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    Quickest way to kill your defective video card?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by AJ6065, Jul 31, 2008.

  1. AJ6065

    AJ6065 Notebook Enthusiast

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    All of you who responded to guy121's post "Fastest way to kill your defective video card?" are crazy. The guy doesn't want to smash his laptop with a hammer or run over it with a car. He even himself said, "I don't want to cover up the vents or place the laptop on a heater or anything of the sort". He just wants to stress his hardware by running some software and then seeing if his known-to-be-defective video card indeed fails. And if it doesn't, then great! It's not his fault that the video card might fail from running some intensive but practical games or benchmarks. And it's not really Dell's fault either; it's Nvidia's. But it IS Dell's responsibility to replace the card. Not everyone dishes out $200-300+ for extended warranties, including myself. If the card is going to fail, the sooner the better. Since no one actually posted any suggestions to guy121's answer, I would encourage someone to do so on this thread before Greg feels like closing it.

    Like I already said, the guy just wants to run a Crysis loop or something similar and see what the long-term results are. He's not physically doing anything to the hardware or something which guarantees a failure, such as...uh...placing the laptop on a heater or covering up the vents, maybe? If running some games which result in fluctuating temperatures of GPU's is illegal, then I'm sure you've been guilty before. In that case, what's YOUR express service code?
     
    AJ6065, Jul 31, 2008
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    i would advice you to edit your post!!!it is not allowed to talk like that to mods...well,it is not allowed to talk like that with anyone!!!! :mad:
     
    Xirurg, Jul 31, 2008
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    This thread is closed for obvious reasons...

    I understand the concern, but that OP did have intention on breaking that laptop. That's how it read to me, and to other mods as well.

    Asking about the service code, more than anything, was advice to not post it on a forum where he/she could be identified...because if Dell did read that, they'd invalidate his warranty whether the laptop was 'stress-tested' or not.

    Please check our forum rules, where is clearly states insulting other members is a no-no.
     
    Greg, Jul 31, 2008
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