# Screen blanking when clicking a topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/screen-blanking-when-clicking-a-topic/356508>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [March 9, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/screen-blanking-when-clicking-a-topic/356508 "2025-03-09T20:33:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![manton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/manton/32/389960_2.png) [@manton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manton)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/screen-blanking-when-clicking-a-topic/356508/1 "2025-03-09T20:33:49Z")

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Hi,

A user reported this issue where the entire screen would go blank on his laptop when clicking a topic after I updated the forum in this topic: [Upgrading v2.2.0.beta4 forum with unknown local changes - Installation - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-v2-2-0-beta4-forum-with-unknown-local-changes/310241/42)

I chalked it up to an issue with his laptop, as no one else was experiencing it.

We are now on the 3.5.0 latest beta2-dev version (been updating regularly since then) and I have started experiencing the same issue. First seen intermittently on a laptop connected to external monitor but only did it when I had Spotify running in the same browser. Strange.

Now I am seeing on a brand-new PC that I’ve just spun up. Spotify not running this time, and also it blanks every time I click a topic. The video output to the monitor re-syncs.

I couldn’t find any posts about it here, other than some unrelated screen blanking issues from years ago.

Here is a link to the forum: [https://idmforums.com](https://idmforums.com)

Is anyone experiencing this on my forum or any other admins having this issue?

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