NVIDIA Graphics card defect?!

[chhotu007]

I purchased a Dell XPS M1530 laptop with the 8600M graphics card on July 30th. I found out about the NVIDIA defective graphics cards just yesterday. Engadget Article! Will I undoubtedly have a defective graphics card? What should I do about it? Is there anything I can do about it? Is this defect even true? I've tried calling into Dell support, but no one there has even heard of the problem. My sales representative hasn't heard of it either? Any ideas or opinions?

[Xirurg]

yeap,there is a such thing.the chance of you is about 20% cos it about old cards as i know

[taruian]

Originally Posted by chhotu007

I purchased a Dell XPS M1530 laptop with the 8600M graphics card on July 30th. I found out about the NVIDIA defective graphics cards just yesterday. Engadget Article! Will I undoubtedly have a defective graphics card? What should I do about it? Is there anything I can do about it? Is this defect even true? I've tried calling into Dell support, but no one there has even heard of the problem. My sales representative hasn't heard of it either? Any ideas or opinions?

hi chhotu, i guess you from india.
yea you may have got the defective one, if you live in india, i d suggest you to return your laptop back to dell, so they gonna deduct the shipping charges if you return with in the notice period of 30 days from the invoice date n ask for full refund.

never go for replacement/refurb

today i made up ma mind in returning the xps, its just a peace of mind. now or later the gpu will fail, but returning within notice period is better idea rather than stickin around for it.

the return policy here in india is not good compared to US or other countries, as we need to pay em the shipping charges in case of return for claimin the refund.

[KrieGLoCK]

Originally Posted by Xirurg

yeap,there is a such thing.the chance of you is about 20% cos it about old cards as i know

Im trying to read your post, but i have no idea what you are trying to say



Yo OP refer to this

[fonduekid]

Well, no one knows if we "undoubtedly" have a defective graphics card.

Considering you got your system on July 30, there is a possibility you have got a good one and not the faulty card, because this issue with the graphic card has been around for a long time and I don't think Dell is going to keep shipping out PC's with faulty components...

Or may be yes, you might have one. We all might have one... no one knows for sure because its not be clearly said which batch, what time period was the faulty cards shipped out. They did release a BIOS update and as far as I know, there have been no conclusive reports of systems failing because of this faulty component.

Even here there are many who have M1530 bought recently, in the last 6 months, and who have ordered new systems now...

So... one way is to test out your system.. check the temperatures and see how it goes.. update the drivers if necessary... and most of all, Dont Panic For all thats being said and done, you might even have a proper machine with no faulty components as such. You dont know unless you test your machine and see it performing.

[Xirurg]

sorry,i m little tired today..i sat that,yeah,some of card are defective,but as i know,defective cards were made in Q1-Q2 (winter-spring)so the chance of him having one is ~20%

[Chr1sB]

Originally Posted by Xirurg

sorry,i m little tired today..i sat that,yeah,some of card are defective,but as i know,defective cards were made in Q1-Q2 (winter-spring)so the chance of him having one is ~20%

i ordered mine mid-june, so hopefully i didnt get a defective chip...i know my temps seems pretty high....gpu is around 55 idle and reaches 80 while gaming.

[Forte]

Those are normal temps Chr1sB. Your alright.

[Fountainhead]

Originally Posted by Xirurg

sorry,i m little tired today..i sat that,yeah,some of card are defective,but as i know,defective cards were made in Q1-Q2 (winter-spring)so the chance of him having one is ~20%

What are you basing this on? I've never seen anything from Nvidia or Dell specifying that any changes were ever made to the design or construction of the 8xxx line of chips. In fact, the vague statements from Nvidia suggest that the entire run is affected. Where have you seen anything saying otherwise?

[Forte]

I find the lack of information disturbing. If there are people who say the whole line is affected, its fine that there are people like Xirurg to say what he said without any more info otherwise.