# External monitor flickers constantly

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/external-monitor-flickers-constantly/4500>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Created:** [August 7, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/external-monitor-flickers-constantly/4500 "2021-08-07T11:42:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmt333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jmt333](https://community.frame.work/u/jmt333)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/external-monitor-flickers-constantly/4500/22 "2022-04-27T13:51:23Z")

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Just to chime in on this for anyone else, I had a serious problem with image tearing when using fractional scaling on Linux ([thread here](http://community.frame.work/t/scaling-and-tearing/16987)). I _also_ had the external monitor screen flicker problem. I didn’t put the two together.

I moved to two RAM channels (added the second stick) based on some reading around the Xe GPU and how much it likes symmetrical memory. That solved (more or less) my tearing issue, but I didn’t think to check for effects on the flickering. I just tested and sure enough, my flicker went away, too.

It looks like the Xe GPU _really_ likes symmetrical memory, at least with the Linux drivers.

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