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4 Ways To Fix HP Laptop Black Screen

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HP Laptop Black Screen! Don’t know what is it and also not knowing how to fix the same? Hakuna Matata!

The black screen can be said as the Black Screen of Death. In general terms, it is a fatal system error displayed by some operating after encountering a critical system error which can cause the system to shut down, and nothing would appear on the screen in some cases. Still, it is not the same in every case. Here are four ways to fix your black screen on your HP laptop. The other scenario is of the HP screen going black is of a startup, but no worries.

Solutions To Fix HP Laptop Black Screen:

Hard reset your laptop
Restart the explorer.exe process
Update your graphics driver

Disable fast startup.

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Table of Contents

1 Ways To Fix HP Laptop Black Screen
2 Conclusion

Ways To Fix HP Laptop Black Screen

There are various reasons which can cause an HP Laptop Black Screen. The most common cause of black screen is a fault in the hardware, which can be back because of the software problems such as the virus or software corruption.

Hard Reset Your Laptop

A fault in the hardware can cause a black screen in your HP laptop. To this, you need to remove the hardware raising the said issue. For this, you need to follow the following steps:

Turn of your Laptop.

Remove the hard drives, battery, or power attached to the device.
Then for at least 60 seconds, press and hold the power button of the Laptop.
Place your battery in and plug the charger. At this moment, don’t plug anything else.

Lastly, boot your laptop.

If the fault would be in your hard drive, after completing the process correctly as said, then the laptop will work as usual.

Restart The Explorer.exe Process

Probably by the virus attack on your HP Laptop explorer.exe process, the screen can go into a black screen. Explorer.exe manages desktop and taskbar. To fix the black screen error created:

Press the Ctrl-Shift and Esc on your keyboard. This action will invoke the task manager.

In task manager, click on the Details/Processes tab. The list will be appeared after clicking it.

Now, find the Explorer.exe process in the list. After finding it click it and then click the end task (lower corner on the right side).

Restart your laptop.

But if you can’t find the said process, then there is another easy way to do this. In task manager itself, click on File and select Run New Task. Type Explorer.exe in the box appeared, and press Enter on your keyboard.

Update Your Graphics Driver

Even an outdated graphic can cause an HP Laptop Black Screen. So verifying the graphic drivers is another way to fix the black screen of the laptop. There are two ways to update: a. Automatically, b. Manually.

The manual version requires computer skills and time because you have to search for the latest version of the graphic driver from the manufacture and download manually and install it on your laptop.

For doing it automatically, you need some software that will automatically recognize your system and find the correct drivers for it. For this, you don’t require special computer skills. Also, you don’t need to download or install any wrong driver.

Disable Fast Startup

As the name reads, disabling the fast startup may fix the black screen of your HP Laptop. Following are the steps to disable the fast startup:

Open Control Panel on your laptop, and view Control Pane Items by small icons or large icons.
Click the Power Option on your screen.

Choose What Power Buttons Do.

Click Change Settings That Are Currently Unavailable.

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Uncheck Turn on Fast Startup. Then click Save Changes.

At Last, restart your computer and see if your laptop screen works properly.

Conclusion

Sometimes it can become difficult to find the exact cause for the black screen issue. First, troubleshoot where the problem is connecting an external monitor to your HP laptop firmly and correctly.

If the external display works as per the requirement, then the problem maybe lies in the monitor, or it is a monitor issue of your HP laptop. But, if still the screen remains black, then it should be an issue with the hardware of your HP laptop.

The author hopes that these four ways will help you find a solution to the HP Laptop Black Screen along with the above-stated points.

Kaushal Malkan

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