Screen Flickering issue in Microsoft Surface Book
It is just a couple of days ago that customers who preordered Surface Book got their devices delivered and the divulge of issues have been flooding the Microsoft Support forums. The users were surprised to see the flickering problem persist even after applying all the updates. The flickering screen might be caused by many things – but here are a few workarounds that can help you fix the screen flickering problem if you find that updating Graphic Drivers has not helped you.
1] Change the Brightness
The display might flicker at less brightness and changing the same might solve the problem, at least partially. To change the brightness all you need to do is go to the Action Center and toggle the Brightness icon to adjust.
2] Check the Screen resolution
Go to Start > Settings > System > Display > Advanced Display Settings. Choose 1920 x 1080 resolution, which is recommended as optimum for Surface Book and select “Apply”.
3] Toggle Temperature Setting
According to Microsoft, this might also happen due to overheating, and you can try by shifting the Surface to a cooler area or even better turning it off completely till it gets cooled down. This problem will most likely be solved in an upcoming update.
4] Disable Hyper-V
If all the above steps didn’t solve the problem than this one will surely do. As some of the users noted out, the flickering screen seems to be the handiwork of the Hyper-V feature which is Microsofts Virtualisation Technology that is bundled with Windows OS. Disabling Hyper-V is known to solve the issue and here is how you can do so Open an elevated Command prompt and execute the following command line: Restart your Surface Book and see if it has helped. We hope that Microsoft will find a fix for this problem soonest. Related posts if you need additional help: See this post if Surface Book doesn’t recognize Touchpad and Keyboard.
