VOSTRO 1400 nvidia GPU issue (pic)

Warranty warranty warranty... All that I heard was that. And the warranty for the Nvidia issue expired on September 09. Baaaahhhh.... Get a new laptop then. Thanks for the help guys.

 

Oh well :/
onto ebay I guess for a replacement part, I guess.

 

Onwards to another brand! XD

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I can say that no matter who I spoke to (2 different service reps), they would not repair my Vostro 1400 even with the video problem since it was out of warranty (including the extension). They wouldn't even give me the chance to buy an extended warranty. I'll probably try again before attempting a repair on my own.

The only option was to send the laptop to the repair depot for $240 and I would rather not do that of all things.

In the meantime, I bought a new laptop that wasn't a Dell.

 

yeah tht sux..
but on the bright side its better to move on after u get that prob..
they replace mine.. but my laptop fans is always on.. they underclocked my GpU ( i cant cant play games which i was able to play before) and laptop as u can see from previous posts is hot as hell.
me buyin alienware.
Maybe we are the unlucky 1... there are lot of happy dell guys out there.
but even worse is HP laptops and their customer care.
These laptops are pre-written not to work more than 3 yrs i guess

 

If not for the defective GPU, I'm sure my Dell would have lasted more than 2.5 years. I've taken good care of it and it's frustrating for some defective parts to render that moot. If anything I've learned to avoid Nvidia GPUs in the future.

 

The G80 (8000 series) GPU's on laptop are all faulty, sadly. All Dell does is give you another faulty G80, instead of making a new board with the fix G80, and change the fan control table, so that it spins faster and more easily and finally, down-clocks the GPU. That is the problem when you use soldered on motherboard GPU's.. you have to make a new board entirely to replace any soldered processor on it. Of course they ARE ways to remove any component on a motherboard, but it requires manual labor and that is more pricey.
Any other Nvidia GPU's are perfectly fine & solid (and no, Dell doesn't spin the fan like crazy, nor down-clocks the other GPUs).

Nvidia mistake cost them greatly, and right now they can't afford any mistake, already they had a hard time convincing any OEM (let alone consumers) that their GPU's are worth it. So another mistake like this, can really permanently kick out Nvidia out of the laptop market.

 

I'm going to try giving Dell a call again, maybe 3rd times' the charm. What I'd really rather do is replace the Nvidia graphics motherboard with an Intel graphics, but I'm not sure that is even possible.

While I agree that Nvidia has probably fixed the problem with their series 9 chips, it's probably more worthwhile to stick with integrated graphics if you have a PC for gaming. I bought the Geforce 8400M GS to do some moderate gaming and after getting a new PC even a low-end PC card blew away anything the 8400M managed.

If I had stuck instead to the Intel integrated, I may have this predicament, and saved at least $50. However, hindsight is always 20/20.

 

Even I bought vostro 1400 for some mild gaming.. not the heavy titles,.. but atleast some what moderate games...
Its didnt help me a lot in terms of gaming.. atleast after this gpu burnout
Now m11x is perfect

 

So, it looks like nobody here who's out of warranty (including extended warranty) has been able to get Dell to fix it? $300 is quite a horrible investment for a 2+ year old laptop that will be replaced with the same faulty and vulnerable gpu/motherboard combination.

Dell, HP and Apple were apparently paid $196 million by Nvidia as a settlement. I don't see that money trickling down to unlucky folks like us who've been scammed by Dell. By increasing the fan speed, they simply delayed the INEVITABLE. Smart move .. or so they thought. Looks like Dell just pocketed the compensation money and spent a small fraction of it to fund the "extended warranty". HP extended theirs by 2 years.

Nvidia and Dell are both guilty of clearing out inventories of faulty products.