Have the nvidia gfx issues on the xps m1330 been sorted?

Bigsy · 23 Mar 2009 at 10:00

My friend has asked me to recommend him a good value portable laptop, but I don't want to recommend this if he has to send it back every five minutes to have the mobo replaced.

Also hes going to be using it in lectures/library etc so needs to be silent most of the time and I have seen reports of poor cooling, does the fan stay off while doing low cpu tasks like browsing etc?

Thanks.

Vince · 23 Mar 2009 at 10:36

as long as its not a 8400 series nvidia part you should be fine. All the machines that I saw with gpu failures were sonys, dells or hp's with this part.

Bigsy · 23 Mar 2009 at 10:40

It is, the as the xps studio is too expensive.

So even though these are known to be faulty their still selling them in new laptops?

Vince · 23 Mar 2009 at 10:52

crazy stuff... I wouldnt touch another 8400m with a stick, I have a £1500 1080p sony that is now a paper weight due to this and sonys point blank refusal to replace the board.

reflux · 23 Mar 2009 at 10:58

From what I heard, the problem is easily fixed by flashing a new BIOS to the machine that increases the fan speeds, therefore cooling the GPU more effectively.

I expect it still remains quite quiet - there's obviously no need for the GPU to get warm in normal Windows usage.

Bigsy · 23 Mar 2009 at 11:02

Thats not good, integrated gfx is a no go so is fan noise (which I do see people complaining about with newer bioses). Will have to cross that one off the list.

Vince · 23 Mar 2009 at 11:12

reflux said:
From what I heard, the problem is easily fixed by flashing a new BIOS to the machine that increases the fan speeds, therefore cooling the GPU more effectively.

I expect it still remains quite quiet - there's obviously no need for the GPU to get warm in normal Windows usage.

I would say you a probably right here, for the sony it's to late though. I currently have an 9600m gt ddr3 in the sonys replacement and it is like a furnace out of the side under load. But so far none of the problems that the 8 series chip had.