so sad...my v3000 went to warranty last 2 weeks...till now still hvnt get back yet...sigh...stupid compaq

...im...speechless...at...this...post...

man, the opposite happened to my fren tho. i bought my v3614au n he purchased the intel part (dunno wat model) but got the same looks 4 months ago. as my laptop only suffered from lack of drivers for xp (at that time, now vista d) his laptop got few probs like bluetooth dead in the 1st month of usage, sent to reapir done. then 2nd month heavy usage on solidworks 3d design the fan fails to run making the laptop can't run even b4 reaching windows welcome screen (overheating), sent again for repair...

now he's keeping his fingers crossed n pray nothing will happen again... but mine doesn't have any sorts of that problem, lucky i guess?

izzit now is suitable time to buy compaq laptop with amd chip?

well, it rly depends on u. no 1 can guarantee u anything, not even an intel chip is good enuff anyways. u still can rma it if anything goes awry.

n y amd? fanboi eh?

[LATEST UPDATE]

-More updates on this matter from The Inquirer : Nvidia plays the meltdown blame game.

-According to them (The Inquirer), it seems about 24 models of HP laptops/notebooks are affected! Wow! And according to them again, a lawsuit from HP is pending now. A link to a page on HP website that supposed describing the lawsuit have been taken down, apparently. Sigh...

-Anyway, read the whole story to understand this issue (in summary, according to The Inquirer nVidia is blaming others - including HP engineering department - on this issue).


Regards.

This post has been edited by Musafir_86: Jul 8 2008, 02:13 PM

Shit....i have an ASUS AM8...very seldom use, based on Nvdia 6100 GPU...am i waiting for it to die then?? But so far okay, just left it run overnight the other day while trying to install hackintosh that dun work.

Seems like so many Compaqs has problems...

not fan boi....because it cheap -.-''when will puma arrive in malaysia ?anyone know?

Not really that cheap...just maybe RM100 or RM200 difference for a C2D.

Last time used to be cheaper significantly, but now almost same.

wait n see lol. besides the puma igp is WAY better than the intel ones. good for students if you ask me XD

-First post updated to reflect the progress of this issue.

Regards.

[LATEST UPDATE]

-Here's another update scoop from The Inquirer: All Nvidia G84 and G86s are bad.

-In summary, (according to them) all G84 & G86-based parts will die sooner or later, including desktop & mobile variants. Also on that page, HP seems to issue BIOS updates for HP Pavilion dv2000/dv6000/dv9000 and Compaq Presario v3000/v6000 Series Notebook PCs; not sure this also nVidia-related...


Regards.

-Changed the topic's title from "Why Recent Compaq Presarios (AMD) Have Problems..." to "Why Some Laptops with NVIDIA Parts Have Problems.". -This will reflects the real issue better, I think.


Regards.

why u wanna put "Why Some Laptops with NVIDIA Parts Have Problems" when u say

"all G84 & G86-based parts will die sooner or later, including desktop & mobile variants"
?

yeah mayb 30years later?

G88 safe ?

huh got G88 gpu 4 laptop arr?

desktop or laptop also kena leh ~~

Yes, both laptop and desktop G84 and G86.
So far no news about G88 though.

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Added on July 23, 2008, 11:22 amYes, both laptop and desktop G84 and G86.
So far no news about G88 though.

This post has been edited by @meno: Jul 23 2008, 11:22 AM

Update from DELL:

http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/200...s.aspx#comments

My units are still under warrenty. Is there any GPU burn-in tool which I can use the cycle the GPU to ensure that it is ok?

This post has been edited by CKKwan: Jul 26 2008, 08:07 PM