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Q: 2015 Retina Macbook Screen Flicker

My new Retina Macbook screen flickers intermittently throughout the day. I haven't be able to peg it to any specific software or use situation and resetting the PRAM doesn't seem to help.

 

Anyone else experience this? If it's just a new product firmware problem, I'll just wait, but if it's possible it's hardware, I'd obviously like to get it addressed.

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), New 2015 Retina Macbook

Posted on Jun 17, 2015 9:52 AM

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  • by leu.alex.v,

    leu.alex.v leu.alex.v Sep 10, 2016 2:52 AM in response to mpredd
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    Sep 10, 2016 2:52 AM in response to mpredd

    Hello everyone!

     

    Did anyone eventually got rid of this issue?

     

    I have a 2015 15" MacBook Pro, and the flickering really bothers me. My Apple warranty expires in December and I am concerned if this flickering may be a sign of a flawed motherboard, that is very expensive to replace without warranty.

  • by Jessnesss,

    Jessnesss Jessnesss Sep 10, 2016 4:30 AM in response to leu.alex.v
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    Sep 10, 2016 4:30 AM in response to leu.alex.v

    Hey, i had a 2015 MBP and took it to the apple store and they replaced the screen (which didn't fix it) and then also the logic board which fixed it. Came to £916, i was 70 days outside the apple warranty however was still in the 2 year consumer law warranty so they fixed it for free. So if i were you i'd get it to apple before the warranty runs out!

  • by mlokner,

    mlokner mlokner Sep 11, 2016 4:20 PM in response to mpredd
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    Sep 11, 2016 4:20 PM in response to mpredd

    I used to have this issue on my Late 2013 MacBook Pro 15" but macOS Sierra (10.12) seems to fix it. Finally!

  • by leu.alex.v,

    leu.alex.v leu.alex.v Sep 11, 2016 10:22 PM in response to mlokner
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    Sep 11, 2016 10:22 PM in response to mlokner

    I have the latest macOS Sierra version installed. And unfortunately it is still happenin..

  • by SirDonkeyPunch,

    SirDonkeyPunch SirDonkeyPunch Sep 14, 2016 7:20 PM in response to mpredd
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    Sep 14, 2016 7:20 PM in response to mpredd

    Hi all,

     

    I had this issue for a while with my 2015 15" retina MBP w/ dual video cards. Resetting the PRAM, updating OSX, clean install of OSX, and other tricks didn't seem to work. The one thing that has worked so far is setting the resolution & scale of the screen to the computer/display's default settings. Go to System Preferences > Displays. Set resolution to "Default for display".

     

    I had the scale on my screen set to show smaller text than the default settings. I noticed with these settings on, I could literally get my screen to flicker by clicking the automatic graphics switching button in the energy saver menu of the system settings on & off. Returning the computer to it's "natural" resolution seems to put less strain on the hardware responsible for transferring the video data between cards and has fixed my problem.

     

    Hopefully this helps!

  • by mbkarki,

    mbkarki mbkarki Sep 19, 2016 1:26 AM in response to mpredd
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    Sep 19, 2016 1:26 AM in response to mpredd

    Yes, I am facing even more frustrating problem with macbook pro. It is keeps darker and reappears. But can't work on it. I have been following all options which are advised but yet to be solved. It is really frustrating. I find it is not reliable one.

  • by azpekt420,

    azpekt420 azpekt420 Sep 21, 2016 2:57 AM in response to mpredd
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    Sep 21, 2016 2:57 AM in response to mpredd

    I have exactly the same macbook, and the same issue. Nothing seems to help so far, nothing in the logs, nothing. Just from time to time, horizontal lines appear on the screen - both internal and external display alike.

     

    I tried to pin it down to GPU intensive tasks, but having 3d benchmark application run for some time, I havent noticed flickering/artifacts. Changing resolution, automatic GPU switching, reinstallation of osx/macosSierra doesnt help. It usually appears in osx interface and in windowed applications, rather than in 3d games or full-screen applications.

     

    Anyway guys, this is a hardware problem, I suspect bad GPU memory. I tried to bring laptop back to the shop, but they havent figured anything. Since we dont have official Apple stores in my country, and my guarantee will end in next month, I guess thats it. Apple again have failed to deliver quality assurance to dual-GPU laptops.

     

    Not sure that my next laptop will be from Apple. Come on guys, MAKE APPLE GREAT AGAIN!

  • by zombiemommy,

    zombiemommy zombiemommy Sep 21, 2016 10:13 AM in response to mpredd
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    Sep 21, 2016 10:13 AM in response to mpredd

    I have a mid 2014 MacBook Pro Retina and have this happen from time to time.

    I have turned off the Bluetooth before and that seemed to help.

    It started back up again though and the Bluetooth is off.

    I have had this problem on and off for about a year. I am past the warranty and forgot to buy Applecare.

  • by Crispin Bates,

    Crispin Bates Crispin Bates Sep 21, 2016 2:09 PM in response to mpredd
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    Sep 21, 2016 2:09 PM in response to mpredd

    I have a 2015 15-inch Macbook Pro with the same problem. It happens every time I switch on a graphics intensive piece of software, such as Photos. A screen blink (sometimes though not always) is followed by a flickering blocks of pixels around the mouse and occasionally elsewhere. Turning off automatic graphics switching under energy saver seemed to fix it for me.

  • by azpekt420,

    azpekt420 azpekt420 Sep 26, 2016 12:51 PM in response to mpredd
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    Sep 26, 2016 12:51 PM in response to mpredd

    just another video of that severe flickering I have

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pYMpsI_0NA

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