This is from "Hardwear Acceleration" on by default in steam. Does anyone else have this same issue, know what's causing it, and/or know of a more permanent fix? This fix lasted less than 2 days before it began happening again out of nowhere. It started happening after the last update to the client, and I thought I fixed it by reinstalling Steam. ![]() After a while I narrowed the source of the issue to the Steam Client Bootstrapper, and when I force the task to end it immediately stops (but starts again as soon as I start Steam or any of its apps). It's a solid black screen, not flickering, lasts about a full second before returning to my normal screen. Originally posted by chinmo:Title says it, my screen keeps blinking black every 3-5 seconds, to the point where I can't get anything done. If you done a recent video driver update, that might be the cause, or faulty install, and may need to use DDU "Display device uninstaller" run in Windows safemode, and only use the recommended option, once done just install your video drivers by visit the GPU main website, google for them, either AMD, if using AMD, or Nvidia if using Nvidia. Reinstalling Steam, to keep games, and screenshots, head to where you install Steam, move these two folders, "Steamapp" and "Userdata" move these two folders outside the Steam folder, once done that, uninstall Steam, ensure Steam folders gone, if not delete it, then reinstall Steam, run it to download client, don't login just exit out of Steam, move back the "Steamapp" and "Userdata" folder back into Steam folder, if ask if want to replace click yes, and now launch Steam, and test to see if issue resolved. Try opt in, or out of Steam beta, top left corner, click on Steam > settings > account > click on button change, and either opt in, or out of beta. You can try these settings can help with performance a little for the client as well. Clear cache and cookies, Steam > settings > Web browser > Delete both cache and cookies. ![]() ![]() If using some 3rd party software that manage that scans, or hooks into other apps, that may cause issues. Could try few of these options, no guaranteed it will fix the issue.
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