The same thing just started on my Dell, which is a dual monitor with the MacBook Pro 15" 2014 model. Actually, I usually put everything in "sleep" mode and turn off the Monitor, and so today when I hit the "enter" button, and hit the power button on the Dell, and enter my password, everything works. Today, however, nothing worked! I had to completely power off the MacBook, retstart it, turn off and unplug the Dell monitor, and then basically go thru the entire process. Now it is just getting the same rapid flickering, which makes it totally worthless. I tried plugging in the USB cable directly to the Mac, thinking that perhaps the USB Hub was faulty,and oh, now the screen went dark for a few seconds and has come back much less bright. This is going back if I can get a refund, unless Dell has a solution!!