How to fix screen that glitches, flickers and turns black on startup in Aspire Z27

bobjr123

I’m having troubles with trying to start up my computer. My screen keeps turning black, green, flickers, glitches. When I start up the computer, I see the Acer logo and for a couples of seconds in, it will fade to black. Or it will be glitching, flickering. If I do manage to try to login, it will still fade into black and I can’t see anything. Before, this happened I have a lot of applications on and forgot to close them and I turned off my computer. I’m trying to go into BIOS mode but the screen fades to black, also trying to boot into safe mode by pressing the power button three or four times to try to get into safe mode, but when I’m about to reach the safe mode option screen it fades to black. I don’t know what to do but just keep trying those options.

My computer is Acer Aspire Z27.

[Edited the thread to add model number to the title]

billsey

Which Z27 model do you have? I don't find any when searching, though there were some Z24 models. Maybe one of the S27 or C27 models? Either way, there should be more numbers… Your full model number is usually on the same sticker as your serial number, it should look something like xxxxx-xxx-xxxx. So something like S27-1755-xxxx. The "fade to black" symptom doesn't sound good, do you have a second monitor you could connect temporarily to help determine if it's the display or the computer?