2014 X1 Carbon Flickering Screen

Just received my new X1 model# 20a70037-US last week and right out of the box the screen was already flickering. When the laptop is booting up in the POST screen you see a bunch of little white dots all over and as soon as you get to the windows login screen the flickering begins. Just like on this video I found online
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEexUDtava0
Did anyone have this issue? I uninstalled the Intel drivers and now it's flickers less and the laptop is somewhat usable. I should be recieving my replacement unit this week, can't wait to have this laptop working 100%.
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received my brand new replacement X1 and this one is rock solid, my dealer had it shipped from a different warehouse .

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