[Solved] | Toshiba Laptop Black Screen | Quickly & Easily

Your Toshiba laptop is black after turning on, and sometimes it won’t turn on on a black screen. This is quite annoying. But don’t worry. You can fix your Toshiba laptop black screen issue by the solutions in this post.

Try these fixes

Here are the solutions that have helped people resolve the black screen in Toshiba laptops. You don’t have to try them all; just work your way down the list until everything’s working again.

1. Power reset your Toshiba laptop
2. Check for viruses and malware
3. Update your graphics card driver
4. If nothing works after trying the above methods

Fix 1: Power reset your Toshiba laptop

Power resetting does a trick to fix your Toshiba laptop problems such as the black screen, which has been working for many people who have the same problem as you do. Here’s how to do it:

1. Turn off your laptop.
2. Remove any external devices including your USB drive, Bluetooth devices and headsets.
3. Remove your AC adapter cable, hard drives and your battery (if your battery is removable).
4. Press and hold the Power button for 60 seconds and release. Your laptop may boot up and turn off during this time period.
5. Plug your AC adapter and your battery back (if your battery is removable).
6. Press the Power button as normal to turn on your Toshiba laptop.

Your laptop should be able to start normally now. If this method works for you, you should update your graphics card driver and check for viruses and malware in your laptop.

Fix 2: Check for viruses and malware

Your Toshiba laptop screen may be black if your system has been infected with viruses or malware.

So run a virus scan across your entire Windows system. Yes, it may take some time to complete, but it’s worth it. Unfortunately, Windows Defender may not detect it, so it’s worth trying another antivirus program such as Avira and panda.

It any malware has been detected, follow the instructions provided by the antivirus program to fix it.

Then restart your laptop as normal and see if it fixes your black screen issue.

Fix 3: Update your graphics card driver

The missing or outdated graphics card driver in your laptop can cause the black screen issue. To rule it out as the cause for your problem, you should update your graphics card driver to the latest version.

You can manually search for the latest version of your graphics card driver from the manufacturer, and download and install it in your laptop. This requires time and computer skills. We recommend this if you’re confident with your computer skills.

If you don’t have time or patience, you can do it automatically with Driver Easy.

Driver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct drivers for it.You don’t need to know exactly what system your computer is running, you don’t need to risk downloading and installing the wrong driver, and you don’t need to worry about making mistake when installing.

1. Download and install Driver Easy.
2. Run Driver Easy and click the Scan Now button. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers.

   

3. Click the Update button next to the flagged graphics device to automatically download the correct version of the driver (you can do this with the FREE version), then install the driver in your computer.

   Or click Update All to automatically download and install the correct version of all the drivers that are missing or out of date on your system (this requires the Pro version– you’ll be prompted to upgrade when you click Update All).

   

4. After updating, restart your computer to take effect.

Now see if your laptop can start up correctly.

If this method doesn’t work for you, don’t worry. There is something else to try.

Fix 4: If nothing works after trying the above methods

If your black screen issue still happens in your Toshiba laptop after trying the methods above, don’t worry. Try these tips below that have helped people resolve their Toshiba laptop black screen issue.

Option 1: Try Shift + F8 + Power button

1. Turn off your Toshiba laptop.
2. Unplug the power cable, and remove your battery (if it’s removable).
3. Put your battery back and re-plug your power cable.
4. Simultaneously press the Shift key, F8 key and Power button on your keyboard.
5. Wait for your laptop to start.

Your laptop should start normally and the black screen has been removed.

Option 2: Try Fn + F5 key

1. Turn off your Toshiba laptop.
2. Press and hold the Power button, the Fn key and F5 key at the same time for 60 seconds. Repeat this step for 5 times.
3. Press the Power button as normal to turn on your laptop.

Your laptop should be starting properly.

So that’s it. Hope this post fixes your Toshiba laptop black screen problem.

Please add a comment below to let us know if these fixes resolved your Toshiba laptop screen issue. If you have any other issues, feel free to let us know, and we’ll do our best to help.

• laptop
• Toshiba
• Windows