Bit of a strange one. I'm using my FF browser normally when suddenly
the screen turns black with short white lines dotted about.
Nothing I try can get it to work, but eventually it will start working by itself.
I can use all other functions of my desktop when this happens,
and I opened Windows Edge and it's working normally. Any ideas from the experts
what the likely cause is.
Bit of background - recently I had lots of problem with BSOD and other symptoms
and a friend diagnosed that the graphics card on the computer's mother board had
stopped working. He installed another separate graphics card in the slot for it.
Note - the graphics card wasn't new and is a basic Geforce 210. I don't do gaming,
so the performance is adequate for me. Wonder if there is poss any link between
this problem and my current fault?
Any help and advice appreciated.
> https://i.imgur.com/rWcWPZf.jpg
Why Does Black Screen With Lines Appear On Firefox?
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Why Does Black Screen With Lines Appear On Firefox?
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Re: Why Does Black Screen With Lines Appear On Firefox?
You can disable hardware acceleration in FF itself (to test to see if possibly HA is the cause).
about:preferences -> General --> Performance ---> (uncheck) Use hardware acceleration when available
about:preferences -> General --> Performance ---> (uncheck) Use hardware acceleration when available
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: Why Does Black Screen With Lines Appear On Firefox?
Thanks for your reply and advice.therube wrote:You can disable hardware acceleration in FF itself (to test to see if possibly HA is the cause).
about:preferences -> General --> Performance ---> (uncheck) Use hardware acceleration when available
I closed FF as it was stuck on the black screen with white lines. Opened FF again straight away and it opened normally
and worked correctly. I disabled hardware acceleration as you suggested in the settings - so fingers crossed. Thanks again, will
see how I get on and if it sorts the problem.