Dell offers 1-year limited warranty enhancement for NVIDIA GPU issues
By Darren Murph 
posted August 18th 2008 6:15PM
posted August 18th 2008 6:15PM
Details are slim at the moment, but one thing's for sure: Dell customers affected (or not affected... yet) by those wonky NVIDIA GPUs will have their warranties extended by 12-months to compensate. The 1-year "limited warranty enhancement" will add coverage for this issue to everyone who recently purchased one of the 15 NVIDIA-equipped machines listed in the read link, and we're told to expect further details about the whole ordeal in short order. Breathe easy, folks -- you'll be taken care of somehow or another.
My E1705 with the Nvidia 7900GS stopped working 26 days after my warranty expired (7/2/08). I get vertical dotted lines on the WinXP splash screen, then the screen goes blank. I can only work in setup and safe mode.
Dell's only response..."purchase a new video card". I guess I have no choice but to do just that (contemplating an upgrade).
If there's a class action lawsuit, count me in!! The E1705 is my second Dell, but it may be my last.