# Black screen on startup after seeing home page 

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 9, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719 "2023-02-09T11:43:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719/3 "2023-02-09T13:04:20Z")

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Also search the forum for similar issues - there’s a lot of discussion about laptop drivers causing black screens, such as:

> [@Latest Slicer showing black screen](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/latest-slicer-showing-black-screen/14303):
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> Hi, I am using slicer version 4.11.20200930 on windows 10 Pro version 2004 - 64 bit with latest drivers running on macbook pro intel core i5-4288U @ 2.60GHz, 8.00 GB ram, Intel Iris graphics 5100 (driver date 15-05-2020 and version 20.19.15.5144) Monitor is LED TV (not routine computer monitor as the display of this laptop is spoilt) I am just getting a black screen after launching slicer. on random clicks some functions work. Earlier version with older driver was working fine. However s…

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