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macbook air late 2010 ML 10.8.3 screen flicker. Help?

I upgraded my late 2010 MBA (MacBookAir3,2) to Mountain Lion 10.8.3.... awake from sleep, and I get a horrible screen flicker, every few seconds. This happens both during the login screen and when logged in.


It is awful, it is almost completely unusable. I have been very happy with my MBA since I bought it 2.5 years ago, was thinking of upgrading in a few months, but now seriously reconsidering. I am losing quite a bit of work this way.


Can anyone help? Apple rep or community member? Please? Desperate here....

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Mar 24, 2013 12:19 AM

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Mar 28, 2013 7:42 AM in response to deitcher

I have same issue after long periods of sleep with lid closed. I did a SMC reset (turn off laptop, laptop plugged in, hold down shift + control + option + power for at least 15 seconds [nothing visible happens, but supposed goodnes on inside]) and also did a PRAM reset (turn off laptop, hold down command + option ON RIGHT SIDE OF SPACEBAR + p + r + power -- laptop will reboot and you will hear 1st chime when powering up, keep holding down, your will hear second chime (probably louder) keeping holding down, you will hear third chime -- then let go of all keys at once) and while this made my machine run better (lower temp, etc.), it DID NOT FIX THE SCREEN FLICKER. It does seem the flicker is caused by deep sleep as opposed to quick sleep. So my current workaround is to close lid for 10 seconds (initiate quick sleep), then reopen and flicker is gone. PLEASE APPLE FIX THIS WITH A SYSTEM UPDATE. I'm running MacBook Air 13-inch, Late 2010 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB and OS X 10.8.3 (12D78). Screen flicker on Mac when waking from deep sleep after updating to 10.8.3. Screen flicker on MacBook when waking from deep sleep after updating to 10.8.3. Screen flicker on MBA when waking from deep sleep after updating to 10.8.3. Please help

Apr 7, 2013 7:22 AM in response to jabadial

When it happens, close the cover, count to at least 10, then reopen it. You want to close it long enough to reset the screen, but not so long that it goes into deep sleep again. It is annoying, but much better than rebooting.


Still waiting for someone from Apple to say something. Maybe we can get *another* Tim Cook apology letter? :-)

Apr 23, 2013 11:10 AM in response to Eric Root

Exactly the same problem with a Macbook Air mid 2010 (aka MacBookAir3,2) since upgrade to 10.8.3.

The genius bar has tested its video during one day without detect any hardware problem.

So, genius has done a clean install, but it's not a solution.

My other Macbook Air mid 2011 with 10.8.3 has no problem, so i think that there is a bug in the Nvidia driver in 10.8.3 for the MBA mid 2010.

It seems to be have lot of problems to awake correctly after a long hibernation.

I have sent feedback to Apple.

macbook air late 2010 ML 10.8.3 screen flicker. Help?

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