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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. ATTENTION SHOPPERS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ATTENTION SHOPPERS: PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE NECROTIC DOG PENIS. I REPEAT, PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE NECROTIC DOG PENIS CURRENTLY LOOMING OUTSIDE LOT 4. CONTINUE SHOPPING BUT PLEASE ENSURE YOU LEAVE VIA AN ALTERNATIVE EXIT AS WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY IN LOT 4, DUE TO THE NECROTIC DOG PENIS. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, LOTS 1, 2, 3, 5 AND 6 ARE CURRENTLY FREE OF BAYING NECROTIC DOG PENIS. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE NECROTIC DOG PENIS. THANK YOU.

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  2. Re:Today's fun fact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Today's fun fact: You should be violently raped.

  3. Let me guess.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    These laptops were made by chinks, right?

    1. Re:Let me guess.... by Quattro+Vezina · · Score: 0, Troll

      Well, if the chips were fabbed in Red China, they probably used lead instead of silicon.

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      I support the Center for Consumer Freedom
  4. Re:Model numbers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have one of the 1420n series laptops w/ the Nvidia 8400.

    I haven't had any problems with it yet, it runs Ubuntu flawlessly with the factory install.

    Maybe this is a Windows problem?