[ltp] Massive nVidia GPU failure rate in the field, but no recall

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:35:29 -0300


I have just came across this:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802249

And this:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/09/nvidia-g84-g86-bad

I believe this might be very bad news for those of us that are unfortunate
enough to have ThinkPads with nVidia crap inside, as the chances are high it
has a G84 or G86 (I didn't find any conclusive info about whether the
ThinkPads have these two nVidia GPUs).

I wonder what Lenovo will do about it, if the ThinkPads with nVidia GPUs do
have G84 and G86 chips inside?

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh