Friday, July 31st 2015
NVIDIA Recalls Select Shield Tablets over Fire Hazard
NVIDIA today announced a voluntary recall of its SHIELD 8-inch tablets that were sold between July 2014 and July 2015, which the company will replace. NVIDIA has determined that the battery in these tablets can overheat, posing a fire hazard. The recall does not affect any other NVIDIA products.
NVIDIA is asking customers to visit this page for information on how to obtain a replacement device. NVIDIA is also asking consumers to stop using the recalled tablet, except as needed to participate in the recall and back up data. Consumers will receive a replacement tablet after registering to participate in the recall. NVIDIA is coordinating with appropriate governmental agencies to ensure that the recall follows established industry practices.
NVIDIA is asking customers to visit this page for information on how to obtain a replacement device. NVIDIA is also asking consumers to stop using the recalled tablet, except as needed to participate in the recall and back up data. Consumers will receive a replacement tablet after registering to participate in the recall. NVIDIA is coordinating with appropriate governmental agencies to ensure that the recall follows established industry practices.
46 Comments on NVIDIA Recalls Select Shield Tablets over Fire Hazard
I had one 9800GX2 and a 9800GT failing in my hands. Fortunately they where second hand cards bought from a retail shop(they where emptying stock, probably from customer upgrades). So they had already one or two years of usage in their back and when I bought them came with 1 year of extra warranty. 9800GX2 failed after only 3 months, while 9800GT lasted for 9 months.
9800GT died while playing Borderlands at 720p. I had also a GT620 for the PhysX. With high settings that combination was doing just fine at 30fps.
8800GT, 8800GTS, 8800GTX all failed within 3 years, my brother had similar. all reference cards. i hear the nvidia laptops of the time had it the worst.
both companies and the various brands (giga, asus, etc etc) have bad batches, simple as that.
All this information is readily available via SEC filings. The 9800GX2, like the 7900GX2/7950GX2 and the first revision GTX 295 aren't particularly great designs, and the cooling of the reference 8800GT (and those remarked as 9800GT) is far from acceptable - but it largely depends upon usage scenario and chassis airflow. Reference HD 4870's also suffered in this regard (and along with HD 4870 X2 and the seldom seen reference HD 4890) and had staggering failure rates due to a similar design flaw that caused the voltage regulation to overheat and cause memory IC degradation.
- "It is a Dell, so it must be good. It's only 150 euros"
- "I told you to avoid it. If you want to buy it, but it. But if you call me in 15 days telling me that the screen remains black, I'll just hung up the phone in your face".
He bought a new one with an Ivy bridge Celeron for about twice the price of that Dell. He only wanted to serf the web and stream some NBA games. He is really happy with that laptop.
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Damn, more bad press. :( Just when they stopped making fun of us about the 970 fiasco. Now this!
www.ibtimes.com/apple-macbook-pro-battery-recall-extreme-fire-hazards-force-best-buy-nix-5100-replacement-batteries
9to5mac.com/2014/02/22/this-is-what-an-iphone-5s-looks-like-when-its-battery-catches-fire-and-explodes/
can't get much better than that on the brand recognition side of things
"damage to flooring" ahahahahaahahahahahaahah
With this several AMD fanboys lies were destroyed:
1) Shield doesn't sell.
2) All Shield devices are effected.
I got a good sized scratch on my screen and with a few other issues I've been having I was considering RMAing it anyway.
That flame symbol is pretty funny.
Poor nvidia. :laugh:
Just perfect for this.