Macbook Air Wake From Sleep Flicker

First off, I want to clear up something. The flicker that I am getting is not the same one that other 2013 MBA models were recieving with Photoshop. Nor is it the one where Safari may display some graphic glitches near the bookmarks area. I'm getting a weird white rectangular flicker when waking from sleep (lockscreen or no lockscreen). I've run the Apple Hardware Test, and the results returned no problems, so I'm pretty sure this is a software issue. The only settings I remember tampering with is VMWare, which flickered uncontrollably until I found a .plist fix online. Please help!
Larry

Hi larry918,
If you are having issues with flickering on your MacBook Air, you may want to try the troubleshooting in the following article:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
If that does not resolve the issue, you may want to try Safe Boot and/or a new user to see if the issue persists and to help narrow down the possible causes:
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
Apple Support: Isolating an issue by using another user account
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4053
Regards,
- Brenden

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