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    Unibody MBP Screen Flickering: Does Yours?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Sherman90, Jan 12, 2009.

  1. doh123

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    Gesundheit!
     
    doh123, Apr 8, 2009
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  2. jjahshik32

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    I have a feeling these flickering issues are due to the Nvidia gpus.
     
    jjahshik32, Apr 9, 2009
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  3. orthorim

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    Mine flickers. MBP unibody 17".

    Tested on a friend's Sony too, flickers too.
     
    orthorim, Apr 9, 2009
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  4. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    Just curious as to if your friend's Sony has an NVIDIA GPU?
     
    Colton, Apr 9, 2009
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  5. jjahshik32

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    I have a feeling that its an nvidia based GPU.
     
    jjahshik32, Apr 9, 2009
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  6. doh123

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    my other Mac it flickers on, as well as my Linux desktop are both ATIs... I don't think its an nvidia thing
     
    doh123, Apr 10, 2009
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  7. jjahshik32

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    Are you talking about the ATI x1900??

    I've owned that model as well and I've NEVER heard of screen flickering issues on those. It must be an isolated issue with yours.
     
    jjahshik32, Apr 10, 2009
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    its a screen thing. it has to do with the response time of the panel. thats why some panels have more issues than other - for instance mine which blinks at times in addition to the low-light flicker. different panels might have different problems and thats what i think we're seeing here.
     
    fastrandstrongr, Apr 10, 2009
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  9. doh123

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    X1950XT 256mb on my desktop... the other laptop is the MBP with the radeon X1600. Like others have said, this issue is not the video card exactly, its more about the screen itself. I have a cheap Dell monitor... and those "tests" will stress out most normal screens... no matter the video card in your machine.
     
    doh123, Apr 10, 2009
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  10. Captain Fail

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    No. Mine's perfect <3
     
    Captain Fail, Apr 10, 2009
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  11. Luke1708

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    I think it depends on the precision involved in manufacturing the screen. If they have set the voltage well, then you should have no problem. But most users won't do this test. So this escapes apple's quality control.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 10, 2009
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  12. familychoice

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    I had some flickering on the MBP I had when I was using the battery and on board graphics.
     
    familychoice, Apr 10, 2009
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  13. Luke1708

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    i've never had screen flickering under normal use.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 10, 2009
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  14. Sponsi

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    Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I previously owned a UMBP with a LG screen (9C84) and I experienced no flickering. My new unit has a 9C85 display and there's plenty of flickering ;/. Blah!
     
    Sponsi, Jul 9, 2009
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  15. Tinderbox (UK)

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    So has anybody contacted apple about this , and enquired about a fix.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Jul 10, 2009
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  16. irishhenshin

    irishhenshin Notebook Consultant

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    My screen doesn't flicker, however when I run XP and I'm in firefox I noticed the text looks awful, actually all browser text is awful when I'm in bootcamp, completely different to when I'm in OS X, even though I've changed the text to be better in bootcamp.
     
    irishhenshin, Jul 10, 2009
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  17. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    can you post some screenshots?
     
    Xirurg, Jul 10, 2009
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