Wow that's a lot of text being typed in full caps. Angry emoticon ?

Anyway I'm one of those 8600 MGT user (Acer Aspire 5920G) and as the TS stated, the GC died over me after serving me for over 3 years. I had nothing to complaint with it as I leave it on most of the time without any laptop cooler.

But I did use the 'oven trick' method to revive the card and it's now usable again. It seemed to me that the solders get loose over time and a simple reheat will somehow remelt and harden the solder joint. At least it worked for me.