Flickering screen on HDMI

[pjh1950]

I have just bought this laptop to replace an ancient one at my local church to use with a projector over HDMI. the old laptop works fine, but the HP flickers on the projector screen. I have now tried connecting to my TV at home and it works perfectly. There do not appear to be any settings like resolution or refresh rate that are alterable for the second screen, oniy the laptop screen. Any ideas what I can do?

[Anand_Andy]

Hi @pjh1950,

Welcome to the HP Support Community

I understand you are facing a display flickering issue with your HP Notebook PC. Not to worry I will help you to get a resolution to resolve the issue.

To assist better:

• Was there any recent update on the PC?
• Are all the drivers on HP Support Assistant up to date?
• If not please follow the document to update the drivers: HP PCs - How to Download, Install, and Use HP Support Assistant (Windows)

While you respond to that please try the below steps:

Let's perform Windows Update and HP Support Assistant:

To check for updates now, select the Start button, and then go to Settings  > Update & security  > Windows Update, and select Check for updates.

Install updates from HP Support Assistant: Go to Download HP Support Assistant to install the tool.

1. To open HP Support Assistant, double-click the HP Support Assistant icon .
2. Click My devices in the top menu, and then click Updates in the My PC or My notebook pane.
3. Click Check for updates and messages to scan for new updates.
4. Review the list of updates. Updates with a yellow information icon are recommended. Updates with a blue information icon are optional.
5. Click the update name for a description, version number, and file size.
6. Select the box next to any updates you want to install, and then click Download and install.

Update the BIOS & Video card drivers:

• Here's the link to download and install the above updates: Click here

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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