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Laptops With Certain NVidia Chips Failing

Posted by timothy on from the hardware-sucks dept.

Eukariote writes "An estimated 18 million laptops with NVidia G84 and G86 graphics chips sold in the past one and a half years are experiencing high failure rates. Various laptop models from multiple manufacturers (Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and others) are affected. NVidia blames it on bad chip packaging causing thermal failure. BIOS updates that turn the laptop fan on more frequently or permanently have been released by Dell and HP. The cynical interpretation is that this is likely to only delay the problem until the warranty has expired."

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  1. Re:Let me guess.... by OverlordQ · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article about trolling is the next one down. Easy mistake to make.

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  2. Re:Is my macbook faulty? by ozphx · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard that Steve Jobs can smell a faulty substrate, even if it isnt going to fail for years, and that he personally sniffs every chip that goes into the production line to protect us Apple fans!

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  3. Re:Literal interpretation by Knuckles · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sitting on a lenovo laptop with an Nvidia and the fan doesnt come on under normal conditions until the laptop is what i would consider too hot (~65 celsius).

    Dude, don't sit on the laptop then, it's no surprise that it gets hot.

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