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Heads up: Sony issues recall for Viao Laptops with Nvidia graphics chips

GMan3

By GMan3,
Posted on: 2010-06-30 13:03 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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http://www.dailytech.com/Sony+Recall...ticle18892.htm

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That recall breaks down to 259,000 laptops in the U.S, 103,000 in Europe
F Series Page.

C Series Page.

Sony Europ Recall Page.

Now, as far as I can find, Sony has yet to set up an actual US site for the near 260,000 F and C series computers shipped to the US. So far every site reporting this recall only links to the EU site.

Now, I know what everybody is expecting me to point out, rather gleefully, so I'll go ahead and get it out of the way. As with the Dell, HP, Gateway, Acer, Asus, and Apple recalls... these recalled laptops all have Nvidia graphics chips.

That being said, what is different is that the models listed and linked by Geek.com are using the GT 330M.

On one hand, this is "good" news as no Nvidia discrete G200 GPU mobile laptop (the GTX 260, 280, or 285) has yet to be involved in a recall.

The "bad" news is that this means that every other Nvidia mobile chipset released since the NV41m, outside of the Quadro series, has been involved in a product recall. It's also bad news as this indicates that Nvidia still has massive thermal issues even with die shrinks (remember, the mobile GT 3xx series is on a 40nm process), and still isn't telling manufacturers the full story on just how much power their GPU's consume, nor how much heat those products put off.

If you have picked up a laptop with an Nvidia chipset over the past couple of years, I would take the time to contact your laptop manufacturer and make sure there are not any firmware or bios upgrades available to help bring the run-away thermals under-control.

 

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Great info dude, thanks. Positive Rep for you for doing the work I didn't know I should have done.

EDIT: Well, I would have Posi Rep'd you, but you have it turned off.