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Dell Finally Replaces The GPU

April 17th, 2009 · No Comments

See this old post for history. I finally got Dell to replace the GPU today. I was mistaken about them replacing absolutely everything except the nVidia GPU. Apparently the heat sinks and fans were not replaced either. I found out that there is one heatsink and fan for the CPU and another for the GPU. […]

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All Nvidia G84 and G86s Are BAD

July 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Back in Dec of 2007 I was experiencing NMI parity errors with my laptop. It seemed to be after very intense graphic use and the cooling fans switching to high and low. It wouldn’t happen right away but it was getting to the point that it was happening too often that I wanted to do […]

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Dell Inspiron 5150 Power Adapter Clicking

August 17th, 2004 · No Comments

I've always had great Dell Customer/Technical Support in years past but tonight erases that memory completely. I called about a very simple issue. The power adapter for one of my laptops is making a clicking sound which doesn't sound healthy. Since I've heard about power issues with this particular Dell and there are articles on […]

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