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MBP Unibody Screen Problem, FLickering!

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10-Dee-Q

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hi, normally i'm not fuzzy bout this king of thing, but i just bought
15" MBP and when i browse certain pages , i can see my screen flickering
it's very very noticable.
eg. this page

www.livescore.com

on he stripes black spaces on the left and right
i can see my screen flicker in any brightness setting.


can you people try and give me some feed back, eheter this is normal
or mine just malfunctioning ?

thx.
 
okay is that mean that it's normal for the screen to flicker when viewing that page ?
still weird cause my old mac book doesnt
 
10-Dee-Q said:
okay is that mean that it's normal for the screen to flicker when viewing that page ?
still weird cause my old mac book doesnt
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It's normal on unibody mbps, i think… that does't happen on my imac g3, too.

And its not a safari problem: even a screenshot of it flickers.
 
10-Dee-Q said:
okay is that mean that it's normal for the screen to flicker when viewing that page ?
still weird cause my old mac book doesnt
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It's normal on unibody mbps, i think… that does't happen on my imac g3, too.

And its not a safari problem: even a screenshot of it flickers.
 
If even the screenshot shows flickers then you have a broken graphics card, take it to your nearest Apple Store if your still under warranty/apple care. They will replace your logic board (motherboard) and graphics card (graphics card is soldered to the motherboard). This will take a few hours however if you still have warranty or Apple care it will be free. If not it will be $600. You wont loose any data.
 
kastenbrust said:
If even the screenshot shows flickers then you have a broken graphics card, take it to your nearest Apple Store if your still under warranty/apple care. They will replace your logic board (motherboard) and graphics card (graphics card is soldered to the motherboard). This will take a few hours however if you still have warranty or Apple care it will be free. If not it will be $600. You wont loose any data.
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Well, before that i'd like to have a few cross-checks…😉
 
My screen doesn't flicker but when I view that image it does mess with my eyes somewhat. Kind of like an optical illusion with all of those lines close together.
 
i'm trying it with linux (ubuntu, wich uses the 9600).
It flickers even more on the internal display, but i can't notice any flickering on the external monitor.

I'll now boot back to OS X and see what happens with the 9600.
 
Rebooted in os x, using 1600 it happens and on the internal screen is more noticeable. On the external it seems just about the same of 9400.
 
10-Dee-Q said:
constantly

you can try this link also
it's more obvious
i tried on my macbook and it doesnt flicker but it flicker on my new MBP 🙁

http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/~lucas/background.html
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My unibody mbp screen definitely does NOT flicker when viewing that page. But, if you have to look at a page like that in order to see the flickering then it's probably not too bad, but if you can see flickering all the time then I'd take it in to apple.
 
Tried this on every single computer in my house:

- 24" Alu iMac
- MB Black
- MB White
- MBP 17" 2006
- PowerBook
- 4 Year Old Acer

All have the same problem for the second background picture when scroll.
I thought this is normal.
 
Crash1234 said:
My unibody mbp screen definitely does NOT flicker when viewing that page. But, if you have to look at a page like that in order to see the flickering then it's probably not too bad, but if you can see flickering all the time then I'd take it in to apple.
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You will see the second pic flickers if you drag the window up and down constantly.
 
What you are seeing is 100% normal for LCD technology. My 20in Dell IPS Panel monitor does the same thing.

edit-

It should only flicker when you scroll.
 
infernohellion said:
You will see the second pic flickers if you drag the window up and down constantly.
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Yep, every computer I own would flicker on that page if I were to drag it up and down. And this is a problem, b/c when I use my computer, I ALWAYS drag windows up and down while I'm working. lol If it only flickers when you drag it up and down then what's the problem?

Well, duh, it would do it if I was scrolling too... but how often does one look at a page like that anyway?
 
Crash1234 said:
Yep, every computer I own would flicker on that page if I were to drag it up and down. And this is a problem, b/c when I use my computer, I ALWAYS drag windows up and down while I'm working. lol If it only flickers when you drag it up and down then what's the problem?

Well, duh, it would do it if I was scrolling too... but how often does one look at a page like that anyway?
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Theproblem is that on (some?) macbook pros uniboy it flickers also without scrolling…
 
This sounds like one symptom that I had thought was to do with the nVidia 8600 issue, but Apple now assure me isn't.

I had a late 07 MBP with that sympton - check out your machine for the following :

- do you get white flashes appearing when you mouse over iPhoto events? (may take a while to see, but if you play around mousing over a few, you might see it.)

- ITMS goes weird when you scroll up and down in it?

- text breaks up and distorts when scrolling up and down web pages?

I took mine to a Genius today, who concluded that it was software, and not related to the problems with the nVidia cards.

Apple are aware, and it'll be fixed in a software update, yaddy yaddy.
 
duklaprague said:
This sounds like one symptom that I had thought was to do with the nVidia 8600 issue, but Apple now assure me isn't.

I had a late 07 MBP with that sympton - check out your machine for the following :

- do you get white flashes appearing when you mouse over iPhoto events? (may take a while to see, but if you play around mousing over a few, you might see it.)
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No. But i don't use iPhoto too much.
Safari pages sometime made similar flashes in the first days.

- ITMS goes weird when you scroll up and down in it?
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No.
- text breaks up and distorts when scrolling up and down web pages?
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Only a bit.
I took mine to a Genius today, who concluded that it was software, and not related to the problems with the nVidia cards.
Apple are aware, and it'll be fixed in a software update, yaddy yaddy.
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Probably a driver problem…🙄
 
cmon guys, the test the page and dont scroll the page!
if you scrool the page , i think all computer will flicker too.

just open the page and see wheter the screen flicker by it self or not, without you touching anything.
 
For some reason, on the 9400, when I'm in uni, it does the flickering thing too. On all brightness settings. But when I'm at home, the screen is all fine. On all brightness settings. Is yours perhaps the same case?
 
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