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Old 07-10-2008, 05:13 PM
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Been saying there was a problem for 3 years this december. My go7800 GTX has been the source of all my laptops problems since the beginning. If the gpu didn't melt directly, it'd heat the pc up enough to fry a fan or hdd controller.
Really? I went through a few 6800GTX's until the big "D" replaced it with a 7800GTX. It has been fine for the last few years.
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Old 07-10-2008, 10:41 PM
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sources say the affected chips are the 8400M and 8600M
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Old 07-10-2008, 10:42 PM
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sources say the affected chips are the 8400M and 8600M
Link? How credible is the source?
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Old 07-10-2008, 10:49 PM
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NVIDIA G92 and G94 GPUs failing too? - Engadget
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Old 08-19-2008, 11:35 PM
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bastards. Fucker won't even turn on now.
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