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    Nvidia 7900gs burnout

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by BAS4718, Jun 23, 2009.

  1. BAS4718

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    HELP
    I have a DELL inspiron 9400 notebook with a 258mb nvidia 7900GS graphics card.
    When the notebook was at 3 weeks out of warranty, the card stop working (BURNT OUT). I contacted DELL, the reply was It out of warranty, take it to repairer. Did that (Nov08), 10 weeks later got it back, only for the card to burn out again within 20 hours. Returned the unit
    to the repairer (April09), and at 24 June09 have not been repaired (waiting on replacement).
    Has anyone got any fix or suggestions on stopping the card from being damaged again.
     
    BAS4718, Jun 23, 2009
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  2. Dspr_02

    Dspr_02 Notebook Evangelist

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    I would suggest using one of those laptop cooling pads as well as trying to under clock the video card a little bit...had to do it to my x600 on my HP NC8230 to stop the bloody thing from burning me and melting its self :D .

    I hope that this helps you!
     
    Dspr_02, Jun 24, 2009
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  3. BAS4718

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    Thanx man, Ill request one from DELL, see what the response is.
     
    BAS4718, Jun 24, 2009
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  4. Dspr_02

    Dspr_02 Notebook Evangelist

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    If they deny you one, try going to WalMart and any other store that could carry PC and Laptop components/accessories.

    And if all else fails, try Amazon or eBay.
     
    Dspr_02, Jun 25, 2009
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  5. Mastershroom

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    The defective nVidia GPU's that Dell provides extra coverage for only include the 8400m 8600m chips, none of the 7xxx series.
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 27, 2009
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    Oh it's a notorious problem with the E1705/9400 and 7900GS combination. I've had three bad cards, including a "refurbished" one from Dell that, by definition, is supposed to work but came DOA.
     
    Iron Eagle, Jun 30, 2009
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