Honestly, with the Mean Time to Failure (MTF) of these devices, if you purchase it and expect everything to work fine for years, you're dreaming. Based on the age of the device, the MTF is coming up or passed on multiple items. It's a used laptop, it's cheap, and can be used and fixed as needed.
No need to jump on warranty stuff, by the age, the thing will fail for other reasons than over-heating... Just know the drive is at the MTF, the memory might be near MTF, the DVD-ROM might be near MTF, etc. etc.. Cheap replacements, though. Honestly, if you're worried about failures, go buy a brand new laptop that costs a lot more. -Will On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Nicholas Leippe <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1028703/nvidia-g84-g86-bad > > > http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/b/direct2dell/archive/2008/09/12/nvidia-gpu-update-limited-warranty-enhancement-details.aspx > > It looks like at the time of the above, the 1520 was not included in > the warranty extension, but no reason was given, as it is also > apparently affected just the same. > > So, sorry for the bad news. > > YMMV. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- Take care, William Attwood Idea Extraordinaire [email protected] /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
