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   #13. Posted at 11:28 PM on Aug 19th 2008 Edit   Reply
Ryu Connor
Yeah, that is a bit of a worry.

I don't see why it should worry at all. The vendors have consistently said the problem was limited to specific models of laptop. It appears the 1720 is unaffected by the problem. It hasn't even received a BIOS update to adjust fan behavior.

I've had mine for close to a year now and been hammering the 8600M real hard and had zero issues.

Well, if you look closely at the list, it's all business-grade laptops aside from the XPS, which is premium consumer-grade

Grats at failing at reading. Might want to look at that list again and note the Inspiron model.
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#13, #13 Ryu, The BIOS update A07 dated February, 2008 for the Ins...  :  SezaGeoff  (#16)  «

   #15. Posted at 11:18 PM on Aug 20th 2008, Edited at 11:19 PM on Aug 20th 2008 Edit   Reply
Snake
Yes, it's something to worry about. I JUST got my HP back from a month of repair...AT MY OWN COST.

Yes, HP had a lawsuit that "settled" the support of the failures...too bad HP didn't bother to notify me of this fact, even though the laptop was purchased DIRECTLY from HP itself. HP therefore had a name, an address, telephone number AND credit card information to trace back to this exact laptop...and they did SQUAT.

And when the laptop failed 2 months ago and I called HP for repairs...they said "NO". The term of the service settlement agreement had lapsed - all of a VERY convenient 3 months - and I was left out in the cold. I paid for the repairs out of my own pocket.

2 years extended coverage is squat because there is a good 50/50 chance that the companies won't bother to notify the owners in the first place.

I wish I could start a brand-new action against HP just for the CRAPPY way (3 month window!) they handled this entire nVidia situation.
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   #1. Posted at 11:03 AM on Aug 19th 2008 Edit   Reply
eitje
5150 will be happy to hear he's getting an extra year's warranty, maybe. ;)
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#1, Quick, everyone post something before he gets here, just to ...  :  ludi  (#2)  «
#1, Not really. I'd rather have it replaced with an Intel GPU, a...  :  5150  (#4)  «
#4, wow! i'm not sure i'd wish an intel GPU on anyone, failin...  :  eitje  (#9)  «
#9, For business use, it's all I need.  :  5150  (#14)  «

   #10. Posted at 02:50 PM on Aug 19th 2008 Edit   Reply
Ryu Connor
Interesting how the Inspiron 1720 again manages to avoid any consideration in this situation. The 1720 sports the 8600M and 8400M.
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#10, Well, if you look closely at the list, it's all business-gra...  :  Prototyped  (#12)  «

   #11. Posted at 08:58 PM on Aug 19th 2008 Edit   Reply
SezaGeoff
#10 Ryu -
Yeah, that is a bit of a worry. Luckily mine has a 3 year warranty anyway, and the current BIOS doesn't seem to raise the fan speed much. Maybe they cool better than the others.
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   #3. Posted at 11:21 AM on Aug 19th 2008 Edit   Reply
adisor19
The XPS1330 will be happy as well about this extended warranty, however, it better be added to the end of the 3 year warranty it already has otherwise, it's useless.

Adi
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#3, i think that's what it means by "add 12 months of coverage ....  :  eitje  (#8)  «

   #7. Posted at 12:10 PM on Aug 19th 2008 Edit   Reply
CampinCarl
So, I'm still confused about this. There's only a risk if you have BOTH an Nvidia chipset and GPU?
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   #5. Posted at 11:44 AM on Aug 19th 2008 Edit   Reply
pogsnet
They should have bought with ATI GPU then
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#5, I can assure you I won't be purchasing any more NVIDIA produ...  :  5150  (#6)  «
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