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July 4th, 2008 11:00

Nvidia Reports Problem With Laptop Chips

I dont know the impact for older XPS Laptops but I'm sure, there is one. since more and more XPS owner having problems with older Graphic Cards based on Nvidia chips.

Please read this interesting story at www.nytimes.com : Nvidia Reports Problem With Laptop Chips

 

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  • DeathRider

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    Posted July 4th, 2008 13:00

    Hopefully that will at least mean Dell will release new drivers....
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    Posted July 5th, 2008 10:00


    @DeathRider wrote:
    Hopefully that will at least mean Dell will release new drivers...

     

    Indeed.

     

    But as a looooong-standing member of these forums... you'll know from experience/better than most of us, that it wouldn't be wise to hold our breath meantime :smileyvery-happy:

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    Posted July 5th, 2008 12:00

    Sure enough, Dell has released a brand new driver for the 8400 and 8600 GPUs in the M1330.

     

    My question: I have an M1530, which has the same 8400 card that the M1330 has.  Why has Dell not released the same driver for the M1530?  The website only lists the new driver for the M1330.  

     

    Can I DL the M1330 driver and install it on my M1530 (since they share the same GPU)? 

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    Posted July 5th, 2008 13:00


    @Booler wrote:
    Can I DL the M1330 driver and install it on my M1530 (since they share the same GPU)?


    I don't see why you couldn't. People have been using drivers listed for other systems all the time.
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    Posted July 9th, 2008 02:00

    i also have the m1530 and i downloaded the 8400 file from dell n when opening it it asked for other disc which was not there so it could not be unzipped...at least thats wat happened to me
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    Posted July 29th, 2008 17:00

    okay , there are

    NVIDIA GPU Update for Dell Laptop Owners

    more news here here