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| From | BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.laptops |
| Subject | Re: External monitor color problem |
| Date | 2011-11-07 16:20 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <j99ljk$5c2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 11/7/2011 2:10 PM, Cameo wrote:
> On 11/7/2011 5:29 AM, BillW50 wrote:
>>
>> In court, we heard a different story.
>>
>> Lawsuit alleges Nvidia hid chip defects
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10037632-64.html
>
> Thanks, Bill. I was aware of a lot of new owners of HP notebooks similar
> to mine who were complaining about two years ago but I tended to dismiss
> them because I didn't experience any of it till a few months ago. I
> figured many people perhaps used those 12.1" displays in a situation
> where the vent holes were partially covered, thus restricting air flow.
> Keeping them on one's laptop would do that. A couple days ago I also
> noticed the class action lawsuit on an HP forum but I was already too
> late to join. However, your article provides more details than I knew
> about. On the other hand, most of the complaints I was aware of
> concerned the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA) GPU which to my knowledge is
> not part of the GeForce 8 series. I am also curious how they were able
> to address an essentially hardware issue (soldering) through firmware
> upgrade. Limit the video frequencies that cause more heat?
> In any case, my notebook's display is still firing on all cylinders
> (colors,) but this BIOS and possibly driver upgrade issue makes me
> wonder if that could also be the answer in my case. The problem is
> though that I can't find any reference to Go 6150 anywhere on NVIDIA
> websites or on laptopvideo2go.com. I suspect it may be covered by some
> other name but I'm not sure which.
That BIOS fix, patch, or whatever you want to call it... well all that
does is to kick the GPU fan on high and hope that it keeps the GPU
cooler. So I wouldn't get too excited. And that to me is a pretty cheesy
band-aid if you ask me. And all that does it delay the problems that
will eventually appear anyway.
While that article mentioned GeForce 8, I heard 6 and 7 are also
affected. I have three Alienware M9700 with two GeForce 7900GS each. So
I have two Nvidia GPUs to worry about on each machine. Although they are
on separate PCIe cards and not on the motherboard. So they are easy to
change when they fail. Same is true for my Alienware M9750. Although it
uses two GeForce 7950GTX cards.
If I am not playing flight simulators and don't need any high graphic
abilities, I generally under clock the GPUs. They tend to run cooler
when under clocked. This one right now both are running at about 163°F.
I don't get too worried until they get to 180°F.
And if you can believe Nvidia, they can handle up to 221°F before
failure. I don't think any of mine ever got over 190°F even during heavy
use. Although the heat blowing out the back, I think I could bake
cookies when they are that hot. lol
--
Bill
Alienware M9700 ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3
AMD Turion 64 ML37 2GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP3
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External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-01 20:49 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 04:03 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-02 11:09 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 11:17 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 15:23 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 15:58 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-04 11:26 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-04 17:26 -0500
Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 15:44 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-04 18:17 -0500
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-04 21:29 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-05 02:25 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-05 11:26 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-11-06 12:24 +1300
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-05 19:27 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-06 05:06 -0600
Re: External monitor color problem "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-11-06 12:16 +1300
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-05 19:50 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-07 07:29 -0600
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-07 12:10 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-07 16:20 -0600
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-10 09:49 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-10 12:49 -0600
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-10 18:32 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-10 18:34 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-12 09:45 +0000
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 11:41 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem Bert <bert@iphouse.com> - 2011-11-12 19:47 +0000
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 14:31 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-13 04:43 +0000
Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-13 01:25 +0000
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 18:57 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-13 04:44 +0000
Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-10 10:50 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-12 09:43 +0000
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 11:46 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-12 12:42 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-04 11:19 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-02 06:10 -0500
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-02 10:55 -0700
Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-06 04:54 -0600
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-06 10:29 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-06 12:48 -0600
Re: External monitor color problem "Ryan P." <ryannewguy@nogmailjunk.com> - 2011-11-07 20:48 -0600
Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-08 00:49 -0800
Re: External monitor color problem "Ryan P." <ryannewguy@nogmailjunk.com> - 2011-11-10 20:03 -0600
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