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Surface Pro 4 Owners Are Putting Their Tablets in Freezers To Fix Screen Flickering Issues (theverge.com)
Hundreds of Surface Pro 4 owners have been complaining about screen flickering issues on their tablets, and many are putting it in freezers to "fix" it. From a report: A thread over at Microsoft's support forums shows that the problems have been occurring for more than a year, and most devices affected are out of warranty. Dubbed "Flickergate," a website to report the issues claims at least 1,600 Surface Pro 4 owners have experienced the screen flickering problems. The flickering appears to be a hardware issue, which occurs after the device heats up during use. Some owners have even started freezing their tablets to stop the screen flickering temporarily. "I get about half an hour's use out of it after ten minutes in the freezer," says one owner. Another user posted a video showing how the flickering stops as soon as the Surface Pro 4 is placed in a freezer.
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...put it in the fucking oven; it'll solve even more problems.
High performance ICs and minimal cooling result in high rates of change in temperature. This will put significant strain on the solder contacts. It is safer when parts heat up slowly so better cooling could prevent the damage from occurring.
Alternatively, Intel could modify their turbo mode so that it not only limits maximum temperature but also maximum rate of change in temperature. But before I place all the blame on Intel, do these things not contain NVidea GPUs? If so, that is the likely point of failure.
MS is chalking up a truly horrible record on HW reliability.
Organization? You must be joking..
High performance ICs and minimal cooling result in high rates of change in temperature. This will put significant strain on the solder contacts. It is safer when parts heat up slowly so better cooling could prevent the damage from occurring.
Alternatively, Intel could modify their turbo mode so that it not only limits maximum temperature but also maximum rate of change in temperature. But before I place all the blame on Intel, do these things not contain NVidea GPUs? If so, that is the likely point of failure.
Oh, you mean you want Intel to intentionall THROTTLE their CPUs to extend the life of the products they are installed in?
Isn't that EXACTLY what many Slashdotters are wanting Apple's head for right now?