Re: That's betterer!...

T i m wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:51:56 +0100, thewildrover@xxxxxx (Andy Hewitt)
wrote:


I think it's HP/Compaq (and probably others) who are having a ruck
with nVidia as the video chip can get so hot it partially desolders
itself. ;-(

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10020782-33.html

Cheers, T i m

I ahve come across over a dozen dead laptops from hp/compaq with nvidia
chipsets. They all seem to die between 24 months and 36 months old.


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