If your laptop's screen is having trouble, you may not need to send it in for repairs right away. There are a few things you can try that might fix it.

Computer monitors can get a little finnicky for a variety of reasons, but unless the problem is truly catastrophic, most of the fixes are quite easy and quick.

Consumer Reports explains how to quickly get help for battery, screen, and keyboard issues with your laptop.

The Blue Screen of Death — often shortened to BSOD — is Windows’ way of saying something went wrong at a system level, and it had to stop everything to avoid bigger problems.