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Does anyone know anymore about the Kepler recall rumour?

MichaelM said:
Yes it is, for one model from one manufacturer. EVGA 670 SOC I believe.
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No it's not. They are not doing a recall. They are saying that one particular batch wasn't properly QC'd, so IF you are having issues contact them directly for a swift RMA process, possibly to a different card by way of a sorry.

Cards still in distribution they are having re-tested (or should that be tested) for stability before sale. The problem with the EVGA ones is really obvious as it's like green snow on the desktop as soon as you switch it on the first time.

A recall is where they tell ALL existing users to return the card, they are not doing this.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
doubt TSMC would start the rumor, since TSMC is the gpu manufacturer they would be the ones at fault and have to foot the bill for the recall.
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Its almost blatantly put out by people shorting nVidia stock (its rampant at the moment for some reason guessing due to :economy: )
 
tommybhoy said:
Which regardless of the amount, be it 5 or 500 units, is a recall andy, your splitting hairs there mate.
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thedictionary said:
A product recall is a request to return to the maker a batch or an entire production run of a product
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they aren't actually recalling the product, they are saying that IF you have a faulty one (which not every one in the batch IS)

it's no different to business as usual, in that IF you have a faulty card you can get a free replacement

if they were doing a recall they would have posted "if you have an item with the batch code or serial starting with x through to y", which they haven't done

one particular IT news site have picked up the post from EVGA and taken it upon themselves to call it a recall, but it isn't a recall by any definition of the word as they are not RECALLING the product, only making people aware of the RMA process IF they have a fault
 
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andybird123 said:
if they were doing a recall they would have posted "if you have an item with the batch code or serial starting with x through to y", which they haven't done
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They did, it's model# 02G-P3-2672-KR.

Some won't realise they have it, in some cases, it will occur over time or maybe not at all, but essentially Evga have covered themselves by releasing this information, standard business practice, it's cheaper that way, but kudos to Evga for the free upgrade.:D
 
chilipeppersc said:
Well I am sorry if my previous thread was tedious. I wanted to partake in a discussion about the subject, but as its gone no worries and no offense taken.
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I saw the title and didn't bother reading it or joining in, it was an obvious inflammatory garbage thread. The title seemed to indicate you were dancing with glee at Nvidia's driver problems.
 
Splitting hairs again, as I stated earlier it's cheaper to let users know than contacting everyone with said batch number.

As I said, it's standard business practice as it's cheaper to let the user find out about it themselves.

Had a Renault 5 GT Turbo years ago, clutch cable kept snapping, rather than issuing a recall, Renault simply informed customers when they felt like it, that there was a modified clutch pedal available, rather than issue letters out to owners.

Never knew anything about the new pedal despite the 'oh didn't you know about it? They stopped doing the free pedal+fitting some time ago', despite me going in every other month buying a new clutch cable, being gullable to the cries of 'these aren't covered by warranty you know' which they indeed were, but in my ignorance due to youth, I never cared or argued my case due to the fun I was having with the car.:D

Needless to say, I became an expert in swapping clutch cables on that car.
 
andybird123 said:
No it's not. They are not doing a recall. They are saying that one particular batch wasn't properly QC'd, so IF you are having issues contact them directly for a swift RMA process, possibly to a different card by way of a sorry.

Cards still in distribution they are having re-tested (or should that be tested) for stability before sale. The problem with the EVGA ones is really obvious as it's like green snow on the desktop as soon as you switch it on the first time.

A recall is where they tell ALL existing users to return the card, they are not doing this.
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It's known as a voluntary recall (as oppoosed to mandatory), it happens.

Sounds good to me, EVGA are upgrading the affected users cards.

As has been said, its not if a company makes mistakes, its how they are dealt with.

It's actually a good advertisement for EVGA in some ways.
 
there is probably truth to this rumor though. either way nvidia should have just come out and deny it all and say its all BS. but they way they are handling it from thier comments on it sounds like they are hiding something.

now it may be too late since doubt may be in some peoples mind, also the threads on nvidia forums are not encouraging. every thread on the 600 series forum is about some failure or crash of sorts.

wouldnt be the first time nvidia had a mass failure of cards. it began with the nvidia 7900 series where i learnt the hard way that all 7900 series cards were borked, thats wen i went for the ati x1900xt after i rma'd my 7900 for a refund.
 
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