Comments on: MacBook Pro 17″ unibody (late 2009) screen flickering http://echeng.com/journal/2009/04/28/macbook-pro-17-unibody-late-2009-screen-flickering/ Eric Cheng's Journal Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:44:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: echeng http://echeng.com/journal/2009/04/28/macbook-pro-17-unibody-late-2009-screen-flickering/comment-page-1/#comment-3109777 echeng Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:45:35 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/?p=2706#comment-3109777 <p>Hey, vic -</p> <p>My mac does that as well (due to ambient sensor), but I'm referring to actual flickering here...</p> Hey, vic -

My mac does that as well (due to ambient sensor), but I’m referring to actual flickering here…

]]> By: Vic http://echeng.com/journal/2009/04/28/macbook-pro-17-unibody-late-2009-screen-flickering/comment-page-1/#comment-3109427 Vic Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:51:37 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/?p=2706#comment-3109427 <p>I don't know if this is the problem you have described, but I was noticing my new unibody mac's screen was fading brightness in an out from time to time.</p> <p>I looked around in the settings and I think it may have to do with the ambient light sensor which is configured to automatically dim the display as the light level changes. For some reason it was getting set off at odd times.</p> <p>I have disabled it for now and it seems to have helped. It's under system prefs->display</p> I don’t know if this is the problem you have described, but I was noticing my new unibody mac’s screen was fading brightness in an out from time to time.

I looked around in the settings and I think it may have to do with the ambient light sensor which is configured to automatically dim the display as the light level changes. For some reason it was getting set off at odd times.

I have disabled it for now and it seems to have helped. It’s under system prefs->display

]]> By: Dan Evans http://echeng.com/journal/2009/04/28/macbook-pro-17-unibody-late-2009-screen-flickering/comment-page-1/#comment-3045082 Dan Evans Sat, 09 May 2009 01:33:05 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/?p=2706#comment-3045082 <p>I noticed the same thing on my computer. Same model as yours. The better performance setting fixed it also.</p> I noticed the same thing on my computer. Same model as yours. The better performance setting fixed it also.

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