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    SR MBP flicker issue , software related?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ed123, Jun 22, 2007.

  1. ed123

    ed123 Newbie

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    I got my new 2.2 GHz sr mbp yesterday from amazon. When i opened the box and power it on, i noticed the flicker problem on my mbp when the brightness was set less than 100%. It was very obvious when the background is set to a dark gray. I then installed windows xp using bootcamp 1.3. I switched to a gray desktop in windows and dropped the brightness to less than 100% and noticed no flicker when in windows. Could the flickering issue be related to a software issue in the mac os?
     
    ed123, Jun 22, 2007
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  2. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    have you done the updates to tiger yet?
     
    passive101, Jun 22, 2007
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    FGLRXandYou Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, it is probably *nix related. *nix has longstanding issues with power management.
     
    FGLRXandYou, Jun 22, 2007
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    what is nix? I don't have issues with my macbook
     
    passive101, Jun 23, 2007
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    Miyabina Notebook Consultant

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    Miyabina, Jun 23, 2007
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