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Macbook pro retina flicker

Dear Support,


I bought a Macbook pro retina recently, and now the screen keeps flickering, and is very annoying.

I am not sure how to reproduce it, when it happens, it will have horizontal lines cutting across the screen very quickly and disappear.

It happens randomly across all application.


It is the same as,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq0l-bHmSYE


I have updated all patches, and still doesn't help.


Could you please advice how to fix it? Do i have to send it back?


Kind Regards

Andy

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 17, 2012 6:10 AM

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Dec 10, 2016 8:03 PM in response to zombiemommy

I purchased a MBP 15" mid-2015 in April 2016.

From the first week of the purchase, I have this display flickering/color strips/pixel issues.

When I first found the issue, I didn't take it seriously and tried to just let it go because it happened only once in a while and it was too quick to take a screen shot. At that time, I didn't even know that I was given for 14 days to get a refund or exchange. So, I basically missed that option.

I went to Genius Bar and sent my laptop 3 times to the factory. The issue has never been fixed.

It is very frustrating.

Now, I see there are many other people who have the similar issue as my MBP, it is a very serious problem that Apple should listen to the complaints and get the problems fixed!

Macbook pro retina flicker

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