Why does the laptop screen flicker non-stop?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43077)
Staten Island, New York
June 14, 2019 1:20pm CST
I am getting really annoyed. I am doing stuff on my laptop and then all of a sudden the screen starts flickering non-stop. Sometimes it starts doing that as soon as I turn the laptop on and log in to Windows. I wonder what's causing this to happen. It is very frustrating. I believe it started after my computer automatically updated to a different Windows operating system a few years ago.
I figured out that if I plug the laptop into the outlet when it starts flickering that it stops doing it. But I don't want to plug the laptop into the outlet when the batter is pretty full.
Anyone else experience this? And how do you deal with it?
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5 responses
@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
14 Jun 19
I've never experience that before; but I always plug into an outlet when I'm using my laptop because the battery doesn't last long; and I don't want to wear it out. Does it start after you've been on for a while? Could the battery be getting old and worn out? I don't know.
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jun 19
Sometimes it's fine for a while and then all of a sudden starts flickering. But sometimes it starts right away.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jun 19
@LindaOHio I remember googling it a while ago... But the fact that plugging it in stops the flickering I figured out on my own lol. But not sure how to prevent it from flickering in the first place.
@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
14 Jun 19
Have you tried googling a flickering screen? Do you have Windows 7 or 10? Maybe there's a patch for 10 if that's what you downloaded several years ago. What about accessing the Windows 10 page on Microsoft and looking for a patch or driver update to fix a flickering screen? That would be the safest.
@LadyDuck (458135)
• Switzerland
16 Jun 19
@lovebuglena No, I do not think it's a problem of magnetic field. Try to change the graphic resolution.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jun 19
I use my laptop either on the couch or at the dining room table. I don't think there are any magnetic fields there.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jun 19
Doesn't seem that way to me. Yes, the plugging in stops it from flickering but I don't want it to start flickering in the first place.
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
14 Jun 19
Have no idea why its happening, if it happened to me I would have my kids tell me what is going on and they would fix it.... I love my kids who know a lot more about computers and Ipads that I will ever know. Good luck.
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jun 19
Hahaha. Kids these days are more tech savvy than some adults. 
