Why does my camera turn off when I try to open the files on the camera

One day, my camera switched to a black screen when I went to go look at the photos I had just taken. I can't turn it off when it is in this state. The only way to get it back to normal is if I take out the battery and put it back in. The camera itself works fine and takes photos all the same. When I plug my camera into my computer, the new photos I have taken also show up on my computer. They just won't show up when I try to look at them through my camera.