Occasionally, I will get these vertical lines going down my screen and some flicker. I’ve had this problem with a thunderbolt to DisplayPort cable and an HDMI to HDMI cable. I also highly doubt it’s a monitor problem because it’s been working flawlessly in Linux and before that Windows.

Has anyone else experienced this? I also saw that Sequoia 15.1 released, not sure if this is a problem that Apple knows about that’s fixed in the new version. Really hoping it’s not a hardware issue with my unit.

Edit: it seems to be a monitor issue? I switched my second, identical display to be my first and didn’t see the issue after a couple hours of usage. But now I’ve started using that first monitor again as my second monitor and it hasn’t had any corruption issues yet.

  • vinnymac@lemmy.world
    4·
    7 days ago

    I have an M3 Max that does this, but only when I plug in two monitors at once over Thunderbolt. It doesn’t always happen either, haven’t figured out exactly what is causing it. I know my M1 is only capable of a single external monitor, so part of my suspects their multi monitor support is just poorly implemented over the latest TB spec.

    Using M1 with a thunderbolt dock doesn’t do it, so I know it’s not the monitor. Plus switching out one monitor for another doesn’t fix it.

    In the past to debug this problem I’ve used BetterDisplay

  • HonkyTonkWoman@lemm.ee
    4·
    7 days ago

    Don’t want to send up a flare unnecessarily, but I used to see that patterning on machines with dead logic boards.

    My last 17” MBP did that shortly before the board died completely & left me s.o.l. If you’re still under warranty or AC, maybe worth getting it checked?

    I am not certain if this would be an issue with M-Series machines. If anyone knows for sure, I’d appreciate any info.

  • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    Mine so far has had no issues like this. I have one monitor connected straight into the HDMI port and another monitor via a Dell dock (from work).

    • Leaflet@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      1440p at 170Hz with the DisplayPort. But I also tried going down to 60hz, but in that brief time I did that, that made the flickering issue even more apparent.