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Nvidia GPU Failures Caused by Material Problem
Posted by Chaos on August 27th, 2008, 01:19 PM

When Nvidia announced in early July that it has noticed a higher than normal failure rate in some of its notebook chips, investors reacted concerned, sending the company stock down 22%. The stock recovered after Nvidia apparently demonstrated good control of the issue and a one-time charge of almost $200 million.

But what seems to be a closed chapter and a black eye for the company could be a much more serious problem that is just taking off: Several industry sources confirmed to TG Daily what has been reported by some publications for some time: In contrast to Nvidia’s claims that only a limited number of GPUs are affected, sources indicated that “most” recent Nvidia GPUs carry the problem and a chance of failure, pushing the potential damage into stratospheric regions.

We have been chasing the Nvidia GPU problem for quite some time, trying to shed more light on an issue Nvidia refuses to release any meaningful information other than the statement that a limited number of notebook GPUs is affected. Charlie Demerjian from The Inquirer has been reporting for some time that Nvidia’s problem may be much larger than the company admits.

You can read the entire article at TG Daily.

Last edited by Regeneration; August 28th, 2008 at 05:23 AM.

11 Comments
The sooner my 8800GT fails the sooner I can replace it with a 4870 ...
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You can do it now and use your 8800 GT as an physx accelerator Rofl
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Even If I had a pile of 8800GTs I would never do that.
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Ya true... it look with the time nvidia put cheaper quality pieces on their hardware
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good ol' nv, "the way"... :P
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This is the same problem that plagued the ATI gpu in the Xbox360.
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The ATI chipset in the 360v1 has a SERIOUS heat dissipation issue a 12v mod to the fans cures it up nice but makes it a little noisier, the newer ones have an extra heatpipe....
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its not a heat problem, its a material problem, the DIE itself and the solder used are weakened by the fact its lead free.
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and the solder is weakened by extra heat ........ all the ones i've worked on were prevented....not cured once the damage was done..... but was prevented with extra cooling ........ i am not stating you are any more wrong than i am because i have researched and worked on enough to know you are correct.... however blaming the die design is not the only way to fix it
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