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# TSG: Nothing shows on pen display

## Overview

There are lots of reasons you might not be seeing anything on your pen display.

In this document, we'll cover the most common cases, provide some things you can check, and provide troubleshooting steps or links to troubleshooting guides.

## Background information

There's lots that can go wrong but it's usually something very basic.

Watch these two videos because they will help you understand the overall set of things that are happening, and many of you will find your solution in the videos.

## PROBLEM: Screen turns on and off over and over

In this case you might see something on your pen display for a second or two, then your pen display goes black for a few seconds, then you might see something on your pen display again. This pattern will just keep repeating.

Read through this troubleshooting guide: [TSG: Pen display turns on and off constantly](/drawtab/troubleshoot/tsg-pen-display-turns-on-and-off.md)

## PROBLEM: NO SIGNAL / POWER SAVING

When you turn on your pen display do you see a message very briefly that says something like “no signal” and a few seconds later potentially followed by a message that says power saving?

If this happens to you read through this troubleshooting guide: [TSG: Pen display shows NO SIGNAL message](/drawtab/troubleshoot/tsg-no-signal.md)