Q: MacBook Pro screen blinks

it was built between 15.03.09 and 21.03.09

i had a special student discount that was available for only a short period.. (inlc apple care for free).. at least now they accepted in attributing the same special discount price for the new machine even tho the period has gone by long time already.. but thats the least they could do!

how strong is the flickering with your machine?

it depends on the background.. if i watch a movie i cant see any flicker. but if i m surfing on brightness 1-5 i can see a high frequency flicker..

on certain pages its just visible how inacceptable it is..

for example: http://livescore.com (also visible with high brightness)

i have never seen this kind of flicker on any screen since the old crt tv screens or when i looked in a fluorescent light tube..

so for 2000 euro, its unacceptable. return it

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We have 15 days to change it if we are not satisfied ...

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I always have some flickering if the flash.animation is loading!

no it doesnt flicker for me when loading flash.. never did on any of the 4 machines. its just a flicker that is ALWAYS there.. just depending on what you looking at you can see it.. but its always there, just hidden sometimes..

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/inversion.php#invpattern

scroll down & click through.. mine flickers at 2b and 4b.. almost giving me a headache.

kongnator

I have also flickers at 2b and 4b with the new machine with the 00009C85 display.

Must be something else, because now i have no more strobe, fliker, blinking between 2 and 5 point.

really? oh crap.. i think i will get the whitebook then.

can you just explain what the dfference is of the old flicker and the new one? you can also write in french i would understand it.

cheers

looks like its gonna be a never ending story with these macbooks..

slt kongnator

Le MacBook Pro que j'ai à présent ne scintille plus entre 2 et 5 point de contraste.

Il me semble que l'écran Chimei (00009C85) y est pour quelque chose, mais je n'en suis pas certain à 100%.

Je ne sais pas si le scintillement qui apparaît sur le lien que tu as donné a un rapport avec ces soucis de clignotement.

Ce que je sais, c'est que je peux enfin travailler correctement sur mon MacBook Pro.

Je préférais le contraste du 00009C84 mais sur les 4 modèles qui scintillaient, c'était avec cette écran.

Je ne suis pas prêt à jurer que cela vient de l'écran.

Que t'as dit Apple ?

Ils te rembourse ? Ils t'envoie un MBP avec un 00009C85 ?

Il faut insister sans relâche fermement et poliment.

ah ok.. je crois je vois le problème. quant toi tu parlé de "flicker" moi je croyais que tu parle de la scintillation..

en tous cas, le lien est pour tester des écran. donc si l'écran scintille il y un problème.

pour moi, les yeux assez sensibles, ce "high frequency flicker" me fait mal a la tète comme aucun autre écran avant. donc pour moi je crois le 9c85 ne sera pas la solution optimale si ca scintille sur le lien donné

apple s'est mis d'accord a me rembourser "full refund" et me guarantir de pouvoir recommender un 2.66 au prix speciale mentionné.

je vais donc réfléchir ce que je vais faire aprés le refund. peut etre je vais attendre jusqu a ce que il y a une revision des modèles.

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as a sidenote: i have tried this inversion screen link with many different machines. on a working screen it is NOT supposed to flicker on any given 1-5 a or b.

So i have checked on an 5 year old DELL 14" laptop: no flicker whatsoever;
powerbook g4, 12": no flicker whatsoever
macbook pro 15" (2007): NO flicker whatsoever

i have tried the link in an authorised reseller of apple on all current MB & MBP there was heavy flicker on 2b and 4b.. the sales person in the shop was shocked when i shoew him! he couldnt explain, asked what apple say..

you wanna know what apple says: they say its all good, there is no problem with the displays.. unbelievable!

does yours flicker with battery or ac?

hmm - the new mac arrived today 9C84 display... let's see if this one flickers.

give us a report...all 84 panels i had had the flicker.issue