Flickering Desktop of Laptop

Question

Hi, so when I turned on my laptop yesterday, upon start up the desktop/home started blinking/flickering. I can't do anything, even if I click on the icons the software opens until the next flicker. The below bar isn't visible as well and the cursor has the loading sign. A little backstory this laptop is kinda old (Dell Latitude 54890) and I have the SSD changed a while ago (blue screen issues). I did get a blue screen but it wasn't SSD issue just because my battery died a few times. Just in case I did detach and reattach both battery and SSD. But still nothing happened. I just want to get an opinion before I go to local repair shop. 20250308_062240_0001 (1) (1).gif

Answer 1

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Screen flickering in Windows is usually caused by a display driver issue or incompatible app. To determine whether a display driver or app is causing the problem, check to see if Task Manager flickers. Then, based on that information, you'll need to update, rollback, or uninstall your display driver or update or uninstall the app.

Press Windows logo Key + Ctrl + Shift + B may fix your issue. If this does not work, see if restarting helps.

Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to open Task Manager. If you don’t see Task Manager after pressing Ctrl + Alt + Delete, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.

If Task Manager flickers along with everything else on the screen, a display driver is probably causing the problem. In this scenario, see the Fix your display driver section.

If Task Manager doesn't flicker while the rest of the screen is flickering, an incompatible app is probably causing the problem. In this scenario, see the Update or uninstall an incompatible app section.

If Windows Update recently made updates to your device, roll back your display driver. Otherwise, try updating or uninstalling your display driver to fix the flickering or scrambling problem.

In the search box on the taskbar, type device manager, and then select it from the list of results.

Select the arrow to expand Display adapters.

Under Display adapters, right-click the adapter, then select Properties.

Select the Driver tab, and then select Roll Back Driver > Yes.

Restart your device.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Molly

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