GeForce 9 series defective, but what about 9500m GS?

Defective too? The lists I've read always leave it out, but is it defective? I bought it July 21 this year, right when they announced this ... >.>

 

most likely not....the only graphics cards that "appear" to be defective are the 8600 and 8400 series

 

I'm trying to figure this out as well.

My idle/load temperatures have suddenly jumped in the last week.

Initially they were:
Idle: ~52-55 C
Load: ~69-72 C

Now...
Idle: ~60-69 C
Load: ~78-82 C

I just opened the back of my laptop and blew out the dust but there was little to no change. The only thing I can think of is maybe something happened when I took my laptop on a ski trip for a couple of days?

Also, the CPU/HDD temps are the same as before.

 

No even the Go 7400 and Go 7600 were defective as well.

 

the dell 7800 and 7900 gs that were in the e1705/9400 had serious issues

 

As far as I know, the 8600 and 8400 are defective. The 9 series do heat up a bit (the GT ones), but not too high. I think the 9500M GS is safe, my friend has had it for long (exact same laptop as you), and he's never had problems with it overheating.

 

don't panic if its working fine!!! lol

 

I agree - use the laptop and don't worry about anything. If for some reason the card fails, you can get your laptop replaced under warranty.

 

The defective gpu's where the G84m and G86m gpu's.
8400m G, 8400m GS, 8400m GT, 8600m GS, 8600m GT, 8700m GT, and the 9500m GS are all based off one of those two cores. Check gpu-z to see if it says G84m.

As pointed out don't worry, my temps are up 10C from when i bought my laptop a year ago(in a few days - happy b-day lappy ) and i still oc the hell out of it

 

For now I wouldn't worry.
Though I must caution that a 9500m GS is simply a renamed 8600m GT.
Meaning, there is a possibility that the card will suffer from thermal cycling issues ... although it's not definitive.

All other 9xxx series are supposedly not affected by those issues (unless they are renamed cards from the 8xxx series with no revisions).

 

so the 8600m gs is defective .. well i didnt have any problems with it till now ,, wat do u mean by defective ,, ??

 

New information about Nvidia Heat resistance material in GPU.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/12/26/nvidia.urging.new.material/

 

i wonder if the 9200m is defective... its new i think?

 

This is getting absurd.
Question:
Why is Nvidia allowing these kinds of stupidities out in the market to begin with?
They are one of the main gpu production companies in the industry and they have virtually an entire line (and generations) of gpu's that are failing due to bad manufacturing.

Well, at least I should be getting back to UK fairly soon (where my warranty doesn't expire for 2 years).
Will be backing up most of the data on my hdd just in case as well ... still, I hope there won't be too many issues with my 9600m GT GDDR3 given the fact I also use a Zalman NC-2000B beneath my laptop (have had from about 2 weeks after getting my laptop).

As if simple renaming (no revisions to fix the thermal cycling issues) of their gpu's isn't idiotic enough. They aren't doing anything to fix their products.

 

lets assume Nvidia is defective...all high end graphics card that are out are defective 6-9 series...

 

No. the 8800gt and 9800gtx aren't defective.

 

This thread is getting absurd! It's only the G86m & G84m cores that were reported to be defective. There's always a chance you'll get a faulty componant no matter what your buying; laptop, mobile phone, toaster etc.
Nvidia gpu's are great, i have a 8400m GT(G86m) and i don't regret buying the laptop for a second!
Just play your games, keep half an eye on temps and forget about defective cores and thermal cycles.