Hello,
We have two Aspire Z3-600 systems and the same problem is happening on both.
After the latest Windows 10 update, I believe it's called the "Anniversary Update", the screen is blacking out for about a second, at random, and about 5 to 10 times a minute! It's impossible to use the PCs for any amount of time.
It's a definite software issue because the black-outs happen much more often when specific software is running. For example, when I opened the window for the Acer ID information to get the serial no, etc, that window caused much longer black screens and I didn't even have time to click the Print button before the next screen blackout.
We checked Windows Update twice, we uninstalled and reinstalled the video drivers (the most probable culprit) we run the Windows Devices troubleshooter which found some driver update and installed it, but nothing solved the problem. We get on the desktop OK, start using MS Office, or other software and the black-outs start again.
Any suggestions will be very appreciated. We need the PCs to do actual work, and the sooner we can solve this problem the better.
Thank you.
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We also did a couple more things that I found as suggestions from the MS support site:
Booted in Safe Mode and disabled all non-MS services. Rebooted - problem still there.
Both disabled and updated the touch screen drivers - problem still there.
If we boot to the desktop and just stay there the screen is fine. After starting some software and working on it, from Adobe Reader to Chrome and very often on Outlook, the black-outs start within a few to several seconds of activity on the softwarel
