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Hey there,
i'm having this weird issue with my Surface pro 7 that it's Screen seemingly randomly turns black.
Specifically:
When i'm at the lowest Brightness(0) and i playback a video on mpc-hc the screen of the surface just turns black.
The playback is still running i can still hear the sound from the video, just visually i see a black screen.
I can fix it by pressing the power button once and locking it. Then unlock it again and the black screen is gone.
This issue only happens when my brightness is at 0.
Regards
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Same exact problem. Happens first time while watching netflix at night, set brightness to 0 . Baam. Seems random though because i can go 30 minutes without issue then a sudden screw up. Ill try brightness at 1 instead of zero and see if that fixes it. Im also in the total dark and surface is not plugged in.
I have the same problem. I have the Surface Pro 7 (256GB SSD, 16GB RAM, i7) and this problem seems to be happening more often than before.
When I am doing my regular work on Google Chrome or Microsoft Word, the screen randomly turns black. I find that the screen didn't turn off, I looked closely and found that the stuff on the screen was still visible, meaning the LED backlight must have turned off for no reason. I don't know if this is a hardware or driver problem, but I can close the type cover and open it again 5 seconds later and the screen returns to normal. It is really annoying when it happens, sometimes it just flickers on and off for a short period of time, before turning black.
Oh, and this happens both when plugged in and on battery and happens especially often on Google Chrome (maybe it's because I use that the most).
Hi,
I also have the same problem and it is driving me crazy. Have you figured out any solution so far?
Regards,
Jenn
same for me!
it happens at night in the dark
not plugged in
I have the same problem. I have the Surface Pro 7 (256GB SSD, 16GB RAM, i7) and this problem seems to be happening more often than before.
When I am doing my regular work on Google Chrome or Microsoft Word, the screen randomly turns black. I find that the screen didn't turn off, I looked closely and found that the stuff on the screen was still visible, meaning the LED backlight must have turned off for no reason. I don't know if this is a hardware or driver problem, but I can close the type cover and open it again 5 seconds later and the screen returns to normal. It is really annoying when it happens, sometimes it just flickers on and off for a short period of time, before turning black.
Oh, and this happens both when plugged in and on battery and happens especially often on Google Chrome (maybe it's because I use that the most).
yes! this for me!
it's possible to use an app ( called intel graphics comand center ) do sisable some of the energy saving features that are active (the features are on sistem --- power )
this is the solutions that i found online and this is worked for me .
