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    Anybody had an 8600M GT Replaced?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by basskiddanny, Jun 25, 2012.

  1. basskiddanny

    basskiddanny Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    This is a different type of question to my other thread. So please keep them seperate. Definitely not a double post (imo).

    Was wondering who on here has had the 8600M GT replaced in their XPS M1530 at any point?

    Is the chip they put in all sorted, the same issue won't be there? I assume this is a definite yes....Why replace it with something that has the same issue.

    Once it was repaired was your's reliable from then on?

    Notice any (negative) difference in performance, or notice if the machine ran cooler/quieter etc?

    Any stories you can share will be much appreciated.
     
    basskiddanny, Jun 25, 2012
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  2. seeker_moc

    seeker_moc Notebook Virtuoso

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    I can't say for the M1530, but I had an ASUS with a 8600M with the same problem replaced. After the new motherboard/GPU, everything worked great.
     
    seeker_moc, Jun 25, 2012
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    No, GeForce 8 had worse BGA issues than GeForce 7 chips. I would not advise upgrading anything on M1530, it only had options for 8400 or 8600.

    ASUS G2S's 8600M GT is also affected by the same issue, any chip from 06-early 08 era were all affected. My Vostro 1500's 8600M GT is on a removable Dell proprietary MXM module, so if my melts I can simply replace the card and it is cheap (36 bucks on eBay). Also my Vostro 1500 has a pretty good cooling system, 2 long heatpipes for CPU and GPU.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 25, 2012
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