any one with a nvidia motherboard, its time to get mad

(((IT LOOKS LIKE Nvidia was being a little economical with the truth about the defective chips fiasco. The latest deviation from the official line comes once again from HP.

If you recall, Nvidia said in its 8-K that it may affect other parts as well. HP just sent out a bulletin, reprinted below with customer names removed, that linked to the following page. For those keeping track, the bulletin concerns 38 models of HP Pavilion Slimline desktops, and at least some use the 6150LE chipset. (Please excuse Nvidia's term 'motherboard GPU', search and replace with 'integrated graphics'.) Looks like we can add another part to the defective chipset list.

Do, however, note that this is not a laptop, nor is this chipset a laptop chipset. This pretty much answers the open question of whether or not the defects would be found in other parts, but any credibility they had as an authoritative source this matter is long gone. Recall, they said: "However, we are continuing to test and otherwise investigate other products. There can be no assurance that we will not discover defects in other MCP or GPU products. "

We can't wait to hear the spin on this one.

Laptops only, my behind. HP only, my behind. Small batch, my behind. Under control, my behind. What will be next? µ

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From: Hewlett-Packard [mailto:Hewlett-Packard@urgentsupport.americas.hp.com]

Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 1:45 PM

To: REMOVED

Subject: Critical Update for your HP Pavilion Slimline PC

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URGENT SUPPORT NOTIFICATION FROM HP

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Dear Customer

Our records indicate that you own a HP Pavilion Slimline PC. Some of these PCs contain a motherboard that could potentially result in the PC not booting and/or not displaying video.

Hewlett-Packard Company is contacting owners of PCs that may be affected by this issue to inform them that HP is offering a Limited Warranty Service Enhancement, described at the following webpage:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc [...] 044&cc=us& dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

If your PC is not booting or not displaying video, contact HP via the 24x7 service line 1-800-HP-Invent or (1-800-474-6836). Please have the following information ready when you call:

Product Number

Model Number

Serial Number

Date of Purchase

This Urgent Support Notification was sent to REMOVED because you registered with HP or Compaq as a product owner and this message is critical to your product ownership. HP prides itself in being customer focused, quality driven and a company that customers can trust and count on, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

HP is committed to respecting your privacy. For more information, visit our privacy policy at http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/privacy.html or contact us at

HP Privacy Mailbox, 20555 SH 249, MS 040307, Houston, TX 77070
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inqu [...] -nvidia)))

i feel bad for any one with a nvidia motherboard right now