
Sometimes the fans and the CPU seems to be running. When your computer has a black screen in windows, and absolutely nothing else, this is where the challenge begins. POST= Power On Self Test A procedure the computer goes through on starting to ensure all is well. If you heard a single beep, then the computer posted, and the CPU is OK. Here is an example of results in Google search Search results for “bios beep codes” You can search for Bios beep codes in Google. For example you may have an Award Bios, Ami Bios, Phoenix BIOS, Compaq, Dell, or Acer Bios. This is a message from your computer that can be understood by looking up your bios (the brand) beep code. If your computer will not boot up and you get a beep sequence, I am not saying it is good news, however it is a step in the right direction towards solving this problem. No beeps, no cursor, no logo screen, and no choice to boot to safe mode or access the bios. One where the computer will not boot up but you have a beep sequence sounding to let you know what the problem could be, and the other has nothing at all. There are two types of computer black screens that can appear in Windows. A computer black screen on start up is a challenge for me and I always try to trouble shoot the problem manually, without using those fancy programs, because I believe it is the only way to learn. Thanks for continuing to bring us your Spotify Ideas.Rarely do I come across a problem with a computer that I cannot diagnose, however when a computer has a black screen in windows it can stump me sometimes. Please know our Desktop teams take your feedback very seriously and they’re excited to help fix this issue for you all. You can control the sleep settings in the Power & sleep settings.

The music will, however, stop when your computer goes to sleep. While you might not have this update yet, you can update Windows manually by going here.

With this update playback on Spotify can continue while the screen is off to conserve your battery power. The good news is that a fix for this is in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Most of the solutions we had explored involved preventing Windows from being able to turn the screen off, which would result in a much higher degree of battery use-something that we don't want to do. We’ve been exploring many ways of enabling customers to play music while the screen is off.

Just wanted to be sure this thread was aware of our update in this idea at the end of last year: Windows 10 - Spotify stops playing when Screen tur.
