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    Dell XPS M1330 - Nvidia 8400M GS - Dangerous Nvidia 280.19 Beta Driver+ Quick Reflow/Reball Fix

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by okplayer, Aug 3, 2011.

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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Never seen a driver do something like that but the XPS M1330 is a problematic laptop with the Nvidia chips. Doesn't matter if it is copper modded, the GPU chip is defective and they all will fail, only time will tell. I'll try it on my Vostro 1500's 8600M GT.
     
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