Entire Nvidia G84 and G86 series faulty?

[CoolCatBad]

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...dia-g84-g86-bad

The Inquirer is reporting that recent admissions by Nvidia of some chipsets failing is quite an understatement.

Their sources are saying the entire G84 and G86 series are affected, a popular video chipset on recent Dell, HP, ASUS and Mac laptops (including mine).

[39 Thieves]

What specific desktop card series is affected by this?

*edit*

Nevermind, found it.

Edited July 10, 2008 by 39 Thieves

[zerologic]

So glad I held out buying a new HP Laptop, the model I was looking at has a G84 based video chip.

[Denis W. Veteran]

So in other words, just about every single Nvidia mobile chip produced over the last two to three years are faulty? :pinch:

That leaves ATI's chips as the last choice for a decent dedicated graphics solution.

[ObiWanToby]

This could be why I've had my motherboard (my 8600M GT is on it) on my Inspiron 1520 replaced twice. I actually have a service call tomorrow....urgh. I hate my laptop.

[Budious]

It's all purely speculation, don't go running to the hills yet. Besides, don't most of you toss out perfectly good graphics cards every 12 months anyways?

[zerologic]

So in other words, just about every single Nvidia mobile chip produced over the last two to three years are faulty? :pinch:

Looks like it. :ermm:

With ATI on a comeback IMHO, Nvidia can't afford any screw-ups like this.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Yikes! That really sucks if it turns out to be true.

Here's the breakdown...

G84:

• Quadro FX 1700
  
• 8700M GT *
  
• 8600M GS *
  
• 8600M GT *
  
• 8600 GTS
  
• 8600 GT
  

G86:

• 8400 GS
  
• 8400M G *
  
• 8400M GS *
  
• 8400M GT *
  
• 8500 GT
  

* = notebook GPU

[Denis W. Veteran]

It's all purely speculation, don't go running to the hills yet. Besides, don't most of you toss out perfectly good graphics cards every 12 months anyways?

Well, not every one of us chuck out laptops every 12 months. :p

It's no big deal if it were desktop cards - just throw on a new cooler and apply some quality thermal paste. Or RMA the card. But how do you fix overheating problems on GPUs in laptops without considering an entirely new laptop altogether?

[Blackhearted]

What specific desktop card series is affected by this?

The G84 and G86 are the 8600(g84) series and the 8400/8500(g86) series.

Edit: Anaron beat me to it

And Since this applies to desktop parts as well, according to the article, does that mean i should have to worry about my own 8600gt dying earlier than it should?

[Xerxes]

Damn, my new machine has a 8600GTS which is apprently affected by this. I can't escape dodgy video cards *arg!* :p (I had a faulty 6800GS in my old machine).

[Budious]

Damn, my new machine has a 8600GTS which is apprently affected by this. I can't escape dodgy video cards *arg!* :p (I had a faulty 6800GS in my old machine).

I have a 7800GTX Go, works flawlessly except for sucking the 8-cell battery dry in about 1.5hrs :p

[zerologic]

Yikes! That really sucks if it turns out to be true.

Here's the breakdown...

G84:

• Quadro FX 1700
  
• 8700M GT *
  
• 8600M GS *
  
• 8600M GT *
  
• 8600 GTS
  
• 8600 GT
  

G86:

• 8400 GS
  
• 8400M G *
  
• 8400M GS *
  
• 8400M GT *
  
• 8500 GT
  

* = notebook GPU

:blink: OMG and I was going to buy a 8600GT for my media center. Not anymore!

[sundayx Veteran]

Can I just say that my NV34 is faulty. I'm a victim too!

[StevoJD]

Umm... Let's hope Nvidia is forced to replace my 8600GT with a 9600GT. :p

[zerologic]

Umm... Let's hope Nvidia is forced to replace my 8600GT with a 9600GT. :p

I think all Nvidia do is disable fan throttling. :unsure: Either way, I'm going for a 9600GT now.

[Glowstick]

Yay for having a 8600M GT in my XPS.

[loligoth]

Besides, don't most of you toss out perfectly good graphics cards every 12 months anyways?

maybe, but we surely don't toss out perfectly good notebooks every 12 months.

[NienorGT]

I doubt this affect desktop parts, my friend's 8600GTS works better than my 8800GT in terms of stability.

[well...]

:/ That sucks i have a desktop 8600GT, now out of warranty. Hope you're right about it not affecting desktop parts!^

[NienorGT]

Well, all news I saw where talking about G84M and G86M...

I don't even want to check The"untrusty"Inq site...

[alphaomegainfinity]

Glad my Go 7600 is chugging out like a steam engine.

[Nathanael]

Once again, for the non-engineers out there, fan running eats a lot of power, so this destroys the battery life of notebooks.

And the credibility of that article flies away =P .

[Kupo-Cheer]

I hate to say anything for fear of jinxing myself, but I have a quadro nvs 140m in my laptop, have overclocked it with rivatuner, and I haven't encountered a single problem thus far.

That said, if anything *does* happen, I'm fairly certain there will be lawsuits aplenty if the only solution Nvidia offers is a driver update that makes the fan run more often. For laptop users, a faster running fan is just not an option, since battery life will be greatly effected.

[Malbojia]

Ah crap I sold one of my Laptops a HP DV9644CA with a 8600M GT. I was using it in a cool environment so no problems. The guy I sold it to started complaining of blue screens and reboots when playing games. Hereos of Might and Magic 4, Far Cry and such. It had xp and thought possibly the drivers from notebookreview was messing with the fan. Loaded up the vista install all was fine for a month now hes getting gpu problems alot more.