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Is it normal for the Macbook Pro screen to be flinching?

Asked by xTheDreamer (897points) May 1st, 2010

My Macbook Pro is new and I’ve notice that the screen flinches as in it goes black then back to normal but in a really quick way. Like when a tv gets the flinches/blinks when it suddenly just go black but back to normal in a millisecond like that. I was wondering if something is wrong with my macbook or what? Or is it a settings thing that’s doing all this?

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missingbite's avatar

Your screen should not “flinch” unless it is related to some sort of video you are watching that has the flinch embedded in it. If you are just on the internet you wouldn’t see it go black at all. Not even a millisecond.

netgrrl's avatar

Call Apple. If it’s new it’s still under warranty.

gtreyger's avatar

Take it to the Apple store and have a genius look at it. It shouldn’t do that.

xTheDreamer's avatar

@gtreyger @missingbite @netgrrl oh, well we don’t have an Apple retailer store here or any Apple distributer. I got it as a gift from my uncle in the U.S so yeah, idk what to do :/

missingbite's avatar

How new is it? Within 90 days you have applecare phone support. Look up the number and give them a call. They will ship you a new one if they can’t fix the problem. Applecare has phone support for 90 days and warranty for 1 year.

xTheDreamer's avatar

Hey guys, it got worse now it keeps blinking on and off every single time & it stops for about a minute than it starts again :/ this is really bad right?

gtreyger's avatar

This is bad enough to get a replacement. You need to get a hold of AppleCare as soon as you can. I would also recommend doing a complete backup of your computer while you still can.

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