2013 Mac Mini Screen Blinking

New to the Mac Mini world, my mini is less than 10 days old and the screen seems to randomly blink or flicker to a black screen and back to normal in less than a second.  It even does it during the boot up process.  Just checked for updates and it says all updates are done.  It does this via HDMI to my TV.  It also does it when I screen share from my iMac.

Sorry to report, but a common problem...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4490924?start=0&tstart=0
For some the EFI update fixed it, others it didn't
I'd return it in the 14 day return period.

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