Steps to fix laptop screen flickering

You've probably had a situation where your laptop was watching movies or editing videos, and the image suddenly flickered, appearing colorful stripes as shown below.

This is considered a fairly common error of any Windows 10 user, so you don't need to worry too much. The cause of this error may come from the application, software and display driver conflict with each other. Here I will show you how to fix this error.

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1. Determine the cause of the striped screen error on the laptop

First, start the Task Manager and see if the Task Manager screen flickers, if so, check and update the screen driver.

Step 1:  Open the Device Manager application in the search box  .

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Step 2:  Select  Display adapters => Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620.

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Step 3:  To fix the error, try updating the driver version again by clicking  Update Driver => OK.

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Step 4:  If the update still doesn't work, try restarting the driver by clicking  Disable device => enable device.

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2. Fix screen errors with Settings

The screen flickering error can also be caused by the screen refresh rate.

Step 1:  Access the Settings section  .

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Step 2:  Next, click on the System section  .

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Step 3:  Click the  Display option .

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Step 4:  Access  Andvanced settings.

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Step 5:  Try adjusting the screen change rate in the Refresh Rate section to fix the error.

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3. Striped screen error due to 3rd party applications

Some 3rd party applications can cause errors such as Live screen applications or screen recording applications, if you are in doubt about an application, try to remove it. By going to  Settings => Apps =>  Click on the application you want to remove  => Uninstall.

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Good luck .

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