MacBook Pro screen blinks

some news volvr ?

The flickering has started on my 9C85 screen as of this evening on battery only, regardless of video card set to the 9400 or 9600. Extremely disappointed.

-Octavio

wow , that's bad, is it the pulsing/strobing type flicker as well?

Oh no! I was hoping that would have fixed it. 😟

flickering goes on with 85 and with this machine i have a horrible uppercase that looks like a skateboard at the left side, because it is somehow bent/twisted.

this is a never.ending story with this new macbook pro!

next week i will call for my next machine.

wow, that's nuts.

Yes, flickering/pulsating is happening at low brightness, only when running off the battery, regardless of whether I am on the 9400 or 9600 card. I am definitely calling Apple on this first thing Monday morning. Extremely disappointed.

but that's weird it only happens on battery, mine happens when plugged in too.

Lets hope this gets fixed by 10.5.7!! I am getting tired of it...and I am tired of going back and forth to the Apple Store:(

Ok - so my 5th MBP arrived yesterday 9C85 display... no stagelight effect, but within 5 hrs of use, it started to flicker.

It's going back. I have decided to give the 17" machine a try as there seems to be a firmware update that address the issue (according to the guy I spoke with at Apple). That said, the 17" machine does seem to have similar problems ( http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9293822 ) which implies it's something more generic rather than 15" only.

One interesting aside... this might be "Apple's Greenest MacBook ever" but the number of airmiles clocked up going back and forth to China also makes it one of the most well travelled... can I offset it's carbon footprint? 🙂

that is awful, let us know how it goes again.

jmines,

its a hardware problem, not software, since diffeent screens, 85, 84 behave differently and even i read that the problem in windows (bootcamp) still appears. so i'm not holding my breath for a software that will fix the problem rather than a revision.

cheers

Well I hope you are wrong..but I feel like you might be right. I have been having the black bar that appears across the screen very randomly as well. I know that was a problem with the 17 inch that was supposedly corrected by their update. I am hoping that maybe it is a power thing that maybe can be fixed by a firmware update. It can't hurt to hope:)

...just ordered my 8th machine. im getting tired of this!

man , u have patience. Keep us posted.