Windows 10: Windows freeze up and flicker in a dual screen setup

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  1. JENNY_856
    Jenny_856 Win User

    Windows freeze up and flicker in a dual screen setup


    Issue:

    I recently bought a display tablet for drawing similar to Wacom drawing tablets, and tried to set up a dual-screen situation for my desktop.

    But since then there are occasions where the screen just freezes and starts to flicker with lines and colours, almost like I'm in the nightclub.... All I could do was restart from the power button keyboard does not work when it freeze


    I don't know what triggers it because it's completely random, it won't immediately start flickering when I start the PC, I thought it was the PC overheating and I've even switched a CPU fan. It could happen when I'm just watching YouTube if there's audio there will be also really bad sound glitches, looking at Google Docs, or even just browsing through my folder. Once I even just accidentally kicked the desktop and it froze.

    It usually only happens once per day, I use my PC a lot so it's also a bit weird that this glitch barely returns on the same day, and if it behaves well I could survive about three days without a freeze up.


    I used to have an AMD graphics card however it died off after my unqualified fiddle to the desktop it won't get recognised again and I can't install display driver for it

    So I'm currently running with the integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 630


    Both monitors and the display tablet can use HDMI cable, however, my motherboard only has one HDMI slot and one VGA slot. So I plugged the main monitor to VGA and tablet to HDMI. When it usually freeze,the main monitor would flicker VGA but the tablet will be fine, if I attempt to either switch off the monitor or unplug the VGA cable, the tablet will start to flicker.


    What I've attempted to solve the issue:

    clean the PC case- nothing happened

    reinstall display driver- it was fine for two days and the same issue returned

    take out the memory stick and plugged it back in - nothing happened

    :)
     
    Jenny_856, Jan 18, 2020
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  2. ADHIPBANERJEE
    AdhipBanerjee Win User

    Screen flickering in Windows 10 safe mode

    I haven't made any changes on my device. This screen flickering is only happening in Safe Mode.
     
    AdhipBanerjee, Jan 18, 2020
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  3. ARJAY DOM
    Arjay Dom Win User
    Screen flickering in Windows 10 safe mode

    Hi Adhio,

    Screen flickering can be caused by hardware or application issue.

    To better assist you, please answer the following questions:

    • Is the issue only happening in Safe Mode?
    • Have you made any changes on your device prior to the issue?

    In the meantime, we suggest following the troubleshooting steps on this article:

    Troubleshoot screen flickering in Windows 10     to resolve screen flickering issues on Windows 10.

    We're looking forward to your reply.
     
    Arjay Dom, Jan 18, 2020
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  4. EROCKER
    erocker Win User

    Windows freeze up and flicker in a dual screen setup

    Screen Flickering

    Return that card for something else. I've heard of many issues with Asus Direct Cu 7970's. You could try finding a different monitor to see if your monitor is the problem, but I doubt it.

    **I though you tried differnet cables. Buy a new cable and try it. Get a Dual Link DVI cable.

    Here's a list.

    1. Uninstall and reinstall video drivers.

    2. Replace cable

    3. Try different monitor

    4. Try different video card

    5. Replace video card.

    If you can do any of the steps above, just skip to step #5.
     
    erocker, Jan 18, 2020
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