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Tycoonguy

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Sep 22, 2007
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I got my new MacBook Pro today but it keeps flickering Its hard to explain but it mostly happens when Im watching a video on hulu.com thats not full screen or when I'm screen sharing it also happens to the movie widget that comes the leopard. Do I have a faulty computer or is it a setting?

EDIT:its a 15 inch glossy screen if that helps
 
Is the whole screen flickering? I have the same new MBP and sometimes when i'm watching a flash-based clip or viewing a flash-based website I get white boxes flickering on video. It also happens when i'm using the iTunes store. I restart the computer and it doesn't do it for a while.
 
Is the whole screen flickering? I have the same new MBP and sometimes when i'm watching a flash-based clip or viewing a flash-based website I get white boxes flickering on video. It also happens when i'm using the iTunes store. I restart the computer and it doesn't do it for a while.

Sim problem here. Every know and then i get flicker of the screen, it just a bit dimming for a second. happen quite often.
 
The interesting thing about it is that it doesn't affect DVD viewing or movies with iTunes. It only seems to happen with YouTube videos and videos on NBC.com, all which I believe are flash-based. It's strange that it stops doing it after a restart. Could there be something about they way flash interacts with the new processor? That doesn't seem to make sense. Happens across browsers too (Safari, Firefox, Camino)
 
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