Thursday, July 10
Green Ring Of Death
After my Compaq Presario notebook coughed and died just weeks out of warranty, I went out and got a shiny new HP Pavilion notebook to replace it. Which is basically the same thing, except shinier and newer.
One of the shiny new features was that it has a proper dedicated Nvidia 8400 graphics controller, instead of the embedded ATI graphics on the Presario.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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After my Compaq Presario notebook coughed and died just weeks out of warranty, I went out and got a shiny new HP Pavilion notebook to replace it. Which is basically the same thing, except shinier and newer.
One of the shiny new features was that it has a proper dedicated Nvidia 8400 graphics controller, instead of the embedded ATI graphics on the Presario.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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My notebook that I bought last November has a "GeForce 8600m GT" in it. No problems at all, but now you've got me worried.
On the other hand, the Inquirer tends to be sensationalistic. I'm not sure I believe the problem is as bad as they say.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Thursday, July 10 2008 05:38 PM (+rSRq)
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True.
And even if all the chips have the fault, it may or may not happen in the life of your notebook. 100% of Xbox 360's manufactured through late '07 have a similar heat-related fault, but the actual failure rate is a lot less than 100%, because it takes a significant (and varying) number of thermal cycles for the fault to manifest.
And even if all the chips have the fault, it may or may not happen in the life of your notebook. 100% of Xbox 360's manufactured through late '07 have a similar heat-related fault, but the actual failure rate is a lot less than 100%, because it takes a significant (and varying) number of thermal cycles for the fault to manifest.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Thursday, July 10 2008 06:08 PM (PiXy!)
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