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    Preventing faulty Nvidia GPU failure?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by greeneggs4spam, Aug 1, 2011.

  1. greeneggs4spam

    greeneggs4spam Notebook Enthusiast

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    A couple months ago my 3 year old laptop, a DV9700T, failed due to the common faulty nvidia gpu problem where it powers on with a blank screen and that's it.

    I just got my laptop back from HP and they fixed it by replacing the motherboard (out of warranty, but they did it for free). I was under the impression that all of these motherboards have the same design flaw and will fail again eventually, so I was wondering what steps I should take to delay that as much as possible?

    Right now I have it undervolted with RM clock and on a cooling pad, and I will stop gaming on it; but I was wondering if there is anything else I could do. Should I open it up and apply new thermal paste and a copper shim even though it's currently working? I need my laptop to last me probably another two years, after that I'll be able to afford a new one.

    Thank you in advance for your time and help.
     
    greeneggs4spam, Aug 1, 2011
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  2. shasta7

    shasta7 Notebook Evangelist

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    my dv9 died the same death :( IT WILL FAIL AGAIN!
    Keeping it cool will help extend its life. if you are able, repaste and add the shim. Many tutorials are available on youtube.
     
    shasta7, Aug 1, 2011
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