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    T61P Video - not the problem you think

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Renee, Dec 21, 2010.

  1. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    I ve been aware of t61p video problems for a long time.

    I knew the history of my card until I had a board replacement under warranty a year ago. I havent had the dreaded failure yet.

    Tonight I was looking at the new graphics adapter and I noticed there's been a change! I have an Nvidia GTS 250 in my "new" T61P board and I was curious. Is this the same board with the failures? I don't remember that number?

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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    GTS 250M should be a 9xxx based GPU, which is not under recall and it is faster than a T500 ATI 3650 in raw processing power. But these cards have on board vram (i think they use either GDDR3 and GDDR5).

    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

    I haven't heard of these cards been used in the replaced motherboard. If they are, i would be very much interested in getting a T61p with a broken GPU for the depot repair (my friend wants to sell me one for 200 dollars with 2 months warranty remaining).
     
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  3. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    Great! Im pleased I could help you!

    They are definately used by repaired t61Ps. At least thats what my Device Manager says.

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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    Oops... late last night I was looking at the wrong machine.

    I guess it's the 570m thats on recall?

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