Possible solution to random Macbook backlight flickering

I was one of the lucky Macbook users who didn't have that random backlight flickering issue which forced many users to send their beloved macbook to change LCD inverter, logic board or other hardware.
I've been using my MA700 for a year and a half now and I'm out of warranty. Few days back I noticed a flickering which kicks in at random, but could be reproduced when setting "put display to sleep" to 1 minute and waiting. The sleep has two stages - in the first one the screen dims a bit and after some time it switches off backlight completely. The flickering ALWAYS occured when going in to the first stage, also it did occur OFTEN while working with my computer AT RANDOM times. Since I'm out of warranty I started experimenting and retracing my steps. Here's what I found out.
About a week before I bought a new HDD for my macbook, as the one (80GB toshiba drive) that came with macbook was too small for me. I replaced it and restored the system. Everything was fine for a week until backlight flicker kicked in and it was very annoying. I even ordered inverter board from ebay. I noticed that my new HDD is emitting a slight vibration which is noticeable even if touching the top of the lcd screen, I thought it is ok, because my new HDD ir 320GB - quite a bit larger than my original one. Today I tried something different.
1. I reproduced the flickering by setting display sleep to 1 minute.
2. Flicker kicked in.
3. I turned of the computer, removed the HDD, attached it to the SATA>USB case and booted from USB Disk while holding alt at start up.
4. Guess what, no more random flicker. Also, I couldn't reproduce flicker while setting display sleep to 1 minute.
5. To double check I put the HDD back in my macbook and booted as usual.
6. Flicker kicks in at random and is reproducable by setting display sleep to 1 minute.
7. IT MUST BE THE HDD.
8. I swapped the 320GB one to the old 80GB that came with my macbook.
9. No flicker at random since. No flicker can be reproduced when setting display sleep to 1 minute.
I think there is some hardware incompatibility, possibly something to do with power consumption or added vibration. I am no expert, but I'm pretty sure the Samsung Spinpoint M60 HM320JI caused backlight flickering on my system as I was able to repeteadly reproduce the flickering effects and eliminate them by swaping back to my old HDD which is Toshiba MK8034GSX (I did this experiment 5 times now - and got the same results everytime I did this).
The most interesting fact is that right after I changed my HDD to large Samsung model I didn't see (or maybe didn't notice) flickering till about the week, maybe some of you had similar scenarious where you crossed out the possibility of HDD as a cause, because flickering didn't kick in for some time.
The easiest way to check if my story applies to you is to remove your hdd put it in a SATA > USB case and boot in your system from your HDD attached to USB. If the flickering stops and it is not reproducable by setting display sleep settings, IT MUST BE THE HDD!
Good luck!
P.S. Excuse my english.
Message was edited by: Siimorglaze

Possibly it is power consumption of your old HDD, that is causing the problems? Anyway I am experiencing this flickering too, and will try your solution...
My flickering is like switching intensity of backlight to dim and back to intensity that is set. It happens after wake from sleep in case that display is more dimmed.
iedutu's flickering seems to be of other kind - something like low refresh rate - video is not clear enough...

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random stripes across the display itself
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Backlight problems? Again, familiar to many G3 owners:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=207731&tstart=0
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Message was edited by: Tom.my

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I have no technical understanding of what may have caused Safari to hang in the first place, or if switching Java and Java Script off and then back on, is the true solution to the problem. Maybe letting the computer take a long, overdue nap did the trick! I had been placing it in Sleep mode for several days, so it's missed a good shut down and re-boot routine.
But I am pragmatic about success, so I am merely reporting what worked for me and what I did. Your mileage may vary.
I will monitor the situation and report any future Safari hangs should they occur, since that might be an indication that the problem was not related to Java or Java Script at all.
bowlerboy_jmb

Hi,
You could also try resetting your airport express.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107418
Worked for me.

IPhone connectivity to Car Stereo -- POSSIBLE SOLUTION

I stumbled across a possible solution to the iPhone not working with some car stereos. Granted, I have a cheap name brand stereo ,but it has the full ipod interface built-in. It's a Valor NVG-710W ($999 from frys).
My iPhone worked in my truck from day one, but after a week, i made some playlist changes, and it quit working. After a trip to the Apple Store, to no avail, I was determined to figure out what happened. Making sure it wasn't the radio itself, I tested my wife's iphone, and it worked. I started tweaking the settings and playlists.
What I found is this: the car stereo doesn't comprehend "Smart Playlists." Everytime I sync'd a Smart Playlist to the iPhone, the stereo would not connect to iPhone, but if I took the Smart playlist's off, it would connect immediately and start playing thru the stereo.
Hope this tidbit helps someone out.
--BrayNShocK

That happens to me occasionally. Have you tried power cycling the iphone? that seems to fix it for me when it happens.
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10) macbook, and 2 iphones

IPod is not recognized by Windows Vista - possible solution

During the past couple of weeks that I faced this problem I found out that a lot of people had the same question as I did.
Here is a possible solution.
I have HP Pavilion laptop with Windows Vista. After I connected my new iPod – it didn’t show up in My Computer as a new device and in Device Manager it was listed in “Other devices” with a question mark next to it. I already had iTunes installed – it didn’t show up in iTunes. On the attempt to reinstall the driver I had a message that the driver was found but an error occurred while installing it.
Here is what I did:
1. Install iTunes (it has iPod driver for Vista in it).
2. Turn on iPod and connect it to computer.
3. Restart computer with iPod turned on and connected to computer.
4. On the start up the computer will begin automatically installing the driver and the message will appear in the corner that new device is being installed.
5. After it has been installed – check My Computer – you should see it listed there.
6. Run iTunes and configure iPod.
iTunes might run a little bit slow when configuring iPod for the first time.
Good luck.

if only this fix worked for windows xp or even 2000 (at my job)
insane, but it IS a driver/usb problem i now know, at least i've gotten that far.

Possible Solution to Google Search Bar Not Working/Safari Not Loading Pages

Hello Apple Forums,
I have recently encountered a possible solution to a problem with Safari. The one in which Safari fails to load any page associated with www.google.com. Especially the Google Search Bar—a feature I use frequently.
After browsing through the forums about the Google Search Bar issue, I took my knewly gained knowledge, and decided to do some diagnosing for myself.
This is what I have done so far to try and solve this issue:
Run Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Cron Scripts
Cleared the following caches:
System Local Computer Cache
System VM (Swap) Files
Curent User Cache
Current User Icon Cache
Internet Explorer Download Cache
Page History
Web Site Cache
Temporary Files
Safari Downloads List
Form Values
Page History
Recent Searches
Site Icons
Web Site Cache
User Cookies (used by Safari)
Finder Recent Applications
Recent Documents
Recent Folders
Recent Servers
Recent Files of AppleWorks 6
Disk Utility Disk Images
Preview
QuickTime Player Favorites/Recent
REALbasic Projects
TextEdit
VideoLanClient
and Other caches of Acquisition Current Downloads
Acquisition Recent Searches
MSN Conversation History
Vicomsoft FTP Client Icon Cache
All of the above runnings of Cron scripts and clearings of Caches were done using Mac Pilot version 1.1.5 (yes the one on the site is an updated version, but I have not downloaded it yet). If you decide to use this program to clear caches, I advise not clearing the Installer Receipts under the System section as Installer Receipts are used to correctly repair permissions. I do not clear Find File Indexes either, because I use the Find File feature quite frequently on my computer and I do not want to have it re-index files all the time (perhaps I'll do it every few months or so to refresh what I've got on the harddrive). Remember, all the information given in this paragraph is relative to Mac Pilot version 1.1.5.
In addition, I have also repaired permissions using Disk Utility 10.4.4 (v145.7) (make sure you restart your computer after you repair permissions). I have taken out items in /harddrive/library/StartUpItems as well as taking out items in /harddrive/library/Internet Plug-Ins and in /user/library/Internet Plug-Ins and in user/library/Caches (restart your computer after taking out or putting in items in these locations).
As of now, all the information mentioned above about trying to fix this problem have NOT worked.
What HAS WORKED for me was tinkering with my 3rd party firewall—Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48). Under the Protection Settings, I HAD Enable Active FTB support, Enable Stealth mode, Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic selected), Enable UDP Protection (with Protect outgoing UDP connections, Allow access to essential services, and Protect a range of UDP ports 1 through 1023 selected).
What I CHANGED in Protection Settings was DESELECT Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic DESELECTED). Upon deselecting that information the Google Search Bar feature in Safari WORKED practically instantaneously. Before hand, anything I inputted into Safari and after hitting Return on the keyboard just wound up hanging there.
Just to be sure, all tests were performed on:
IMac G4 800 Mhz SD Mac OSX 10.3.9 with ALL the latest Software Updates, Except Apple Remote Desktop Client version 1.2.4 and iPod Updater 2006-01-10
I have a cable internet connection with ISP Time Warner Cable (RoadRunner) using a SurfBoard SB4100 Cable Modem on an AirPort Extreme Base Station (Apple Base Station V5.6)
Interesting side note: I have a PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz Mac OSX 10.3.9 Laptop running on the same network (although it has an airport extreme card as opposed to the regular airport card in the iMac) with ALL the same latest Software Updates, Except iPod Updater 2006-01-10. The Apple Remote Desktop Client version 1.2.4 does not come up on Software Update on the Laptop and I can not find it on the harddrive using a name search in the Finder Find feature. It does not show up in Applications folder, so I do not know if it is on or active on the Laptop.
The LAPTOP IS ABLE TO USE ALL GOOGLE FEATURES without DESELECTING Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic DESELECTED). Why this is apparent I have not officially confirmed.
What I do know is that I have tried to Uninstall Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48) with the appropriate uninstaller but it FAILS during the uninstall (I wanted to uninstall and reinstall, it appears the program became corrupted). What I did to possibly circumvent this was to search for the phrase 'Personal Fire" using the Finder's Find feature (Search for items whose name contains 'Personal Fire') and deleted all the files that came up related to Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48). I then reinstalled Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48) since then, and it continues to have the problem with Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic selected).
What I have not done:
Updated Prebinding
Run TechTool Pro version 4.1.2
Install Combo OSX 10.3.9
Initialize HardDrive with complete reinstallation of OSX 10.3.9
To Summarize Possible Solution
I've tried many possible solutions, what appears to work best as of now is to DESELECT Enable suspicious activity protection (making sure Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic are deselected) under Protection Settings in Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48).
One could try deselecting something similar in any firewall application other than Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48), to see if it is suspicious activity settings in firewalls that cause the problem.
Any comments/feedbacks are extremely welcome.
Hope It Helps!
iMac G4 800Mhz SD 10.3.9 & PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz 10.3.9
iMac G4 800Mhz SD
iMac G4 800Mhz SD
iMac G4 800Mhz SD
iMac G4 800Mhz SD
iMac G4 800Mhz SD

Hello tr:
Welcome to Apple discussions and thank you for your very very thorough post.
Your instincts to delete anything named "Norton" were right on the mark. Norton software is POISON to Macs running OS X. An additional software firewall is, IMHO, completely unnecessary. Turn on the built-in firewall in OS X - it is robust. In fact, if it is already on, there may be a conflict.
Go to Symantec's web site and use the uninstaller you should find there to get rid of the Norton stuff. After you do that, do a "find" on Norton and Symantec to be sure it is all gone - the stuff hides everywhere.
Barry

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Contact iTunes Customer Service and request assistance
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@MaloneTP
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HT1414 I updated to iOS 6.1.3 a while ago, but recently noticed I can't access wifi (when the wifi off/on switch is frayed out) does. Anyone know a possible solution to this problem.

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If you are having an issue with the Wifi option greyed out, you may find the following article helpful:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1559
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