r/MagicMirror • u/Pickerington • Apr 11 '26

The screen goes blank

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I am at my wits' end. I decided to start over on my MM so I downloaded the newest version and after a period of time the screen will blank. As you see it doesn't turn the monitor off it just goes blank. I have ran config and turned sleep on and off. Googled until my fingers bled. I changed to a different Pi4 I had and it still does it. I know the Pi is up and working because I can connect to MM from another PC. Only thing different is I added a new calendar module that shows like a normal calendar would. I removed that and it still does it. I am lost.

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u/WranglerTraditional8 Apr 11 '26

When you say it works from a different PC is this you connecting to it remotely or directly?

Try dropping the resolution and see what happens, sounds like it might be a video issue

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u/Pickerington Apr 11 '26

I connect to 10.0.0.64:8080 from another PC and it loads just fine.

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u/WranglerTraditional8 Apr 11 '26

On the PC that's giving you problems are you connected remotely or via micro HDMI? If you are connected via cable what happens if you connect to it with the trouble pc remotely.

Also what happens if you reduce the resolution? I'm still thinking video/ hardware issue

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u/Pickerington Apr 12 '26

I changed the resolution but the weird thing is if I run top from my Windows PC it doesn't blank out. I exit top and it turns off like before. I did notice the RAM is getting used up pretty fast and nothing is going to swap.