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08-11-2009, 03:01 PM
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Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
Sony has at last admitted that "a small percentage" of its VAIO notebooks have been affected by faulty Nvidia graphics cards. The models affected include the FZ, AR, C, LM, and LT series; Sony is offering to repair them for free if they are within four years of the purchase date, even if they have no existing warranty.
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08-11-2009, 05:21 PM
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My Greatest Weapon
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Re: Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
Free repairs without a warranty? Good job Sony, your helping to fix Nvidia's problem.  |
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08-11-2009, 06:07 PM
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Re: Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
That's a very nice gesture on their part.
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08-12-2009, 04:57 PM
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Re: Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
Yes, very good of Sony. Nvidia, on the other hand... 
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08-12-2009, 05:29 PM
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Re: Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
I now have more respect for sony
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08-14-2009, 03:24 AM
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Re: Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
I like it. It's funny though how the notebookcheck article states that Sony has dragged its feet up to this point, and is doing less than other brands.
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08-14-2009, 09:19 AM
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Re: Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
At least it's taking responsibility for Nvidia's damage. Hope the GPUs they put on the repair models wouldn't fail again.
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08-15-2009, 12:55 PM
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Agrees with [>>ahl395<<]
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Re: Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
Link provided is not working. 404
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08-15-2009, 01:12 PM
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Re: Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
The fact that Sony will admit/fix the issue and the tossers at HP won't.... just makes it all the more infuriating.
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08-16-2009, 01:02 AM
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Re: Sony to Repair for Notebooks Affected by Faulty Nvidia Chips
I thought HP did provide repair for some laptops? Although I think Sony is the only to give you three-year warranty on video card, others gave only two years
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