# 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:** ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/screen-blanking-when-clicking-a-topic/356508/4 "2025-03-10T18:32:18Z")

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> [@manton](#):
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> 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.

Wow, what an issue!

You’re on Windows, correct? Does this issue only happen with an external monitor connected on the laptop, or on the laptop’s own screen as well?

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