Nvidia mobile GPU getting hot under the collar

Darius Chang | Jul 03, 2008

For those of you happily shooting and looting away on your laptop's Nvidia GeForce 8M series graphics processor, take note. Turns out there is a bad batch out there made from defective materials which may fail before its time.

When contacted, Nvidia was unable to disclose exactly which vendors have received these products due to confidentiality agreements. However, the hardware company has assured us that its production line has shifted to a more robust die/packaging material set which will prevent this issue from occurring in the future. In the meantime, Nvidia is working with OEM partners to develop system management software that will provide better thermal management to the graphics card.

At this time, neither Nvidia or laptop vendors are recalling defective sets.

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