I purchased a Dell Inspiron 1420 with a 8400M GS in July 2007. The laptop gets crazy HOT. I am sure it would burn my skin if I had it on my lap. Not sure if it is the graphics card, poor air flow, whatever.
On June 28, 2008, it died. They came to the house several times and eventually replaced both the motherboard and processor with brand new parts (since the refurbished ones did not work). On July 19, it died again. They came to the house to replace the motherboard. The technician said it was most likely the graphics card. He said a lot of them go bad. My warranty was to expire on July 30 so I extended it for another three years ($317.23 but $75 came back in Dell dollars). On July 28, the LCD died. Yup, they came out and replaced it. I hate my laptop but I take comfort in knowing Dell is bleeding from all the servicing calls.
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I purchased a Dell Inspiron 1420 with a 8400M GS in July 2007. The laptop gets crazy HOT. I am sure it would burn my skin if I had it on my lap. Not sure if it is the graphics card, poor air flow, whatever.
On June 28, 2008, it died. They came to the house several times and eventually replaced both the motherboard and processor with brand new parts (since the refurbished ones did not work). On July 19, it died again. They came to the house to replace the motherboard. The technician said it was most likely the graphics card. He said a lot of them go bad. My warranty was to expire on July 30 so I extended it for another three years ($317.23 but $75 came back in Dell dollars). On July 28, the LCD died. Yup, they came out and replaced it. I hate my laptop but I take comfort in knowing Dell is bleeding from all the servicing calls.