# Slicer - black screen when opening stls or nrrds

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-black-screen-when-opening-stls-or-nrrds/10140>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 6, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-black-screen-when-opening-stls-or-nrrds/10140 "2020-02-06T14:57:56Z")\
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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 6, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-black-screen-when-opening-stls-or-nrrds/10140/3 "2020-02-06T17:54:35Z")

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Sounds like this kind of issue:

> [@Black screen after downloading Slicer](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-after-downloading-slicer/1574/9):
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> Hi. I use a 64bit Windows 10 Enterprise version. I tried both 4.10 and 4.11 versions but still have the same problem and at start up I see only 4 black rectenangles.

> [@Why I have black screen?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-i-have-black-screen/6902/4):
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> Thanks for the additional information. If you update graphics card drivers to the latest version and/or upgrade the operating system to Windows10 then there may be a chance that Slicer will work on that computer.

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