# Slicer is not showing in 3D view

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-is-not-showing-in-3d-view/9699>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 3, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-is-not-showing-in-3d-view/9699 "2020-01-03T10:24:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ramya\_C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ramya_c/32/4240_2.png) [@Ramya\_C](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Ramya_C)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-is-not-showing-in-3d-view/9699/1 "2020-01-03T10:24:05Z")

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Operating system:windows 10  
Slicer version:4.10  
Expected behavior:slicer is not showing the 3D view.  
Actual behavior:

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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:** [January 3, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-is-not-showing-in-3d-view/9699/2 "2020-01-03T13:26:36Z")

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Sorry, you’ll need to provide more details if you want help with this.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-is-not-showing-in-3d-view/9699/3 "2020-01-03T13:38:58Z")

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A common problem is that you have a computer manufactured more than 6-8 years ago. What CPU and graphics card do you have?

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**Author:** ![Luther](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/luther/32/5602_2.png) [@Luther](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Luther)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-is-not-showing-in-3d-view/9699/4 "2020-01-05T11:58:03Z")

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My laptop is almost 7 years old, didn’t know that it could be a problem… Works fine