Macbook Pro 2019 Touchbar Flickering caused by low temperature

My 13inch Macbook Pro 2019 touchbar has recently been flickering whenever waking up from sleep or left to be dimmed after 60s idling. However, I noticed after prolonged period of use, when the machine heats up, the flickering goes away completely. To partially confirm my theory, whenever the flickering happens, I use a hair dryer to heat up the touchbar and it does in fact fix the problem. I suspect heating it up helps with the internal solder connection to the touchbar. Can anyone confirm if this is the case?

Posted on Feb 26, 2024 10:25 PM

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Feb 27, 2024 5:12 PM in response to kazooboye

kazooboye wrote:

My 13inch Macbook Pro 2019 touchbar has recently been flickering whenever waking up from sleep or left to be dimmed after 60s idling. However, I noticed after prolonged period of use, when the machine heats up, the flickering goes away completely. To partially confirm my theory, whenever the flickering happens, I use a hair dryer to heat up the touchbar and it does in fact fix the problem. I suspect heating it up helps with the internal solder connection to the touchbar. Can anyone confirm if this is the case?


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