If your computer won’t reboot and displays a black screen again, see the section below on fixing a black screen before login. Hold down the power button for 10-15 seconds to do a hard reset on your laptop or PC and reboot your computer. If the issue causing your Windows 10 black screen is a simple one, a keyboard shortcut can help solve it. Use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + P or Ctrl + Alt + Del to reset the screen’s graphics system. Here are some quick ways to fix a black screen on Windows 10: The black screen of death appearing on our own Windows 10 machine. But in serious cases, you may need to perform a system restore or reinstall the operating system (OS). Sometimes you can resolve a black screen on Windows 10 or 11 by rebooting your device.
You can get a blank or black computer screen on startup, while updating software, or in the middle of device usage.