Windows 10: Windows 10 PC keeps waking up into a blank screen

I have been experiencing a problem since a few days ago with my Windows PC.


Before the problem showed up, this used to be normal behavior: I would leave the PC in sleep mode every night when I go to sleep, and so far, it has waken up normally every time as expected. I've noticed that, sometimes, it wakes up on its own to install updates, I suspect. During those sessions, the monitor doesn't come on, which I expect, and the PC goes back to sleep when it's done, I assume.


However, in the last few days, it seems that when it wakes up on its own, it does not go back to sleep. When I try to wake it up, all I see is a black screen on the monitor, and keyboard and mouse are not responsive num-lock, caps-lock not toggling, etc. I have to hold down the power button to force a shutdown. Once I power-cycle it like this, it comes back on normally. This behavior has occurred 4 out of the last 7 days.


The Windows Reliability Monitor shows a "Hardware error" like below on almost every episode before the manual shutdown:


Description

A problem with your hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.

Problem signature

Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent

Code: 141

Parameter 1: ffffdf83dacf3010

Parameter 2: fffff800828aaf30

Parameter 3: 0

Parameter 4: 4

OS version: 10_0_19041

Service Pack: 0_0

Product: 256_1

OS Version: 10.0.19041.2.0.0.256.48

Locale ID: 1033



What I have tried:

• Use hibernation instead of sleep.
• Update all the drivers from Device Manager.
• Reinstall graphics driver.
• Remove anti-virus McAfee

All these attempts have been from comments on forums with users having similar problems, but I have not been able to solve my issue. I appreciate any help. I really do not want to re-install windows because I will have to reinstall so many programs :


System HW:

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO ATX

Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K

Memory: 40GB DDR4-3200

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 590 series

PSU: EVGA 850W 80PLUS GOLD

Hard Drive 1 OS: 500GB WD BLUE SSD

Hard Drive 2 Docs: 3TB HDD 3.5" SATAIII

:)

 

Windows booting to blank screen after safe mode

Click these keys whenever you see a black screen:
Windows logo key + Ctrl + Shift + B > report what you see and hear

See if you can boot to the BIOS using the information in this link:
List of PC brands with their corresponding hot-keys

List the installed antivirus software.



See this link for additional troubleshooting steps:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...-screen-errors

 

Windows 10 blank screen

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues with Black Screen on the PC. For further clarity on the issue, please respond to the questions below:

1. Which build version of Windows 10 are you using currently?

2. Are you aware of any changes made to PC prior to which you weren’t facing this issue?

1. What is the make and model of the PC?

Refer the article Which version of Windows operating system am I running?



Meanwhile, I would suggest you to refer the article Troubleshoot black screen or blank
screen errors and see if that helps.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.