Wednesday, August 1st 2007
Defective AMD Products Accidentally Reach Consumers
A bug which has recently been known to exist in AMD's diagnostic and validation software is responsible for allowing defective ATI Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 graphics cards to slip into the market.
The problem was an error in the BIOS application process and although it can be easily solved by reapplying the BIOS the defective cards need to be returned to the makers to be restored.
AMD responded that Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 chips are throughly inspected before being shipped to graphics card makers. This was an isolated incident and measures were taken to solve the issue as soon as it was detected, the company said. However more than 30.000 units have already been recalled from the market although it is believed that many more are still out there.
Source:
Digitimes
The problem was an error in the BIOS application process and although it can be easily solved by reapplying the BIOS the defective cards need to be returned to the makers to be restored.
AMD responded that Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 chips are throughly inspected before being shipped to graphics card makers. This was an isolated incident and measures were taken to solve the issue as soon as it was detected, the company said. However more than 30.000 units have already been recalled from the market although it is believed that many more are still out there.
33 Comments on Defective AMD Products Accidentally Reach Consumers
At least the problem was not a hardware issue.
All three of you need to chill.
...And to everyone else, please get back on topic.
Thanks.
and everyone has shipped bad cards, mobos, cpus' etc. nv themselves have let a big problem on the 8800's go unfixed for months now. they like amd are addressing thier own respective problems as best they can. it's part of business.
NVIDIA doesn't have a BIOS problem and the cards do work.
Fanboy-ism in this thread makes me giggle.
Neither companys close to perfect.
Variety is great, especially when it comes to choice. What a nightmare if NVIDIA was the only graphics card manufacturer......$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$..... The last NVIDIA card I bought was the 7800GTX, and paid $598.00 when it was first released, a very short time thereafter the 7900GTX came out and it pissed me right off…the 7800GTX was dropped by NVIDIA and that started me using ATI.
Have you ever posted negative stories on Nvidia....or let It slide due to loyalism?
Bad history with ATI??...How long ago was that?...I'm dying to know what card gave you the fits so as to give you the grudge you have.
This Isn't a flame....these are valid questions In response to your statement.
AMD emphasized that the problem is not industry wide and that the company had issued a software fix to solve the problem already. AMD pointed out that none of its partners had requested that it recall or replace the actual graphics chips used in the affected cards.
AMD's statements that the issue can be solved by updating the BIOS of the affected cards were confirmed by sources at the card makers. However, some expressed irritation that the issue had surfaced at all as they had already introduced the cards to the market and were now facing disruption in their supply channels due to the bug.
On a separate note, sources at Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology attending the event indicated that their shipping proportions of Nvidia and AMD-based cards may be 7:3 during late 2007, versus the present ratio of 8:2.