Hey all, Recently (post 1903 update), my Surface Book 2 screen started flashing black every time I touch my Surface Pen to the screen to ink something. It works just fine if I'm using the Pen as a cursor (IE moving/closing windows, etc all work just fine) and if I'm using the pen to ink in a Win32 app. What I've tested in so far: OneNote UWP -- flashes when inking MS Whiteboard -- flashes when inking MS Sticky Notes -- flashes when inking OneNote 2016 -- works just fine I've run the Surface Diagnostic Toolkit, re-installed the Intel UHD drivers, installed the latest Surface Firmware, and run Windows Update, all to no avail. I'm running W10 1903 Build 18362.175 on a 13in Surface Book 2 i7-8650U. Has anyone run into this issue before, or have any thoughts on what I should try next? I haven't tried a different pen since I only have the one, but that was my next thought.

Exact same situation here, but with a Lenovo X380 Yoga. Some ink apps work fine, with the ones you identified are blinking with every pen touch. Very irritating. Hope someone knows what to do.

I have the same problem here on my Surface Pro 6, i5, 8gb RAM. It only happens in Onenote when using the pencil tool. For me the problem started after the dark mode update. It works fine for a while, but then all of a sudden Onenote freezes for a short second and afterwards the screen flicker every time i touch the screen with the pen(with pencil tool selected). The other tools, like marker and pen, still work fine. Tested in other apps aswell, with no problems.

I had similar display issues on my dell latitude 7390 2 in 1, rolling back to the intel 620 2018 drivers resolved the issue.

The solution for me was also a rollback on Intel HD Graphics Driver for Windows 10 (64-bit) 25.20.100.6576 This version, maybe in combination with win10 1903, still has some issues.

can you please find a download link for it or send me a google doc link? sorry I can't find that driver

Surface Book 2 Screen Flashes Black when inking in UWP Apps

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Hey all,

Recently (post 1903 update), my Surface Book 2 screen started flashing black every time I touch my Surface Pen to the screen to ink something. It works just fine if I'm using the Pen as a cursor (IE moving/closing windows, etc all work just fine) and if I'm using the pen to ink in a Win32 app. What I've tested in so far:

OneNote UWP -- flashes when inking
MS Whiteboard -- flashes when inking
MS Sticky Notes -- flashes when inking
OneNote 2016 -- works just fine

I've run the Surface Diagnostic Toolkit, re-installed the Intel UHD drivers, installed the latest Surface Firmware, and run Windows Update, all to no avail. I'm running W10 1903 Build 18362.175 on a 13in Surface Book 2 i7-8650U.

Has anyone run into this issue before, or have any thoughts on what I should try next? I haven't tried a different pen since I only have the one, but that was my next thought.

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2019-08-14T19:23:44+00:00

Exact same situation here, but with a Lenovo X380 Yoga. Some ink apps work fine, with the ones you identified are blinking with every pen touch. Very irritating. Hope someone knows what to do.
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2019-08-27T22:01:34+00:00

I have the same problem here on my Surface Pro 6, i5, 8gb RAM.

It only happens in Onenote when using the pencil tool. For me the problem started after the dark mode update.

It works fine for a while, but then all of a sudden Onenote freezes for a short second and afterwards the screen flicker every time i touch the screen with the pen(with pencil tool selected).

The other tools, like marker and pen, still work fine.

Tested in other apps aswell, with no problems.
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2019-08-30T05:27:39+00:00

I had similar display issues on my dell latitude 7390 2 in 1, rolling back to the intel 620 2018 drivers resolved the issue.
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2019-08-30T18:15:49+00:00

The solution for me was also a rollback on Intel HD Graphics Driver for Windows 10 (64-bit) 25.20.100.6576

This version, maybe in combination with win10 1903, still has some issues.
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2019-09-04T11:55:38+00:00

can you please find a download link for it or send me a google doc link? sorry I can't find that driver
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