Nice, in theory - but no one would recall a system for a faulty video chip.  Recalls are issued for safety issues such as faulty power supplies or batteries.

 

ALL notebook vendors have had component-failure issues at one point or another, and rarely if ever were there any recalls unless the problem is safety-related.

 

In other words, the evidence presented is completely useless.

 

Useless it is.

 

However I do know quite a few people with laptops which house the supposedly affected GPUs, and none of them have had any problems.

 

I've had no issues with the gpu in the XPS M1530 or with the G92 in my 8800GTS.

I think something you need to keep in mind here is the probability of a problem.  The reason for a recall or an extension of warranty is because there is a much higher than average rate of failure in these gpus.  Much higher than average does not mean a 100% failure in all gpus produced.  Just because the small sample population that you know of has yet to have issues with their gpus doesn't indicate the failure rate of the hundreds of thousands produced has been overblown, also it has been indicated this is a time-based failure as well, the more heat cycles these gpus go thru the more likely the failure is.

You think its over?Can you say cover up?

I couldnt add the link cas a word was blocked.

Nvidia's Own Shareholders Sue for Coverup

Go to www.tomshardware.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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@HeyGuy101 wrote:
I think something you need to keep in mind here is the probability of a problem.  The reason for a recall or an extension of warranty is because there is a much higher than average rate of failure in these gpus.  Much higher than average does not mean a 100% failure in all gpus produced.  Just because the small sample population that you know of has yet to have issues with their gpus doesn't indicate the failure rate of the hundreds of thousands produced has been overblown, also it has been indicated this is a time-based failure as well, the more heat cycles these gpus go thru the more likely the failure is.

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Right you are, statistics are always something to take with a grain of salt.

A fault with the Pad on the substrate (Which is apparently the problem) is a pretty serious problem in any IC when it comes to things like yield.

 

However both the GPUs I have that are among the effected are under warranty so I'm not worried.