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My screen on Macbook Air with OS X flickers whenever i boot into Windows 10 using bootcamp. I have tried calling Apple support but they directed me to Windows support, we tried changing the graphic adapter twice but nothing has worked so far.
The screen is stable when I boot into Mac partition.
Any points would be greatly appreciated to resolve this issue.
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.5), using bootcamp with windows 10
Bootcamp installs driver version 10.18.15.4240 (6/16/2015). Bootcamp product version is 6.0.6136.
Well, long story short, this Macbook Airball junk went back to the retail store from whence it came. If Apple isn't going to stand by their product, and insists on deferring me to Microsoft or Intel support to troubleshoot issues with functionality promises built in to Mac OS X, then I can't justify giving them any of my money ever again. There are plenty of Windows PCs with Intel HD 6000 graphics chips that perform perfectly on Windows 10, but not the 2015 Macbook Air, apparently. If the main selling point of your computers is that they are "the last computer you will ever need", then you should make **** sure that all of them can provide a good Windows experience as promised. At the very least, I should have been able to install Windows 7, which would have been 100% fine for my needs. Basically, I cannot live and work exclusively on Mac OS X, but I can on Windows. Essentially, Apple makes 5 different computers: Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro. If there is a glaring usability problem with any one of these, what does that say about the company? The end is near, Apple. Hope you had fun.
It is good to see that you have a fully-functional W10 PC. If the same GPU does not show issues in OSX, it is typically a driver issue provided by Bootcamp packages. Despite claims to the contrary, there are differences in the hardware between a PC and Mac, which leads to issues. AMD GPUs are another similar problematic area. nVIdia has been the most stable of the lot.
To run W7, you will need a 2014 Mac, because a 2015 Mac will not support Bootcamp Windows 7.
HP, Dell, Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo, Acer, Asus make pretty good PCs.
I have noticed that if you have wifi turned on the screen flickers, but if you turn it off the screen behaves normally. Don't know how to resolve it besides turning off wifi.
I was able to fix this by opening Intel Graphics Settings control panel. Under Power > I disabled Panel Self Refresh. I was only experiencing the issue while on battery power. Hope this helps.
For me that fixed the flickering problem too. Everything now runs smooth and with the expected perfomrance with the newest Intel drivers.
Solved
Its related to the Intel Display properties
Right Click on desktop
Click Intel Graphic Settings
Uncheck any setting that enhances power saving while on Battery
Screen flickering in bootcamp windows 10 partition
