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Nvidia is settling a class action lawsuit for laptop GPUs dying, so if you own an affected model of Dell, HP/Compaq or Apple laptop you could be seeing some monies from them. Its to bad only laptops are covered though, I'm sure many PC video card owners are affected by bumpgate too.

http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/index.html
http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/affectedmodels.html

At least they are being forced to finally pay up for this problem!

Oct 05, 2010 7:39am PDT

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  This is great but I live in Canada so what do I do? I know at least 2 people directly who have eligible m... : ryuuseki
  - I do too but didn't read the fine print since I wasn't affected. That sucks, I'm surprised some Canadian... : zardoz555
- You'll get a crisp $20 bill for your trouble! : jingletard
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  No Alienware :( : VectorJKL
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    Wouldn't the "Dell" part cover this as Dell is the Alienware brand parent company? : Volatus32x
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      Mine is before the dell take over : VectorJKL
      
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      Well, Dell would assume the responsibility in the takeover, wouldn't they? : master_disaster_17
      
      Yes they would, but so far all my digging shows that the Alienware models are not included in the lawsuit... : VectorJKL
- I actually have one of these, I don't even know why I've kept the damn thing this long. : Slowtreme
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  Oh sweet I think I own one of those HP laptops and its broke : fletch_
  - I know people with some of the HPs but I don't think they have a receipt for purchase anymore. Wonder if ... : sigpro
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  You're welcome. : ra1n
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    I think you misspelled "thank you for my $13 million dollar payout, enjoy your $300 repair."
    
    Oct 05, 2010 11:44am PDT
    
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    I think you misspelled "thank you for my $13 million dollar payout, enjoy your $300 repair." : daVinci1980
    - Dammit, double dollared. : daVinci1980
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      I didn't rep nv, which would make me ... the good guy? Yikes. : ra1n
      
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      nv decided to eat the cost of the lawsuit, despite the fact that it was a manufacturing defect (nv does n... : daVinci1980
      
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      Any company who can determine that the cost of eating the lawsuit and having the recall is less than the ... : ra1n
      
      I guess? But suing them for actually taking responsibility, after the company had already been replacing ... : daVinci1980
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  My old 15 inch MBP is dead, i was about to send it in to apple to fix for 300 bucks (just left applecare ... : squigiliwams
  - Yeah as I said below if it's dead due to no video output and it's from this period, the fix should be fre... : peanut-
- If you have an Apple laptop that breaks due to this issue they will fix it any time within 3 years too. : peanut-
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  Woot, I'm eligible and possibly able to get a replacement laptop. Here's hoping they don't require a rec... : Mikuya
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    where are you reading that they'll replace your laptop??? they just refund repair/GPU-replacement costs? : proclone1
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      http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/faq.html#Q10 : Mikuya
      
      ah, so you have the HP (Dell/others are SOL :( : proclone1
- wow, wonder if I can dig up some sort of proof of purchase. It's been such a long time : mexicanimator
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  Wow, my nVidia GPU died in my D630 just before I was supposed to have my SC2 match with brickmatt. Luckil... : Odoyle
  - Then, right after, mine died. Huh. : brickmatt
- your laptop has to be symptomatic to get a GPU replacement... i just recently did the oven cook to fix mi... : retarded talking dinosaur
- Aaaand this is why I love Applecare. I didn't pay a penny when my computer died and they also fixed a to... : magistersmax