meerah ME

surface pro 4 screen goes scrambled when a game launches

Older Surface Pro 4 here. Desktop is fine, but the second a game goes fullscreen the screen turns into scrambled lines and flickers. Windowed mode is a bit better. Is this the known display issue on these or a driver thing?
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tom_21 Nov 05, 2026
meerah
That's the known Surface Pro 4 screen flicker problem, it's a hardware fault that gets worse with heat, which is why it kicks in when a game loads the chip. Microsoft had a replacement program for it but that ended a while ago. Capping fps and keeping it cool buys you time, but there's no software fix.
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