# Goes completely black
**URL:** https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/goes-completely-black/447
**Category:** SubLab
**Created:** [November 27, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/goes-completely-black/447 "2019-11-27T20:15:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Jackboi1](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/Jackboi1)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/goes-completely-black/447/1 "2019-11-27T20:15:25Z")
This doesn’t work inside REAPER daw. It just goes black. I can play and hear sounds but that’s about it.
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### Author:  [@Gavin\_FAW](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/Gavin_FAW)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/goes-completely-black/447/2 "2019-11-27T21:14:50Z")
Hey @Jackboi1,
What’s your operating system and when does it happen?
It might be that your laptop is using an older graphics card, we have a fix that you can test 👍
Gavin.
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### Author:  [@Jackboi1](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/Jackboi1)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/goes-completely-black/447/3 "2019-11-27T22:12:11Z")
I’m using a desktop and I run windows 10.
It happens when I open the plug-in
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### Author:  [@Jackboi1](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/Jackboi1)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/goes-completely-black/447/4 "2019-11-27T22:13:28Z")
And yes I do have a dated device. Quite dated in fact…
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### Author:  [@Gavin\_FAW](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/Gavin_FAW)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/goes-completely-black/447/5 "2019-11-28T09:38:00Z")
Ah ok, then this is the issue I thought it was.
We’ve put together a support article with a fix for this, you can check it out below:
> **[SubLab interface is showing as an empty blank window. How do I fix this?](https://support.futureaudioworkshop.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026560693-SubLab-interface-is-showing-as-an-empty-blank-window-How-do-I-fix-this-)**
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> SubLab uses openGL by default to draw the interface.
> Older graphics cards (for example Nvidia geforce 9500 GT) and some on-board Intel graphics chips in Windows laptops (such as Mobile intel 4 Ser...
Let me know how you get one!
Gavin.
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### Author:  [@Jackboi1](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/Jackboi1)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/goes-completely-black/447/6 "2019-11-28T11:56:01Z")
Thanks a ton, man! This worked ✌ Have a great day
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### Author:  [@Gavin\_FAW](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/Gavin_FAW)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/goes-completely-black/447/7 "2019-11-28T12:55:29Z")
Great news @Jackboi1 and enjoy SubLab!
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### Author:  [@Julia](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/Julia)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/goes-completely-black/447/8 "2025-12-04T12:06:55Z")