I think for those who plan for a new lappy, tis news is so important http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/faulty-nvidia-c.html

basically it related to faulty chipset in nvidia gpu in 2008...and some comments :

" I have a dv2500t that has graphics card NVIDIA 8400M GS which was bought DIRECTLY from HP and it failed. An HP Executive Case Manager told me HP won't admit the chips are faulty until NVIDIA admits they are faulty and release the full list. Meanwhile thousands of laptops are dying because these chips have a severely reduced lifespan of 12-15 months, ironically failing after the 1 year laptop warranty."

" My personal experience was my laptop got extremely hot and I could not longer touch the laptop without being burned. Then I smelled a burning smell. And HP says there is nothing wrong. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry."

another one

" If you read Apple's users forums on the MacBook Pro and now both the MacBook and MB Pro have Nvidia GPU's they have user's with similar problems.
This is not over by a long shot. But when a problem get's too big everyone clams up. I for one avoided this and bought a Intel GPU laptop. It might be slower but I have never had problems with Intel failures. If you want to play games buy a desktop or a game console. Don't buy a laptop."


my fren comment who recently bought a compaq

"holyshit..dun buy hp notebook at the moment lol, u noe, my compaq here sometimes ( once in a week now ) failed to boot, nothing come out from the screen, only led on, but each time i can make it boot by off the power plug, press power button few seconds n turn it on again.... every1 in the forum complaint it ll failed to boot totally after exactly 12 to 15 months when warranty over lol...damn...notebook is so unreliable piece of machine!! but mine not nvidia gpu woh...

it's not a case of lemon product above u noe, so jus research more before u get ur notebook replacement, hp is OUT, so is MAC....i heard similar problem in Vaio too... dell also... so the best approach is , get a cheap notebook with intel gpu now lol..."

Hm... nvidia screw it again.

old news... juz sent my laptop with 8600M GS for service, third time already...

This post has been edited by astria: Mar 31 2009, 04:20 PM

old new for some. some even dono hehe
wa third time arh...rly that bad mou?

8400 is also a problematic gc? i think last time dell inspiron was using this model. is it true?

Old news,it's already out for some time already.

Those who have 8400 and 8600 better beware.

include 8600 GT o not??

thats why i vote 4 Desktop & ATI
but i got no other choice rite now
need 2 mobile a lot of work
thanx 4 sharing

sure ...8600m gt in dell xps face this problem too

beside nVidia, hp also screw it to the max, the hp technician will say "there's nth wrong" or "change the whole thing, that's it"

in your face "ATI is damn hot, no way i'm getting a AMD laptop!" people.

my vaio fw using ATI. ATI GPU are ok. not feeling any heat.

basically the whole of GeForce 8M (except for 8800M) are all screwed up...

some users og MacBook Pro 17" with 9600M Gt also report to ve problem...

as for my case, the staff at BenQ says they ve a new motherboard, i'll juz cross my fingers and see..

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Added on March 31, 2009, 6:26 pmsome time = 7 or 8 mths since first reported...

This post has been edited by astria: Mar 31 2009, 06:26 PM

im not agst any brand here ok
jus that my friend dug these so i thought to share
http://www.mycheaplaptop.net/

more like ATi is bad, AMD is hot (yeah some ppl still think Athlon XP hot = AMD hot... but Pentium 4 hot != Intel hot)

I think it's longer than that as i had my 8600 GC failure back in early 2008.

I guess the issue appear in the media around mid of 2008.

all laptop with dedicated graphic card are "hot".

but, the worst, in my experience, is the acers notebook, both aspire and travelmate than incorporate ATI MR X1600. total of 3 laptops from my friends, having extremely hot laptop due to small fan and ventilation.
without game cpu can reach 100*C already (because they share 1 heatsink).
but the version with the intel GMA is much cooler.

others, vaio FE with Go 7600, also very hot. i put it on in a bag for 10-minutes in a car passenger seat with air-con, cannot touch already.
when used for playing without any cooler & air-con. u cant touch.

my ex acer ati mr 9700, also hot, but is acceptable compared to previous laptops. my current 9600M GT is cool without game, but with game it reaches 80*C GPU temp, but still cooler than the vaio.

hence, both ati and nvidia are hot, on some laptops.

i take the time when Nvidia first admit it...

should be around mid 08...

wa...uve very rich experience lol
is it possible acer n HP failure is mainly due to the overheating gpu plus the design flaw thats why many r shunning fr acer?
idk about vaio fe, but premium vaio like SZ is very cool even with hybrid when gaming. partly the premium vaio is made of better heat dissipating material altogether.

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Added on March 31, 2009, 6:38 pm
thats why now when i shop for new laptop which i m, i wan find the nb with many bottom airvent, if can of a better material nb. but generally, wit budget, i rarely can get a 13.3 dGPU and naturally go for X4500MHD which can support full HD and DX10 for diablo hehehe which is futureproof to a certain degree, is not entirely a bad choice for non latest games gamers


its interesting this issue is not resolved in anyway, by HP or nVidia

This post has been edited by wayfeel: Mar 31 2009, 06:38 PM