 4, 2018
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