Macbook pro retina flicker

Here is a link to a video of the Screen Flickering on my Mid 2012 Retina MacBook Pro... http://youtu.be/st2kaNgYVrE

History:

I've had this issue. Went to the apple store to get it fixed.

First time: Advised to re-install the OS. Didn't fix it.

Second time: Logic board replcaed, didn't fix it.

Third time: Screen replaced, fixed it for a while, but I just noticed a flickr right now as I type this post. The screen was replaced as a Samsumg display.

I took mine to the Apple Store in Miami. They kept for a week "in cue" to be examined, but could not duplicate the problem.... despite showing them a 3 minute long video of it flickering. I refused to take it back. They then kept it another week and replaced the "clam shell" that included a new screen and screen cables with a Samsung screen ( LSN154YL01001 )... The good screen. Took a lot longer that I wanted, but am happy with the end result. I purchased Apple Care ust in case the problem returns.

i have the exact same problem, ive had it since the day I got my macbook, its only in boot camp though and Ive taken it to the apple store and they looked at me like I crazy but they replaced the onboard video and the same problem continued to happen, I an so fed up with this.

This does seem to influence the flicker. With WiFi off I have not seen flickering, but its hard to leave it off for very long so I can't say for sure that this is the source of the issue.

I just bought a new macbook pro. Horizontal flickering lines started to appear. I noticed this happens when the intel integrated graphics Intel HD 4000 is used -- as soon as the nvidia is used the flicker dissapears. Is this a hardware or a software issue. For me, the color profiles fix did not work.

Hi All,

Here's some interesting info on the subject. It seems switching between the Intel graphics card and NVidia graphics card causes flickering.

You can download a very nice tool that shows you when its migrating between video cards and it shows what applications are trying to use what. Might be useful in diagnosing.

Seems apple would have weighed in on this by now.

http://gfx.io/

Also, it appears that Chrome is having issues with Apple's video card switching. (well, possibly..)

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=171911

I went in to the apple store. I had a bigger issue with my comp crashing every 5 seconds... but I mentioned the screen flicker and the in-store peeps suggested logic board replacement to fix both.

However, I received my comp with a new screen, new logic board, and new keyboard/battery... I basically have a new comp except for the bottom piece of metal, but NO FLICKERING!

I haven't had a single flicker since it's been returned, but i can't say which one of these replacements fixed the problem...

Good luck everyone

Update.... Went to the repair shop -- they suggested the replacement of the logic board and told me that it is probably a faulty Intel HD 4000 card. Since the card is solded onto the board they have to replace it. Beacause this happened after 10 days they should be replacing the computer with a new one. Hope this helps anybody.

I got the same problem Can you tells me if the screen remplacement really works ? Or just for a couple of time ?

Also, do you try to start on Safe Mode ? Because the computer become really slow with me

After they replaced the computer, everything works well. No flicker not thing horizontal lines when using HD 4000 intel graphic card.

I got my MBPr 4 months ago, but I will try to have a new one. I leave really far from an Apple store, it should cost me 120$ for the shipping. If Apple don't want to pay, they will be oblige to remplace it by a new one

I do the color sync trick (just verify-repeair) and I don't get the problem 2 day after. Do you think it will come back ?

Just chiming in, I have the flickering as well.

Have tried repairing color profiles, resetting SMC, PRAM. Nothing helps. Definitely seems hardware related, I've seen this in Windows as well.

I remember the first intel-MBP I had got a burned GPU — the screen just went black, but the computer still worked. Apple did a free repair for all those affected outside the warranty. Could this turn out to be something similar, if it's happening to a lot of computers?