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    nVidia defective cards still shipped???

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by graycolor, Jul 27, 2008.

  1. graycolor

    graycolor Notebook Evangelist

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    Is nvidia still shipping defective chips or are they shipping fixed versions of the G84 and G86
     
    graycolor, Jul 27, 2008
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    protomenace Notebook Consultant

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    AFAIK Nvidia has essentially denied that there are more than a very small number of defective chips to begin with
     
    protomenace, Jul 27, 2008
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  3. JCMS

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    Asus has said the new ones (from arround february) are fixed.
     
    JCMS, Jul 27, 2008
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  4. graycolor

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    Thanks, I guess I would be ordering the m1530.
     
    graycolor, Jul 27, 2008
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    I'm surprised the Dell announcement didn't say which M1330/1530 units are affected (based on when they were shipped). At the very least, it would have calmed the nerves of M1330/1530 owners who received their notebooks after February.
     
    dampfnudel, Jul 27, 2008
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    That doesn't mean anything though. I bought my C90S in september and the card was manufactured in March.
     
    JCMS, Jul 27, 2008
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    By the looks of it the Dell defective GPUs only started affecting the Vostro 1510 series, my older 1500 dating from november last year doesn't seem to be affected nor have I seen symptoms of GPU failure.
     
    Harleyquin07, Jul 27, 2008
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    I know there are a lot of computers affected by this but I think that it has been blown out of proportion somewhat.
     
    Ttime20, Jul 27, 2008
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