Vertical flickering line appeared on MacBook Pro Retina 13

This line appeared for no particular reason. The computer wasn't bumped or damged in any way. It flickers especially while playing videos or games. When it flickers, it is either bright white or yellow and when it doesn't, it is a constant grey line.

indication of a damaged monitor cable feed.
Contact Apple for appt. and likely replacing the monitor (with its cable) and full in shop diagnosis.
Also possible but less likely is a damaged contact at LVDS cable and logic connector.

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I got my macbook late Sept 2013.

Take a picture of the phenomenon and then make an appointment at an Apple store genius bar. Presumably your MBP is still in the warranty period and have the technicians evaluate and fix the problem. Use the picture as evidence so they fully understand what the problem is.
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This is an old support article addressing your problem.
http://support.apple.com/en-al/TS1258
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I would recommend taking a look at the troubleshooting steps found in the article below.
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573
-Griff W.

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Hi,
Bought my Macbook on September / 2014 and so far no problems.
Unfortunately today a lot of dead pixels appeared on the center of my screen !
I tried to clean it but it seems to be behind the screen actually. Tried to reboot and reset SMC as request by Apple support, with no success : (
They suggested i bring it to the nearest service center, problem is i use my machine to work and it probably will take weeks to repair.
Is there any other solution ? Why this happened ? My previous Macbook was not Retina and never had this kind of issue.
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A 15 ft display boy that is big. Perhaps a smaller display with fewer pixels is in order.

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https://discussions.apple.com/message/21335473
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17909404
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And the kernel recognises it in either Thunderbolt port, at least to some degree:
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[ PCI configuration begin ]
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https://discussions.apple.com/message/21335473 suggests creating a new Network Location. When I do that, the Thunderbolt Ethernet device (which does exist in my "Automatic" location) doesn't even appear in the new location. Clicking the [+] does not list it as an option to add.
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I had this problem, too, and an Apple Support call and Genius Bar visit later, I had the answer: if you're using Network Locations that preexist your Thunderbolt display, it doesn't seem to auto-add the possibility of "Display Ethernet" to your available network ports. To solve this, either:
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