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Actually, they haven't paid HP anything yet. HP is getting paid on a per-repair basis. nVidia SET ASIDE the money. Also, they are only paying half of the cost. HP is picking up the other half of the total repair bill.

And actually, yes, HP not knowing about the defective GPU they were installing certainly does hold water. It is entirely up to HP, and HP alone to offer to fix these laptops. It is entirely up to them which laptops to fix and which ones NOT to fix. Just because nVidia had a lawsuit against them does NOT mean HP is liable for extending your warranty and fixing your laptop. nVidia is the one that got sued, not HP. nVidia didn't build your laptop, HP did. Can you see the difference yet?

If HP had a class action lawsuit against them for not fixing lappy's that used the defective 8600M chip, then yes, I would say you have a beef with them. However, they did not get sued and have no judgment against them. Therefor, your only beef is with nVidia.

If you want some due process on this, start a class action lawsuit against HP. If they have decided to NOT include your laptop model in this, that is your only recourse. Sorry, but that's the way big business works.

Wasting our time here with the 3 year olds tvccs !

"I spent $1600.00 on an HP doorstop that they won't repair"

And what kind of reply do we get ?

"Oh yeah? Well I can beat you in Quake"

What an idiot !

Err..............the lawsuit is against HP,Dell and Nvidia !

Read the suit here and educate yourself !

http://www.wdklaw.com/main.cfm?actionId ... atleydrake

BTW, I've spoken with one of the attorneys.............case is moving forward, but thanks for your concern !

You've constantly blamed HP. Nvidia is the one who did the consumers wrong. As I said, if a JUDGE finds that HP owes you something, then you will have a way to get your laptop repaired.

GPU's are quite different from vehicle SAFETY equipment.

Unless the GPU's overheating are causing fires?

You came here posting about a subject that is quite old already. You want to see money in the bushes because you got fucked. No one has said they're unsympathetic for you. But you would choose to shoot the messenger because you don't like the message given you.

If you think HP is doing you wrong, get in on the lawsuit. A judge will make the call. What the fuck do you expect us to do for you? Cry with you about it? Either get it fixed or sue. Those are your only options. And just like I've already posted in this thread, see how the folks with the ZD7000 managed to take care of theirs.

Until there's a judgment against HP, then any thing we say about it is pure speculation. That lawsuit could find HP and Dell not liable for repairs on laptops past the warranty period. What will you do then?

Come back here and blame us for it?

BTW, show me where Nvidia has paid HP to cover anything beyond warranty repairs. I've not heard of that yet. Also, have you considered that you may have screwed yourself if you downloaded and used the BIOS update? Was there any fine writing when/if you did that?

You've gotten a reply. It just isn't one that you like.

I had the misfortune to purchase 2 HP pavillion computers in January and April 2007. The first was a dv9200, with an AMD chip, costing me £990. The second was a dv9299ea, with an Intel chip, costing me £1649.99.
The first has had 2 motherboard replacements while within the first year of warranty. It has failed again, and due to having the AMD chip, is covered by an extended warranty. I can send it back to HP to get it repaired again - but what for?! It will only fail again!

The second PC has completely failed about 6 weeks ago. I can’t even turn it on. The fault -after checking with an engineer - is the same as with the first - GPU failure. This computer is not covered by the extended warranty as it has the Intel chip.

HP will do nothing, so I have sought legal address, (ConsumerDirect.gov.uk) and been advised to claim for a full refund from the retailers as the computers do not meet the legal requirements of the Sale of Goods act (1979) in UK. I have also been advised to contact the credit card that I used to pay for both computers for a refund, as they are jointly liable for the faulty machines. Reasonably, and according to law standards, a laptop is expected to last for 3 years, and a small claims court case can be pressed against HP if the other 2 avenues that I have been advised to take do not pan out.

I will not be buying HP again. They have dealt with this matter atrociously, refusing to acknowledge a fault despite literally hundreds within their own forum complaining of identical issues.

And their fixes for the few ‘lucky’ ones that manage to get the extended warranty are doomed to fail again. I have researched and found that this is almost guaranteed to happen.

So my recommendation would be - avoid buying from HP. They may have the capacity to develop and sell new technology, but they seem unable to support it. And they do not respect the legal rights of consumers, for which they will unfortunately have to pay for - either in loss of customer loyalty, financial renumeration, or both.

By the way, I found this information. May answer a couple of the issues that you have been raising:
'It is sometimes hard to leave a shop without being pressured into taking out an extended warranty to cover any future problems with the product you have just bought. Beware however that you are not paying for legal rights that you already have. The warranty may say that for a certain amount of time, repairs will be carried out free of charge but if an item outside of its guarantee develops a problem that wouldn’t normally be expected at that stage in the products life the seller would be responsible for sorting out the problem anyway.' - http://www.whichlegalservice.co.uk/serv ... blems.aspx

I'm sure you'd beat me at Quake.

And the last paragraph in your post is so bizarre, maybe you've been playing Quake too long.

Yep...HP's being sued...and will lose, or settle after wasting more time and money.

tvccs, temper, rdalev1, what everyone is trying to say is, almost everyone is aware of the issues surrounding these particular laptops and the mobile GPU's.

As previously mentioned there is a lawsuit on all three of the companies. There have been many complaints obviously, but having a topic such as this one on these forums doesn't really serve a purpose.

For example, it is my opinion that HP should not be forced to repair the notebooks that are not covered under the warranty. I understand many people here will not have this same opinion, and that is fine. The problem is, the Maximum PC forums have a somewhat strict 30 day bumping rule, which was violated when this thread was brought up.

Any parties that were hurt by what Nvidia did should be handling this in a court of law and not in the Maximum PC forums. Unfortunately, the MPC dog does not watch these forums and Maximum PC is filled with people that may or may not know the laws.

In short, it is better to go get legal advice and bump this thread when new information is found that points the finger at HP, Nvidia or Dell. Other than that, this type of topic serves no purpose besides causing several members to argue with each other.

So anyone that has been afflicted with these problems should get in on the lawsuit, other than that, there isn't much this forum is going to be able to do for you.

I agree. My post was merely to transmit some legal information that may or may not be of use to frustrated HP owners, learnt from my own experience and trade.

I will not be making further posts on this subject.

My post wasn't directed at you really, even though I did mention your screen name.

Providing a link to legal advice is good information to have in a topic. This alerts people to what their legal rights are (before talking to a lawyer of course).

Arguing about what one person thinks is legal or ethical does not really add to a topic. Legal and ethical are two different things and the proper place is a court, not a forum.

Actually...I'm a Supreme Court certified expert witness who works with lots of them...and I won my case and five minutes of legal fame based on research, facts and some of those "fantastic reasoning skills".

Everything I said is dead on...sparky indeed. Corporations make illegal and unethical decisions every day, unfortunately, and this one stinks so bad it's not funny. I wonder what you'd think if your mom had died from eating salmonella-laced peanut butter...oh wait, I'm sure you and Quake Dude would just roll up your sleeves and blame the lawyers. That peanut butter didn't come with an expressed warranty.

I'd guess I couldn't find more than one person in fifty that would agree with your views about cars and warranties. And as detailed later in this forum, HP is indeed paying for the cost of repairing defective notebooks they knowingly sold...if they didn't know the GPU's were defective, they would have never modified the BIOS as they did. I'm not a betting man, but I'd bet the farm on that one in court.

I'll send over a flashlight...I suggest you use it to find your head up your...

The salmonella peanut butter issue is a total different thing.

Peanut butter usually doesn't include a warranty. How do you return peanut butter after it's consumed?

The peanut butter, along with many other things that don't have an explicit warranty, are implied to be in a certain condition. This means the product should not kill you if consumed.