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Screen blinks black for a second and then resumes working normally

I'm posting this question because I have found a reason for this behavior whose solution I've not seen posted and thought what I observed might be useful to others. All other related questions seem to be closed.


I have a Mac Studio (2024) those secondary monitor would blink back for a few seconds and then resume working normally. In my case I have two Samsung 4K 28" (LU28R55) monitors. I connect to the monitors via a KVM. The KVM allows me to share the monitors with two other computers. Those other two computers were not exhibiting this same problem so I reasoned that the KVM was probably not responsible for this problem.


What I discovered was that one of the monitors was set at a refresh rate of 30 hertz and the monitor which was exhibiting the problem had a refresh rate of 60 hertz. I was able to lower the refresh rate on that monitor to 30 hertz. (That was a setting done on the monitor itself). After having done that, it looks like that solved the problem. I only say it looks like it solved the problem, because so far I haven't seen the problem reoccur since making that adjustment. It was happening maybe once or twice an hour and knock-on-wood I've gone a day without seeing this issue reoccur.


One other thing: when I say this problem didn't occur on the other two computers, that's not entirely true. One of those computers would have a slight flicker. (Not exactly the same thing as the screen going complete black for a second or two). With this change, I don't see happening anymore.


So this is at least something else you can easily look at if you're having a similar problem. And perhaps someone with more knowledge about displays could explain the spec about screen size, refresh rates and multiple displays.

Mac Studio, macOS 14.2

Posted on Mar 28, 2024 2:29 PM

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Screen blinks black for a second and then resumes working normally

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