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Comet Topic: Acer 5920G failed last year, but now miraculously cured!
Lapcure
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:06 am
Replies: 3 75
Hello Graeme, I did manage to find a copy of FURMARK, which seems to offer similar stress-testing. GPU -Z shows GPU to be running at around 70 C when idling, but very rapidly rises to over 100 C with FURMARK running hard (max 105 C, but fan cranks up and keeps it just over ...
Comet Topic: Acer 5920G failed last year, but now miraculously cured!
graeme150
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:58 am
Replies: 3 75
... thing to do would be to download these two utilities which will test your laptop. http://www.nvidiadefect.com/tools-to-test-to-see-if-your-nvidia-gpu -is-about-to-fail-t57.html You should run those two on your laptop and then pop back here and let me know the results and I will advise further. ...
Comet Topic: Acer 5920G failed last year, but now miraculously cured!
Lapcure
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:40 pm
Replies: 3 75
... thing to do would be to download these two utilities which will test your laptop. http://www.nvidiadefect.com/tools-to-test-to-see-if-your-nvidia-gpu -is-about-to-fail-t57.html You should run those two on your laptop and then pop back here and let me know the results and I will advise further. ...
Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Just a few true facts as its getting bit silly here.
katar83
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:51 am
Replies: 5 111
... dont know a single good electronics forum in UK and in my county and my 100k city I guess Im the only person who even do a reball, not mentioning GPU replacement. To add to this there is no place in UK where You can buy GPUs with DC code 09+ and I dont even know anyone who sells GPUs here. There ...
Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Just a few true facts as its getting bit silly here.
ciderboy
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:59 am
Replies: 5 111
... providing evidence to prove it? There would also be no problem with them giving the standard wording guarantee often quoted on here. Replacing the GPU with a new one(not reballed), factory sealed and manufactured before 2009 will solve the problem for at least 2-3 years as this is a typical life ...
Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Just a few true facts as its getting bit silly here.
katar83
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:33 am
Replies: 5 111
Hi Paul, The fact is that new nvidia GPUs manufactured since 2009 do not have overheating issues. This was confirmed by nvidia itself, issue has been corrected and these are used by many laptop manufacturers even today. Temperature is also ...
Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Just a few true facts as its getting bit silly here.
Lapcure
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:23 am
Replies: 5 111
... have to disagree with you. Repairs to these laptops are UNRELIABLE and PRONE TO FAIL. There can be no guarantees when reballing or reflowing a new GPU and anyone who states that this form of repair is 100% reliable is not telling the entire truth. Time and time again I have seen laptops fail after ...
Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Just a few true facts as its getting bit silly here.
katar83
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:05 pm
Replies: 5 111
... and not all of it is true so I thought I might add few words to generall discusion. As all of You here now know that nvidia manufactured faulty GPUs and I can be just another person to confirm that(This is not even HP fault) Integral structure of the chip is mainly at fault and sometimes cracking ...
Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Samsung R70 NVidia Graphics failing
Lapcure
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:42 pm
Replies: 3 138
... removed and resoldered? Some companies do offer this service, though to be honest it is hit and miss as to how long the fix will last. Due to the GPU in question I would advise against this. 4) Would a new motherboard be advisable or would that be just spending money to buy a ticking time bomb ...
HP Direct Topic: HP G6000
melyosh
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:57 pm
Replies: 17 277
... overheating: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Hardware/HP-G6000-Overheating/m-p/267635/highlight/true#M28704 Before I made the changes, my gpu was at 84* when idle and 94* running rthdribl. After, it went to 75* and 81*. Mel
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