# Why are ALL of my screens BLACK? I cannot see anything I import to the sketch?

**URL:** <https://forum.fritzing.org/t/why-are-all-of-my-screens-black-i-cannot-see-anything-i-import-to-the-sketch/34113>\
**Category:** beginners\
**Created:** [May 19, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/why-are-all-of-my-screens-black-i-cannot-see-anything-i-import-to-the-sketch/34113 "2026-05-19T20:16:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![danielosko](https://forum.fritzing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@danielosko](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/danielosko)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/why-are-all-of-my-screens-black-i-cannot-see-anything-i-import-to-the-sketch/34113/1 "2026-05-19T20:16:40Z")

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Why are ALL of my screens BLACK? I cannot see anything I import to the sketch?

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**Author:** ![Harald\_Rau](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/harald_rau/32/21072_2.png) [@Harald\_Rau](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/Harald_Rau)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/why-are-all-of-my-screens-black-i-cannot-see-anything-i-import-to-the-sketch/34113/2 "2026-05-20T18:01:31Z")

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Hi Danilo,

can you tell us which operating system you’re using and which version of Fritzing you have installed? Maybe you could also upload a screenshot.

Best, Harald!

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**Author:** ![real-bombinho](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/real-bombinho/32/15757_2.png) [@real-bombinho](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/real-bombinho)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/why-are-all-of-my-screens-black-i-cannot-see-anything-i-import-to-the-sketch/34113/3 "2026-05-24T00:49:02Z")

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Hello @danielosko and welcome to the Fritzing forum.

> [@danielosko](#):
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> Why are ALL of my screens BLACK?

Have you switched them on? 🤡