yea... im trying to c if worth to repair it or not.

i'm using 5920g 8600M GT

overheats very bad but performance is okay.
i use a laptop cooler but sometimes even no use.

like playing NFS Pro Street last time, Laptop can just auto boot because too hot.

anyone know the latest drivers to update the fan settings etc for the laptop ?

for the fan, i suggest u look for the latest BIOS for ur laptop from Acer instead... that's wat is controlling the fan...

but honestly speaking, even at faster rpm or spinning up at lower temperature, it doesn't help much..

my compaq v3000 series with 7150 died last week after 17month of service.

Most likely failure were due to small tiny air intake vent design that leads to overheat!

not only you. im a victim too.. i owned hp tx1000.. and nvidia ge force go 6150 also an defective graphic card man..
due to overheat and lost wifi connection then KaBoOMMM..DEaD already my lappy.. 1 year plus only ma i used and out of waranty that time..
HP dosent fixed this issue. they just changed Same defective motherboard and bad Design especially the Heatsink..they used black paint.. thAts why PC GETTING HOT!!!

The Defective NVIDIA Graphic card affected are Geforce 6XXX, 7XXX and 8XXX.
if you owed this Graphic card, soon your PC died too ma..

i think the only way to fixed this issue, i found 1 solutions from youtube.. good luck yea..
use this method your own risk!

YOUTUBE LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctHTF3oNdxI

This post has been edited by ultra5219: Nov 27 2009, 08:25 AM

the integrated 6150 and 7150's problem is different from that of the GeForce 8M...

besides, GeForce 8800M are not affected..

my vaio uses 8400M GT. on 24 hours. no cooler whatsoever. already 1 year plus. still going strong. if its breakdown, just send warranty. no use to keep living in fear for uncertain stories.

uncertain stories??? i lol-ed...

if uncertain then OEMs would not bother extending the warranty rit?

you can extend Sony official warranty up to 3 years. pay a bit la. if its too expensive for you then get an extended warranty from shops like Best Denki or Seng Heng. i got mine covered for 5 years for only RM200. complete peace of mind. last month a glass of plain water dropped into my Vaio and they repaired it for free with spareparts ordered from Japan. thanks to the warranty. to be honest i used it like im using Panasonic Toughbook. dropped it many time, travel all around, smoke, dust, rain, power on 24 hours you name it. i love my Vaio

This post has been edited by malayneum: Nov 30 2009, 05:45 PM

I'm a V3000 user here... mobo died after 10months, previous replacement of mobo is under their extended warranty... now no more extended warranty... same issue come out again...

I have make a complaint to NCCC about this manner... what is the points of buying a extended warranty where the replacement mobo will continue having a problem later. it the material that Nvidia used to built the damn chip which causing the problem. and Nvidia already PAID a huge compensation to all their effected clients like HP, DELL and etc...

So what we get... we keep buying their warranty package and keep sending the laptop to them every year... this is stupid.

Under the Customer Protection Act we have our right & protected, they should ensure that their replacment of the new mobo should not have the same error again OR should not even replace a mobo to their client that they know it will fail. If they fail to do so, we should send in a complaint to NCCC.

It our right for GOD Sake.

got my Benq S41 repaired free of charge by Anda Services even if it was 2.5 years old without warranty, due to this graphic card defective prob

Yeah mine also S41. Graphic card defecitive also, Benq also replaced if for me FOC even after warranty.

Dell has extended 12 months warranty for systems with this issue
http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2...nt-details.aspx

to complete the sentence, it's on top of the original warranty, and covers only issues related to the GPU...

which imho is not much compared to what BenQ is doing...

and how old is this??? like at least 2yrs ago???

This post has been edited by astria: Mar 1 2010, 03:08 PM

i got inspiron 1420 wit 8400m gs..last 3 month my lappy when into black screen and cannot reboot suspect victim of this graphic card defective prob. my warranty exp last year.

i spent rm400 to ppl that claim can repair it and the prob keep happen again and again almost 3 times and tired already to send back at that shop. (i'm at klang and that shop at PJ)

now i dun know wat to do with this faulty laptop..any suggestion??
if i sold this faulty laptop how much i can get??

This post has been edited by Tae-Bo: Mar 2 2010, 03:16 AM

get a new 1... it's not worth repairing...

I think you might as well get a new one.

It's not worth repairing.

Not worth repairing (and i'm the third person who agreed)...better get yourself a new laptop..well, for some NV 8M Series are somewhat wavy as i can say...some people encounter the problem with it in just few weeks/months but for some takes a whole year before it breakdown...

Well, not worth repairing if you ask me

It's not worth repairing laptops with Nvidia GeForce 8400m and 8600m ...

to bad i never read this forum b4 and now burn rm400..now dun have money to buy a new one

it still worth it if i sell this faulty lappy and how much can i get??