Any Recent Dell XPS owners planning to return laptop coz of NVIDIA defective chips ??

So the thermal design of the notebook is more critical with the 8 series than it would be for the cooler-running 9 series. It could be 'some' notebook owners can't afford to run their 8 series for extended periods of gaming without running into problems.

Well anyway, I hope Dell makes a big announcement next week about new XPS models (On or about July 14th companies like Sony & HP are supposed to announce their new Centrino 2 notebooks).

 

So today the Inquirer posted a story stating that ALL G84 and G86 chipsets are bad.

I still want to hear from Dell or NVIDIA directly on this issue. The Inquirer does make for a rather interesting read though... Hmmmm...

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/09/nvidia-g84-g86-bad

 

I really don't understand why are neither Nvidia nor Dell are making it clear regarding which all GPu's are defected....mistakes do happen and they should be very clear with it ,rather than keeping people in dilemma ....and i think this seems to be a very major problem since they aren't responding properly ...
they'll lose a major market share if this thing goes on..

 

This really is not Dell's problem to begin with. nVidia is holding back, because while mistakes may happen, letting investing know how bad the problem is will cause the stocks to tank even more than they have.

 

Hmm might not be Dell's problem but would be good if they can issue a statement clarifying which of their computers are affected by Nvidia's problem gpus.

All this hoo ha has made me drop all plans to OC my 8600GT.

Right now my XPS idles at 57-60 degrees and peaks at about 70 degrees playing AOC (according to GPU-Z). Which is normal i am guessing. I am using a notepal infinite cooling pad as well as using my XPS in an air-conditioned environment with room temp at around 24-25 degrees.

 

Start a petition directed to Dell/Nvidia just like ruinediphone

http://ruinediphone.com/

 

what XPS model are affected with this issue? 1530 or 1330?

 

no one's sure....but i think both 1330 and 1530 seems to be affected ....

 

I am returning my M1330 and M1530, and getting Studio.......NOT

 

I had an M1330 and was within my return privilege when I started seeing all the web chatter on the failing NVIDIA chip and decided to return it in for the M1530. The est ship date is 8/3 and i'm contemplating canceling the order for the Studio. It seems the M1330 is mostly affected but I hate knowing in the back of my mind that my XPS could fail to the point i would need a new mobo.

I really like the metal case of the XPS but is it worth the peace of mind to get the studio?

 

how should i know if my NVIDIA driver is defective?.

 

From everything i've read, neither NVIDIA nor Dell want to come clean with any specifics. It seems as though they plan to handle this on a case by case basis and hope the number of failures are low enough to keep quiet. Without any specifics from either company, people that are outside of their warranty period will have an even more difficult time if and when they start having problems.

 

I don't think they are going to keep it quiet considering they have set aside $200 million for repairs and replacement. Not to mention the investors aren't happy either.

 

I'm sure Nvidia is getting worked over by Dell's legal team as I type this.

 

arstechnica.com posted an updated to all of this today...

NVIDIA denies rumors of faulty chips, mass GPU failures

 

Well then if it really is only a small percentage of mobile chips as Nvidia claims, why don't they just put this thing to rest and stop the rumors by telling us exactly what chips are affected???

 

I think they really don't know what and how many off them are affected.


It's something like the bad capacitor problem, yes, there was a lot of mobo's affected, but Dell and the other manufacturers didn't do a list of systems or a recall for the computers.
In my job, I sugested our boss to request a replacement of all the mobo's of our Optiplex GX270 after getting +30 computers failing from the same problem in less than 2 weeks. Just a little chat with Dell rep's and they exchange ALL (god and bad ones) of our GX270 mobo's free of charge (technician onsite included) in less than a month.
Other companies didn't do that, and now, their's Optiplex GX270 are failing and out of warranty.

 

That may be part of why they don't say which chips might be affected. They don't want people asking for preemptive replacements -- especially if the problem isn't limited to 8400M GS and 8600M GT cards.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=273315

 

if nothing happens in a month i will probably undue the copper mod and stress the gpu till it fries and ask for an upgrade please

 

Taking a $200 million charge for non faulty chips is standard procedure too.

 

Nah investors love when companies do that. Who wants stock dividends anyhow!

 

I was thinking the same thing. CM or not, I don't want an GPU with an underlying defect. I'd rather it almost just die so I can get a new, fixed one--if they figure out what's wrong with what card and how to fix it