Had anyone who installed intel drivers have the problem persist?
Surface Pro 9 Screen Flickers/Scramble
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Anonymous
Hello,
I am facing a very weird issue with my Surface Pro 9 Screen. I have been getting tiny flickering / screen scramble, extremely randomly, maybe once in 5-6 hours. I have tried contacting the support but I do not think I have been given any proper solution and it's annoying. Rather, I have been asked to do the impossible task of getting a video recording of this phenomena. I can't be staying without a device especially considering my workload as a graduate student and I have been consistently dealing with unreliability. And I also can not be dealing with this non sense of wasting my whole day recording the screen for a random lucky chance of observing the flicker.
Anyway, the issue is that I am worried about the long term health of my screen. As of now, there is no inconvenience caused by these flickers because they happen for about < 1s and once in 5-6 hours on average. But I am extremely worried about the long run. I don't want to be wasting my time sending this device for repairs for issues that should not have arise in the first place. Is there any reliable fix for this situation?
I have tried disabling or changing graphic settings and I have tried all the default steps of updating/reinstalling drivers. I have also kept my surface pro to default setting as much as possible without any modification.
I'd also like to know if it's just possible to get this device replaced? I am still under 1 month period from the date of arrival of this product. Although, I am unable to see any return option which is also distressing me.
Overall, I am extremely worried about how it will pan out in the long run. I absolutely do not want to be wasting my time over this. Please help.
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Anonymous
2023-07-07T23:15:08+00:00 -
Anonymous
2023-07-07T23:35:08+00:00 Yes, I had the same issues when it first started, but now it’s worse so if you are able to take it back I would. I love the surface pro, but it’s not worth the headache down the road if you keep it. If you google screen flickering for the surface they will have multiple forms pop up. I hope Microsoft is able to fix this issue down the road because the computer is nice
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Anonymous
2023-07-26T22:43:19+00:00 I have the same issue, it does seem to be less frequent than other users have indicated but it is annoying for such a premium device. No update has changed the random flickering/artifact. It looks like a graphics card or driver issue but I imagine such an issue would have been patched by now. Curious if anyone has found a solution or if microsoft is working on the issue.
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Anonymous
2023-07-27T04:12:33+00:00 yes, look at my older replays here.
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Anonymous
2023-08-02T10:06:20+00:00 Hi All,
I exactly have the same issue. As mentioned by umteen people, quite anoying and also caused issues while preparing large documents and in between critical meetings. Most of the time restart helps, but that is not an option while we are on a critical task.@microsoft team, any help will be much apreciated.