http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/ Engadget Comments for All NVIDIA 8400M / 8600M chips faulty? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/
You do know that your MacBook likely has an affected chip as well, and... Unlike the Dell's discrete graphics, which are modular most of the time, apple will need to replace the entire motherboard to effectively change which GPU you have.

I think all of our affected comps are crying, respectively. I'm with ya.]]>Jul 10th 2008 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/so i'm *pretty* sure it isn't affected.

I used to be a huge ATI fan (canadian patriotism partially)
but the GPU war has become so ridiculous....

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PS - Yes I did read the link as well.]]>Jul 10th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/
Everyone knows that Heat-Cold-Heat stress shocking causes extreme wear on that bond, and it's apparently just a matter of time before the affected parts fail. It's a problem I work with every single day in the CCD fab I'm part of.a There was speculation for a while that Nvidia knew about this since the A1 and A2 revisions of the 8600 GPUs had different core voltages, which was rather curious.

On an unrelated note, my big question is whether the Geforce 8700 M GT is also affected, as I have two of those in my XPS M1730. Those share the same ASIC as the 8400 and 8600, so that means they're bound to fail as well. I wonder if this means I can talk Dell into giving me dual 8800s...]]>Jul 10th 2008 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/


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And SHIT, I have an 8600M chipset!]]>Jul 10th 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Don't know if they are most popular, but popular indeed.]]>Jul 10th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/
Personally I have to look for a way to have it done manually instead of waiting for them.]]>Jul 10th 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/
I havent used RivaTuner since the 6800 Ultra. Thanks imma check it out again and give it a try.]]>Jul 10th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/
Any refunds/replacements? Any info?
Thanks.]]>Jul 10th 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/
nVidia is TRYING to cover this up the best they can, and say its not a big deal, but let me tell you...this is HUGE deal and is going to have a HUGE impact on everyone in customers.

I dont care of you a re fanboy of ATI or NVIDIA this something nVidia KNEW about, and kept shipping the cards and told OEM's to turn the fans on higher, come on...nVidia should be sued off their a** for this whole thing.

Good luck if you have a laptop with this card. ]]>Jul 10th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 11th 2008 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/
I also think it is getting worse over time.]]>Aug 1st 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/So far haven't had any problems, but that is likely due to the fact I don't have any games that would push the graphics card at all.
Was planning to get a few though, so now I'm worried. More information and such from Nvidia and such would be nice.]]>Jul 11th 2008 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/all-nvidia-8400m-8600m-chips-faulty/Jul 10th 2008 3:19PM