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Repair information and guides for the 2015 Retina MacBook Air. Model A1534

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Why is my screen flickering?

it all started when I downloaded Sims 4 ( which is a game) on Utorrent because it cost too much and after waiting about 4 days It finished downloading and I installed it, played it for about 3 days then I somehow found some weird white lines appear and the screen sometimes was flickering or moving so I blamed it on the game and instantly uninstalled it and all the files it had. But it didn't go away. Until about 1 week or something after, I talked to a relative who used to have one and somehow the day I told her it stopped and the screen became fine again. I spent about a month using my macbook and it was perfect.So I called myself stupid for uninstalling it and reinstalled it again. And on the day I installed it and opened the game I went to get a snack and there it was,again.But now it's flickering much more and the screen is moving so much. I don't know if it's a virus or something with the display i just hope someone takes the time to answer this and also The only apple store near me is in another country which is 100.04 miles / 161 km away from me soo

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Sometimes we expect more out of our computers than what they where designed to run. That's the case here. The game you are trying to play is very CPU & GPU intensive!

Think how a greyhound will run to its death. Computers are no different!

Basically your system does not have the needed cooling capacity to prevent it from overheating which is the root issue here. Its not designed for this type of gaming. Your relative's system is likely a more powerful laptop or desktop system so they haven't encountered the over heating problem you have.

Take the game off and hopefully you didn't damage the system permanently.

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