Screen flicker 10.8.3 on two Macbook Air late 2010

[al2go77]

So a week later I can't say the problem is gone but it's less obvious and definitely not systematic coming from long sleep periods. But it still occurs once in a while, then closing the lid for 10 seconds makes it fine again... I sure hope 10.8.4 fixes this...

 

[Kitman]

So a week later I can't say the problem is gone but it's less obvious and definitely not systematic coming from long sleep periods. But it still occurs once in a while, then closing the lid for 10 seconds makes it fine again... I sure hope 10.8.4 fixes this...

Same behaviour here - also noticed that on a couple of occasions a lid close became unnecessary after about 10 seconds of flicker.

Still happening on both our late 2010 Airs.

 

[Brohammad]

I have the same problem with my MBA 13 2010.

I tried reinstalling Mountain Lion but to no avail.

I googled a bit and a very similar problem occurred a couple of years ago that was later fixed with a software update. I also found out that closing the lid for 10 seconds forces a power cycle of the device display and should stop the flickering. It's still annoying but it's marginally faster than a reboot.

I guess we'll just have to wait for a fix to come out eventually from Apple.

that's what i do. pain in the ass.

 

[dpass]

Same issue for me. Nothing really to add except another name to the list!!!

 

[deitcher]

Fewer issues when plugged in

FWIW, I discovered that if I plug into power before taking it out of sleep, the issue occurs less frequently.

Do wish AAPL would fix this already, though....

 

[baumler001]

Same prob for me. Hope getting a fast solution in the next few weeks. I can believe, that this problem didn't get noticed by anyone of the applecrew. sry for my bad english. -> www.itouchparadise.de

 

[al2go77]

This works : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910?viewlocale=en_US

Spoiler : it's a Snow Leopard reinstall procedure...

But it made me realize that 1) I don't really use or care for Lion / Mountain Lion-only features and 2) SL is way more suited for my modest MBA config...

I now have more free disk space, faster boot, faster resume time and no more screen flickering!

So for now that's it, I couldn't stand this %!$*#&§ flickering anymore...

 

[al2go77]

So 10.8.4 is out now, the release notes don't mention anything about this issue but I guess it could still be fixed...

 

[Kitman]

So 10.8.4 is out now, the release notes don't mention anything about this issue but I guess it could still be fixed...

Well......no flicker so far....

Keeping fingers crossed.....

 

[Kitman]

Yep, can confirm it's gone on both our machines since the update to 10.8.4

 

[al2go77]

That's great news! I'll consider reinstalling 10.8 in the future then... Thanks for letting us know.

 

[ShinyToy]

10.8.4 not fixing it for me

I've reset everything, upgraded to 10.8.4 and still getting the flickering. Anyone else still getting this?

 

[deitcher]

So far, appears to be OK

I upgraded while plugged in at the Apple Store in San Fran last week, but didn't have a chance to try it while disconnected from power until once yesterday. So far, no issues, but that was just once...

 

[frankpaush]

I've reset everything, upgraded to 10.8.4 and still getting the flickering. Anyone else still getting this?

...yes, unfortunately. I had to upgrade from Snow Leopard because using WLAN/Airport caused freezes (known problem ..) now I suffer from panics connected to the graphic card driver. I won't dare to bring this MacBookPro into a surrounding where I normally support Apple users ...