HP update makes my screen flash uncontrollably - HP ProBook 440 G0

i have an HP ProBook 440 G0 and accepted an HP update on Sunday which crashed my computer. When I log in, my entire screen is flashing uncontrollably, like a strobe light....my colleague has the same model and he had the exact same problem about 2 weeks ago. We we have friend who helped to stop the flashing, but now my Sleep and Hibernate functions are disabled, and also I have no Graphics options available. When I double click on the desktop, I can normally manage my dual monitors, but now they do not appear, so I can not use my monitors at all.
I'm guessing it's a problem with the video card, but really have no idea. I was going to try to download the video card drive, but wondered if that would cause the same problem again with future updates.....
I'm not sure if anyone may have had a similar experience? Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Greg

Similar Messages

Messages notifications make my screen flash

I have a MacBook Air with OSX Yosemite installed. The title of my post is fairly descriptive of this issue. But let me include some things that I've tried to do to resolve the issue.
1. I looked over this article: OS X Yosemite: Audio pane of Accessibility preferences. I had a lot of hope this would resolve my issue, but upon going to the settings page for this I found the "Flash the screen when an alert sound occurs" checkbox to be un-checked. I checked, and un-checked it again to see if that would help, it did not.
2. Verified volume is turned up. Checking system preferences => Sound
a. I can see that the 'internal speakers' are selected as my output device, and the volume is mid-level.
3. Checked the notification settings for Messages for any setting that might indicate my desire to have the screen 'flash' when I get notifications. I don't see any setting there that appears to correspond with this anomaly.
4. Verified there are not any bluetooth audio devices connected to the Mac
I would really like to find out what is causing this. It is VERY annoying.

for the Points
Yes Marking my Post as Helpful awards me 5 points.
Marking your Own makes it clear that was the Solution. However you don't get points yourself.
8:24 pm Wednesday; January 21, 2015
 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

External monitor makes both screens flash blue

Hi, I have a 2008 aluminum macbook, and I've been using it with an external monitor hooked up through a minidisplay port to DVI adapter. It's worked great until just the last few days. Now whenever I have the external monitor plugged in both screens will randomly flash blue (like when hooking in the monitor) every 10 seconds or so. I tried changing the refresh rate to 60 instead of 75, and that seemed to help for a little while, but now it just seems to be getting worse and worse. Any ideas?

This may help some of you. My screen appeared to "move" whenever I moved the mouse and jitter when I placed it in some parts of the Dock. To fix my problem I went into Universal Access in System Preferences and turned Zoom off. Sometimes I use the White on Black setting to make text easier to read and the keyboard short cut for that is almost identical to the Zoom one which will create some really goofy effects on the screen.

Elements Organizer 11 screen flashes

After installing the license key in Photoshop Elements 11, Organizer makes my screen flash from normal to black at a rate of once every one to two seconds. I am running on Windows 8 and my graphics card is NVidia GTX650. Windows, my graphics card and Photoshop are all updated to the latest versions. Other system info below.
Elements Organizer 11.0.0.0
Hoofdversie: 11.0 (20120923.r.32287)
Taalversie: 11.0 (20120923.r.32287)
Systeem:
Naam besturingssysteem: Windows 8
Versie besturingssysteem: 6.2
Systeemarchitectuur: Intel CPU Familie:6 Model:10 Stappen:9 met MMX, SSE-integer, SSE FP
Ingebouwd geheugen: 7,9 GB
Vrij geheugen: 5,2 GB
Belangrijke stuurprogramma's / Insteekmodules / Bibliotheken:
Microsoft DirectX versie: 9.0
Apple QuickTime versie: Niet geïnstalleerd
Adobe Reader versie: 11.0
Adobe Acrobat versie: Niet geïnstalleerd

This looks like it would be the perfect answer to my problem, except that the file mentioned - status.dat - does not exist anywhere on my computer.
In the meantime, my husband appears to have found a way to make iPhoto call up Elements Editor to edit photos. So I'm going to go that route.
I may even be able to free up some hard drive space by not having to maintain two complete photo libraries - one in iPhoto and another in Organizer.

Looking for FULL SCREEN flash web gallery template

Hi,
I'm looking for a plugin for PS to make full screen flash gallery, something similar to this:
http://www.paulvanroekel.nl/picasa/CoolFullScreendemo/index.html
anyone know of any? free would also be good
Cheers,
TBK

You don't need a plug-in – there are dozens of free web gallery generators out there.

Screen flashes instead of alert sound after 10.4.11 update

After updating to 10.4.11 about 2 weeks ago I noticed that my screen flashes whenever an alert sound should occur. It looks just like the "Flash screen when an alert sound occurs" option found in the Universal Access (Hearing) settings. I toggled the setting found there, but even when it's set to off, my flashing screen alert continues to occur. I know a friend of mine who experienced the exact same problem, but he hasn't found a solution to this (minor, but annoying) problem yet either. I also talked to a "genius" at the local Apple store. He hadn't heard about the problem and couldn't offer a solution either.
Is anybody else experiencing a flashing screen alert? How does one get rid of it? Thanks.

this solved it for me:
i checked my system alerts and found that the alert sound was set to some invalid legacy sound called AIM - probably left over from when i used AIM instead of iChat.
i set the alert sound back to one of the original Apple sounds and viola! No More Flashing Screen!!!

Can anyone help with problem updating iphone5s cant get anything only apple on screen sometimes screen flashes blue

can anyone help with problem updating iphone5s cant get anything only apple on screen sometimes screen flashes blue

Hey damien555,
Thanks for the question, I understand how frustrating this may be. It sounds like the update process may have been interrupted, and to resolve the issue, we’ll need to restore your device in recovery mode with iTunes:
If you can't update or restore your iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Thanks,
Matt M.

My iphone5 screen flashes when trying to make a call. I can't access any of screen features.

My screen flashes when trying to make an outgoing call. I am unable to access any of the screen features such as keyboard etc.

Could be a problem with the proximity sensor. Are you using a case around your phone or a protective film attached to the screen? If yes, remove them, to make sure that the sensor is not covered.
Also try to reset the phone by holding the sleep and home button for about 10sec, until the Apple logo comes back again. You will not lose data by resetting.

HT5242 Since installing this update today, screen flashing has increased dramatically; just wondering if anyone else has this problem and, is there a way to remove an update?

Since installing this update today, screen flashing has increased dramatically. Anyone else has this problem and is there a way to remove a software update?

I just had random letters flash like i was typing them but they didnt show up in the typed section. So weird, bad thing is that I didnt have the original keyboard flickering problem but updated anyway cause Im a fool i guess. It only happened while writing an email n was only the letters U n G.

After installing updates my atv2 screen goes blank and led flashes rapidly

I just bought my atv2 and it told me to update, which I did, and then my screen went black and the led light started blinking rapidly. This is the second one in 2 days. I have tried disconnecting the hdmi, power, and holding down the arrow keys to reboot and still nothing.

numbfant wrote:
I recently got this ipod from the Apple store because my previous one broke. They gave me the ipod and right when I plugged it in, the screen turned an offwhite color, made a quiet buzzing sound and flashed. After a week of this it mysteriously started working so I didn't put much thought into it, I was just happy my iPod worked. Then after a month or two, it randomly started doing the same thing. No matter if I plug it in or not, the screen flashes a blank off white page.
It is also possible that your iPod has entered one of its "Sleep" modes. When it hasn't been used in a while, it goes through a couple of stages of this to preserve the battery's charge.
Try pressing the iPod's center button to wake it from sleep.
If this fails, start with a reset of the iPod (hold Menu & center buttons) and work your way through the rest of the 5 R's.
Steve

When I turn on or restart my Macbook Pro Retina 15", my entire screen flashes completely bright yellow for a few seconds and then it goes to the normal Welcome screen. How do I fix this??

Hi Everyone,
This problem just started today. When I turn on or restart my Macbook Pro Retina 15" (Mid 2012 version), my screen is light gray like normal, and then after a few seconds my entire screen flashes completely bright yellow for a few seconds, and then it goes to the normal Welcome screen (where I choose to login as myself or a guest user). This suddenly started today and has not stopped since. This keeps happening every single time I turn on or restart my computer.
Yesterday I installed all the Mavericks and other updates that were available in the App Store, so I'm wondering if this is related to that since this never happened prior to my doing those updates yesterday. When I first installed the new OS X Mavericks (10.9.3) update, it went through the whole installation process (took about 10 minutes), and then during the installation I got an error message saying that it couldn't verify my iTunes application that was on my laptop, and then my laptop finished installing the updates. Then once my laptop restarted, the App Store "Updates" section said that I had to do the whole OS X Mavericks (10.9.3) and iTunes (Version 11.2) updates all over again. So my laptop did the whole installation again (took about 10 minutes, but this time I didn't get that "iTunes error message" during the installation process).
Now, when I go to the App Store "Updates" section, it says the following under "Updates Installed in the Last 30 days":
-Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update (Version 5.05) installed May 15, 2014
-OS X Update (Version 10.9.3) installed May 15, 2014
-iTunes (Version 11.2) installed May 15, 2014
-OS X Update (Version 10.9.3) installed May 15, 2014
-iTunes (Version 11.2) installed May 15, 2014
-Security Update 2014-002 (Version 1.0) installed April 22, 2014
I'm wondering if this flashing bright yellow screen upon bootup is related to the fact that my laptop installed the OS X Update and the iTunes Update two times each? Or is this new problem totally unrelated? It's just that this problem started a day after these 2 updates were installed twice.
My Macbook Pro Retina 15" (Mid 2012 version) is otherwise working fine at least as of now. The only issue so far is this flashing bright yellow screen every time I turn on or restart my computer.
If anyone could please help me fix this so that my bootup screen doesn't flash completely bright yellow anymore, I would be forever grateful!
Thank you so much for reading this and for any help you can provide.
hope everyone is well,
Elaine

Hey everyone in Apple world!
I figured out how to fix the flashing yellow screen problem that I've been having on my MBP! Yessssss!!!
I found this super handy website with the golden answer: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
I followed the instructions on this page and here's what I did:
Resetting NVRAM / PRAM
Shut down your Mac.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
I went through the 6 steps above twice, just to make sure I got rid of whatever stuff was holding up my bootup process. Since I did that, my MBP boots up just like normal. No flashing yellow screen anymore!!
(Note that I arrived at this solution when I first saw this page: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570?viewlocale=en_US)
Let me know if this works for you!
Elaine

Screen flashing black constantly (HP Envy dv7)

Ever since about a month ago, my notebook has been going insane. The screen flashes completely black for about a second every three seconds or so, and doesn't stop. It does this ALL the time. I've updated my graphics card, the NVIDIA and intel part, even reset the whole computer. Can anyone help? This makes the notebook basically unusable.

Hello @Ghstlghts
As T4M has mentioned your issue is hardware related.
I would recommend contacting support for repair/replacement options.
HP Technical Support, North America 1-800-474-6836. For all other regions click here.
Thank you for posting on the HP Forums.
I worked on behalf of HP.

IPhone screen flashing white/black/blue

I have a 64GB iPhone 6 Plus, the phone is running the most recent version of iOS 8.
I didn't drop the phone, get it wet or anything. All of sudden the screen started flashing black and white, and blue. I can still send receive texts, calls etc, sound is working fine. I just can't interact with the screen because it's flashing colors. It is very similar to the problem experienced by the user in this thread: iphone 6 plus screen flashing white and black
I've already rebooted the device and tried plugging it into a computer (it wont recognize the phone because I've never plugged it into the computer before).
I'm on vacation, at a wedding and I don't have access to an Apple Store. Is there ANYTHING I can do to get my phone to working order?

Thanks for that info. I restore the phone without any data In the end (as a new device). In order to make the problem go away I had to:
1. enter DFU
2. Update device
3. Restore device
4. Setup as a new device
It didn't work without completing all 4 of the steps. after setting it up as a new device it still flickered a bunch and the color were funny. Especially when looking at high definition photos. It was like it was threatening to start flashing black and white again. I turned the phone off for a while and then when I turned it back on it was fine. It's been fine since then. well see what hapPens.

Random screen flash- 15" MBP (late 2008)

Just purchased a new Macbook Pro in November 2008 (Aluminum) and have recently noticed a random screen flash on the native display. It happens at inexplicable times; 1) low CPU,Mem,Disk usage, low temp (under 130 degrees F), 2) High CPU/Mem usage and higher temps (134-140 degrees f). I run VMWare and it happens, I DON'T run VMWare and it happens. Its COMPLETELY random which makes it difficult to replicate when in front of a genius or anyone else. It will happen in groups of 2 or three flashes...then nothing for quite some time (just happened). I thought the 10.5.6 update would cure the issue, but it persists.
What makes this more bizarre is when I have an external monitor that runs at a higher res (1600 x 1280), the problem continues on my macbook, but not on the External monitor (dell).
I took it into the Apple store and they ran a full hardware diagnostic (took like 2 hours) with some sort of software or something, and came up with nothing and that my Macbook Pro hardware is fine. The Genius said it was a software problem...but, i disagree given that the "flash" doesn't happen on the external monitor- only on the native display. I'm fearful that this will become a bigger problem and leave me with no MacBook Pro when I need to work. I've searched and found more youtube videos showing this issue, than I've found any support related articles here or anywhere else for that matter.
So, I thought I'd put this one out there so someone can help. Come on Apple..i have spent almost 8k on your stuff and expect better quality and a much better response to problems. anyone having this same issue? I KNOW I'm not smoking anything and this is definitely not normal behavior.

Nice advice but no dice. That flash is very different from the one we're complaining about.
I watched my flashing last night and noticed that it was actually in random parts of the screen. It woudl be a black band in the middle of the screen, then and larger band at the top of the screen....i wasn't watching video, playing games or doing anything that was demanding on the system AT ALL...PLUS this only happens to the native screen no on my Dell External monitor...SOOO bizarre.

White screen flash when shutting down after a suspend

If I have suspended my laptop at any time during its uptime, when shutting down the screen flashes white, but it turns off as usual. This only happens if I have suspened.
There are no issues as far as I can tell, I see nothing much in journalctl when comparing a suspeded shutdown vs no suspend.
Im using nouveau, and I'm up-to-date as of now.
Google hasnt returned much,
Anyone else seeing this?

Create a new account, name it "test" and see how your apps work in that User acct? (That will tell if your problem is systemwide or limited to your User acct.) This account is just for test, do nothing further with it.
Open System Preferences >> Accounts >> "+" make it an admin account.
If the problem is present in the test account also, then it is systemwide. In this case try repairing this with the 10.5.2 Combo Update This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before.
Remember to Verify Disk before update and repair permissions after update from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
If the problem does not appear in the test account try starting in "Safe Mode" (It will take a bit more time to startup because it runs a directory check first).
If that works go to System Preferences >> Accounts >> Login Items and remove them. Boot normally and test. If there are still problems, go to ~(yourHome)/Library/Contextual Menu Items and move whatever is there to the desktop. Then do the same with /Library/Contextual Menu Items. Lastly, try moving /Users/Home)/Library/Fonts to your desktop and restarting.
Log out/in or restart, if that sorts it start putting items back one at a time until you find the culprit.
Let us know.
-mj

HP update makes my screen flash uncontrollably - HP ProBook 440 G0

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for