Screen flickering on 2013 11" MBA

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abta1

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So after having an external monitor connected to my MBA, I've noticed that the MBA screen flickers after I take the connector out. Why is it doing this? Is it my eyes? Is it different between the refresh rate of the monitor and the MBA screen?
 
yosemit said:
I will send it to an Apple store for checkup. I have a 2013 11" MBA which has no such problem.
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As of writing, the flickering has now stopped, after being used with an external monitor this morning but after being unplugged from it for over 5 hours.
 
MrGimper said:
Does a reboot stop the flickering?
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The first time I noticed this I rebooted the laptop immediately. It didn't solve the problem however. This time round I have put the machine to sleep multiple times since this morning and it never makes a difference.
 
abta1 said:
The first time I noticed this I rebooted the laptop immediately. It didn't solve the problem however. This time round I have put the machine to sleep multiple times since this morning and it never makes a difference.
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Hardware issue then for sure....
 
Just shut down and restarted the laptop, the grey background on the login screen was flickering still.

It's under warranty so I can get it checked but it's just strange given that the effect goes away after a while ...
 
There's definitely something wrong with it. Take it in, they'll probably end up replacing it because it sounds like a logic board problem.
 
Having just been on chat with Applecare and going through the suggested checks, I was recommended to take it into an Apple store. The checks included SMC reset, PRAM reset, disk scan and checking for flickering in recovery mode. I also reinstalled the OS.
 
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