Dell Releases BIOS Updates for Failing Nvidia GPUs

[zatoicchi]

Round Rock (TX) - Dell is offering BIOS updates to mitigate the effects of faulty GPUs shipped by Nvidia. The BIOS upgrade will not "repair" the GPU, but Dell hopes that the update will alleviate problems caused by the chip in most usage scenarios and make the Nvidia GPUs more usable.

Dell has prepped the BIOS update for ten notebook PCs in the Inspiron, Latitude, Precision, Vostro and XPS series and if you have a product that is affected by a failing GPU, flashing your BIOS is certainly a good idea. The update delivers what Dell calls "enhanced thermal control," which basically consists of a capability to moderate the fan speed to mitigate GPU temperature fluctuations.

Dell Releases BIOS Updates for Failing Nvidia GPUs

[Aurion]

"The BIOS upgrade will not "repair" the GPU..." cant believe that Nvidia delivers faulty chips to customers !! this is LAME man,why do they want to release a weak product to market,then customers find out that it is already faulty after they pay expensive price for it ??

[anon]

The BIOS upgrade will not "repair" the GPU

If it did, flashing it with another manufacturer's firmware should give it extra features!

[Aurion]

If it did, flashing it with another manufacturer's firmware should give it extra features!

no it wont man,the drivers are already faulty so dont think a new firmware would fix hardware issues (Impossible)

[anon]

no it wont man

I know, that was just a joke

[Aurion]

yeah coz u know,some n00bs think that a faulty piece of hardware can be internally fixed with a new firmware update

[anon]

When you don't know this, "update to fix the problem" sounds cool and a lot like a real solution

[Aurion]

When you don't know this, "update to fix the problem" sounds cool and a lot like a real solution

update to use another firmware u mean LOL only n00bs would do such thing