NVIDIA admits to mobile graphics failures - finally.

[ToyTowner]

I am not sure about other lappys, but Dell is launching new BIOS / Firmware to mitigate the chances of a graphics failure.

Soruces: here (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080716-nvidia-denies-rumors-of-mass-gpu-failures.html) and recently from here (http://arstechnica.com/journals/hardware.ars/2008/07/30/dell-launches-new-bios-for-nvidia-mobile-graphics-problems).

Also read: http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/31/figuring-out-which-nvidia-gpus-are-defective-its-a-lot

[MetalheadGautham]

another reason to ditch dell xps for dell studio 15 & 17 ;)

[naveen_reloaded]

BIOS fixes / reduce the problem...

[NucleusKore]

BIOS fixes / reduce the problem...

but does not eliminate it???

[arcticflare]

Newly manufactured laptops from dell don't have these issues . It's with the older bunch, say the ones manufactured before July.