Compaq V3000 repair.

I had bought a Compaq V3019US in August of 2006 and it died in February 2008, the GPU (Geforce 6150) had fried. And I read last month of the Nvidia problem and it did use to run extremely hot when even playing 2D games. I had given it to my brother and he was playing Final Fantasy 7 on it when it overheated and died.

I read that HP had extended the warranty from two years of purchase and its with them for repair and slated to come back on the 22nd.

I'm worried that will they just repair/replace the GPU and then to only burn out again or actually do a good fix so it won't happen again? I hear there's a new BIOS that will force the fans to run more often to cool the GPU, a very sloppy fix and the fans would already run constantly on the laptop.

The battery was also extremely worn out, would only hold 20 minutes of charge and I listed that as a defect, do you think they will replace the battery as well?

Thanks.

 

Well, honestly cant really say either way. Nvidia haven't provided enough information to say whether the replacements have the same problem or not. HP will replace the motherboard and unfortunately the BIOS update seems to be the only patch available from any of the companies affected by the nvidia defects. As far as the battery is concerned, the warranty on those should be only upto the first year I believe. I doubt they would replace that under the repair/recall.

Also, if there aren't enough spare parts, they might offer you a replacement. So, just cross your fingers & see what happens.

 

Darn it miner lol

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