MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo (Late 2006) (#6): Display flickering

Several users are reporting an issue where their MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo (Late 2006) displays flicker or suffer from appearance of horizontal distortion lines. This issue is reminiscent of a problem that plagued some iBook G4s, generally resolved by logic board replacement.

MacFixIt reader Fred Ng has posted both a movie and an image depicting the problem.

Fred writes:

"As you can see from the video, the screen flickers so much that it is unusable, but upon reboot everything goes back to normal. It has happened 3 times in the past 4 days, but I can't reproduce it readily."

If you are experiencing a similar issue, please let us know.

Previous coverage:

• MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo (Late 2006) (#5): Fixes for poor AirPort reception
• MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo (Late 2006) (#4): Poor AirPort reception
• MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo (Late 2006) (#3): More on why units are limited to 3 GB RAM; questionable claims of 4 GB RAM limit from other manufacturers
• MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo (Late-2006) (#2): Expensive 2 GB modules required for maximum RAM, cannot be matched
• MacBook Pros updated with Core 2 Duo processors

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