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The tag 'charcoal screen' refers to a specific type of display failure where the screen turns a dark, charcoal-like color rather than going completely black. In the context of WindowsForum.com discussions, this issue has been reported with AMD HD 5850 GPUs, where the system experiences intermittent blackouts that result in a charcoal-colored screen. The problem occurs randomly during idle, gaming, or web browsing, and the only recovery is a system reset. This tag is used to troubleshoot GPU-related display anomalies that produce a non-black dark screen, often linked to hardware or driver issues.
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    Windows 7 Intermittent Screen Blackout Issues with HD 5850 GPU: Seeking Solutions

    I have a system that's acting strange. It's a new mobo, cpu, ddr3 & psu. It has a HD 5850 GPU & has been working great but over the last few weeks it's been randomly going blank. I could have the pc system on & then all of a sudden I get a black screen. No mouse cursor, no response from any...
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    • black screen charcoal screen computer issues cpu ddr3 display error games graphics hd 5850 idle keyboard monitor motherboard power supply problem random reset system crash troubleshooting
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    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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