Nvidia chip problem

[S-E Hansson]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-failures.html

regards S-EH

[andygb40]

14 days have past since Zepto first announced that they would let us know whether our notebooks are effected. Still no word. There is too much speculation circulating the internet as to what is and what isn't faulty. Some say A2 cores, others say all cores. Asus has apparently admitted that some of its notebooks are effected. What time scales should we expect to be reasonable to find out whether Zepto's are effected?
On the core revision side of things, how do we tell which core we have? GPU-Z states A2, but the device manager states "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&SUBSYS_00401170&REV_A1".

[mugiwara]

I'm starting to think "maybe I can manage to accelerate the cooling-cycle thingy so that the problem with he GPU happens within warranty coverage!"
Zepto people, before I begin to torture my GPU, please be a little more transparent with this.

[flipfire]

Not Zeptos fault that Nvidia messed up and wont release the affected models.

You guys should be happy Zepto is actually looking into this issue. All other companys arent even providing us with any sort of information at all.

[Plantman]

Has anybody seen the zepto guy here recently?

[John Ratsey]

Has anybody seen the zepto guy here recently?

There used to be several. Maybe they are keeping a low profile after getting too much flak over problems such as the Inventic BIOS bugs, or maybe they are too busy learning about the new models, or maybe it is the holiday season.

I suspect that Zepto don't have anything to add, at the moment, about the nVidia GPU problem. It is unclear whether nVidia themselves don't know the extent of the problem or just don't want to tell anyone. I believe that, under EU consumer legislation, it would be considered to be an inherent manufacturing defect so the liability extends beyond the basic notebook warranty (up to 5? years).

John

[Plantman]

Awwwww, they still haven't fixed my computer, i just wonder why they ignore all my mails...

[Tyven]

Dell has just published bios updates to compensate for the defect packing material.
This should change the fan behaviour, making it more cool.
http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archi...op-owners.aspx

Source: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/

Let's hope Zepto will announce a similar bios update

[John Ratsey]

Zepto depend on Inventec for the 6xxx series BIOSes, so that may take a little time. Also, I wonder what new bugs Inventec might introduce?

John

[andygb40]

Zepto, may not be effected. No one knows yet.