Every time my computer is restarted, falls asleep, or my monitor restarts it switches to a variable refresh rate. That causes flickering and there is no way to save the desired setting. It seems insane that I can't save it and have it be the same. I have no way to turn off Freesync or anything that controls monitor refresh rate in my monitor settings.
Mac mini, macOS 11.2
TimothyJohnK wrote:
Every time my computer is restarted, falls asleep, or my monitor restarts it switches to a variable refresh rate. That causes flickering and there is no way to save the desired setting. It seems insane that I can't save it and have it be the same. I have no way to turn off Freesync or anything that controls monitor refresh rate in my monitor settings.
What monitor exactly...
what cable exactly...
for your third party—
if in doubt search the developers website or contact their: Support/Help/FAQ/Known issues/compatibility/Updates
see if this is it:
https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/free-sync
Freesync
Operating system: Windows, Linux, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S (?)
Stable release: FreeSync 2.0 / 3 January 2017; 5 years ago (?)
Compatibility:
For FreeSync to work, you need a compatible AMD graphics card or an integrated APU,
like AMD's recent Ryzen-branded all-in-one chips. Most modern Radeon
cards — from budget offerings up to the super-powerful Radeon VII —
support FreeSync.
Acer KG27, Yojock DisplayPort to lightning connector.
No idea if FreeSync is the problem. From other posts that came up frequently. In the monitor’s settings there is nothing that can turn off any variable refresh rate.
Regardless of any of this as stuff why can’t you save settings in your computers settings. It’s insane that you can’t save your settings. Insane and a poor development choice.
This is not solved. I realize Apple is a poor company and can't afford to do support themselves. Thank god we have random other users who can guess at the answer. Apple, your company has grown worse and more exploitative over the years. Thinking of making a change away from Apple. You continually make your apps and products worse, less compatible, and more expensive.
It's not possible to be turned off in the monitor. Nor should that matter. A monitor is a dumb piece of hardware. Just have the computer being able to save settings and have them be able to not automatically be changed. What kind of insanity is this? I want my monitor to stop flickering. Is there an Apple representative who can help?
If you want to reach Apple Support personnel, start with the "Get Support" link in the upper right corner of this page.
This is a user-to-user help community.
You must have accidentally clicked the button that marks your own replies as helpful and as solving your problem. Only the originator of a thread has that power.
And they were useless. Told me to consult third party manuals. The manual is 27 pages long. The first 19 pages of that are blank, contain tables of content, safety info, legal info, and list of parts. The next 7 pages list the settings and the final page lists "Troubleshooting" which has three conditions all to do with not getting a picture at all or having the Settings display being stuck on the screen. None of the settings in the monitor have anything to do with freesync, adaptive refresh, refresh rate, etc. There is one that deals with communication between computer and monitor and turning that off or on doesn't change the automatic refresh behavior. I've tried changing it and restarting and changing it and not restarting. Same behavior always. This is an Accessibility issue. Apple you need to change this now. Most other settings you need to enter a password to change and this changes on it's own and you can't stop it. It's insane. Apple... seriously. You've taken functionality out of your apps and made terrible design decisions.
You are still under the impression that you are talking to Apple, you are not. This is a user to user support group.
Monitor refresh rate changes by itself
