Display & graphics troubleshooting
Black screens, flicker, display output, graphics drivers and post-update display issues.
Start here
Separate a blank display, flicker and driver crash from monitor/cable/GPU hardware symptoms.
Escalation boundary
Use rollback, update or reinstall based on the change timeline; repeated GPU stop codes belong in the stop-code path.
Display & graphics
Black screen in Windows 11: identify the stage before changing anything
Separate display-output, login, update and boot-device symptoms before using recovery steps.
Display & graphics
Screen flickering in Windows 11: distinguish a display driver from an app
Use the Task Manager flicker test and graphics-driver reset before changing the wrong part of Windows.
Display & graphics
Display driver problem in Windows 11: update, roll back or reinstall based on timing
Choose update versus rollback from the failure timeline instead of cycling graphics drivers blindly.
Display & graphics
External monitor not detected in Windows 11: test the display path before driver replacement
Check cable, input, dock and display topology first; use graphics-driver rollback or reinstall only when the timeline supports it.