nVidia 8700/8800/9600/9800 chips are failing across the board - Page 3

rive...

How is it you assume a higher than normal failure rate means all Nvidia products are defective?

Is the sky falling too?

I have three computers right now running products you say are faulty, but I haven't had a single issue with any of them. And these machines run 12+ hours a day. How is that possible?

I'm starting to get a bit annoyed now rive...

You're MUCH more patient than I...

my parents have owned two nissan maximas and both have had issues I guess all maximas are defective...that would be the theory of this thread one bad all bad....

[quote=rive0108;2945481]Nvidia G92s and G94 reportedly failing

Desktop boards this time

By Charlie Demerjian: Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 9:35 AM

NVIDIA IS IN DEEP trouble over the defective parts problem, and from what we're being told, this is only the tip of the iceberg. NV still insists on stonewalling and spinning because the cost of owning up to the problem could very well sink the company.
If you haven't been following the story, the short version, up till now, is that all G84 and G86 chips are bad.



Seems like you said that all G84 and G86 chips are all bad in your first post and then you say that not all chips are defective which way is it? I doubt that every G84 and G86 card is going to fail... That is theoretically impossible odds.It would be like a tornado going through a junk yard and putting together a perfectly working 747 airplane....Not all m7700 laptops have had problems... The first rule in researching a problem is to do accurate research...secondary resources dont count in doing research you go for the primary resource which in this insistance is Nvidia or the SEC....

You guys, even those with elevated privileges need to lay off this guy.
I can understand a little AW clan circling the wagons, but this is a NV topic for god sake.

This guy is doing this community a service IMO by gathering and posting what (may) be very relevant information about a (possible) snafu by a major vendor. Tom's is one of the highest rep. hardware sites on the inter-tubes.

Aside from a little double posting at best this guy isnt violating any forum rules that I can tell(Ive had far more egregious usurps of this boards policies go unchecked in the past, be polite ask not to double post or any other board violation, dont flame him for god sake). He's been flame baited and still seems to keep a good level of netiquette (well beyond what I could tolerate for sure)

If you dont like his opinions quit reading his threads/posts, if you dislike his links/facts/info, post some counters.......

But this reads like an epic dog pile of a drive by posting reading "AW Sucks and so does its owners"

Only time will tell how deep this defective NV rabbit hole will go.
In the mean time, layoff this guy, I personally appreciate the smattering of (albeit negative NV info) gathered into a single thread. Instead of bashing this guy, post a link to a reputable site or analyst saying this problem is indeed no big deal.

***Wow Im dizzy, being the voice of reason is against my nature and I think Im getting nauseous***

"This guy" is not doing anyone a service. He's jumping into every post where someone is having an issue, and telling them they've got a defective product.

Simply not the case.

While bringing this issue to the attention of the forum isn't a problem, spamming every string that someone is having an issue, no matter how isolated or minor by telling them Alienware makes defective laptops, and nVidia graphics are all defective is not helpful. All this does is freak out new users that more than likely have a minor issue, and causes needless upset for people that just put a lot of money into a system.

It seems to be indeed a large issue but much of what is being handled right now is just pure speculation. As Arch said, only time will tell how deep the problem really is and that we should not jump to conclusions that EVERY single product shipped out is defective.

While there have been cards that may have kicked the bucket I don't see the rest of cards shipped worldwide that are doing so in masse at the same time.

I have purchased four Dell laptops in the past year with 8400's and a 8600 and they have been working fine. The 8600 on my desktop system hasn't shown any trouble either and neither have the 8xxx cards I have put on a couple of commissioned builds I have made.

They have even gone through a couple of all day long LAN parties.

You clearly stated that all G92 and G94 are bad...now you are stating that they are susceptible... so now you position has changed to where not all the G92 and G94 cards are defective and are not all going to fail....
there's a difference in all G92 and G94 are susceptible and your previous post stating that G92 and G94 are all bad... And if you could read my post I stated that you said all the G92 and G94 are bad... I never mentioned the other series... I guess you need to read alittle bit before bashing what I said...

I gotta agree here defective = bad, *not so much about the marketing statement.

Just because every chip doesnt fail in a spectacular manner or in at all does not mean its not defective imo. That is if you only correlate defective to failure, rather than higher than industry accepted failure rates as defective. Just because a you have a launch xbox360 that hasnt failed, I still consider it defective because it has a much higher probability of failure than successive updates in the line or similar products in the market be it a PS3 or a blender.

He is, and so have the others, but nothing has been stated by you or the INQ (which you posted all over) has changed anything. Perpetuating rumors does not contribute to the community, facts and constructive solutions do.

Fact: Nvidia has owed up to their problem just as Sony is doing with theirs.

Fact: The issue has not been swept under the rug. So dont state that it has.

Wait a minute- Which Community Rep are we talking about here? I have been trying to keep the peace (behind the scenes) all along, but it seems that my efforts are in vain...