NVIDIA GPU Update for Dell Laptop Owners

Source: direct2dell.com

Earlier this month, sites like Ars Technica and ZDNet blogged about NVIDIA’s statement regarding a potential issue with some of NVIDIA's Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) used in notebooks. According to NVIDIA, these affected GPUs are experiencing higher than expected failure rates causing video problems. Though this issue is not unique to Dell, some of these affected GPUs are used in certain Dell laptops. That's why I wanted to take a few minutes here to explain the issue and to let customers know what to do next.

The issue is a weak die/packaging material set, which may fail with GPU temperature fluctuations. If your GPU fails, you may see intermittent symptoms during early stages of failure that include:

• Multiple images
• Random characters on the screen
• Lines on the screen
• No video

Dell recommends that you flash your system BIOS (see links in the table below). Each of these BIOS updates listed in the table below modifies the fan profile to help regulate GPU temperature fluctuations. Note: if you are already experiencing video-related issues like the bullet points above, updating the BIOS will not correct them. Dell will provide support for customers who have experienced GPU failure according to the terms of the system warranty

Check your laptop model.

Updating Blog For July 2008

I'm going to add some new link I have missed long ago and I decide to bring it back this time. I will also do some changes on my blog layout if I find a nice template. I have no background coding my own design layout on blogger system and it might waste a lot of my time learning it, so better leave that out fist.

Spam King Do Murder

Just found out the news at MSNBC. Can't believe the spam king taking its own family lives after escaping from jail.

 

BENNETT, Colo. - A convicted spammer and his wife, who were being sought after she helped him escape prison, were found slain along with their young daughter Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.

 

A teenage girl was shot in the neck and a baby was found unhurt in a car seat inside the vehicle where the three bodies were found, Arapahoe County undersheriff Mark Campbell said. The relationship between the girl, baby and the escaped convict wasn't immediately clear.

 

The bodies of "Spam King" Edward "Eddie" Davidson, his wife, and 3-year-old daughter were found in an SUV parked in a farmhouse driveway in a rural part of Bennett, about 25 miles east of Denver. Authorities said Davidson was the apparent gunman.

 

More at here

College Official Green Band

Another American pie? Check it out!

 

Xia Xue Get Sue By Dawn Yang

HAHAHA! This is damn interesting. Blogger sue blogger. Today I walked to my client company and saw the Singapore newspaper, The Strait Time, front page showing popular Xia Xue get sue by the well known Singaporean model, Dawn Yang. I have been reading very closely and being waiting to see if it really going to court. As far I remember, Xia Xue attack Dawn Yang about her plastic surgery, lies about advertisement (and plastic surgery) and copycat on somebody quite recently. It was quite a hot topic all over the Singaporean blogs. But she delete in the end after the letter threaten to removed all her post by Dawn Yang manager. You can still find the hater got hold copy of her blog post, but you to search for it on Google. ^^;;

 

I’m sure that many bloggers and reader might know Xia Xue is quite frightening when attacking somebody she doesn’t really like on her blog. I was quite puzzle by the time and I don’t even know who is Dawn Yang at that time. So I check her on Google and found her blog. I don’t know much her details, but according to her blog, she seems like grab quite a lot of spot light and appears on various magazines including fashions events. Even she was known as hot babe and sexiest ladies in Singapore. The weirdest thing is that I never heard of her before.

 

Anyway, she denied over the plastic surgery issue bringing quite a lot of heat lately. That’s why one of the popular Singaporean blogger is getting sued. Of course, even other blogs are talking about it as well. You can find all the post in Google straight away. I don’t know if Dawn Yang really had a plastic surgery before after looking at her old photos. I myself have seen one of my friends went to plastic surgery on her eyes and she actually denied it.

 

Nonetheless, there is nothing wrong going for plastic surgery and even if you lied. You can’t lie to closes family.

Terminator Salvation Coming 2009

Yup, its coming!

 

His Majesty Birthday Today

I will be going up to Bandar meet with my relatives coming back from Canada. I was thinking sticking my butt at home sleeping and worked with my upcoming comic. I guess sometimes it’s hard to avoid reunion. Anyway here is some of the promotion update you might want to check it out.

 

EA Spore Creature Creation contest - Link

 

Create your own SPORE Creature using EA's Spore Creature Creator software, downloadable free of charge from www.sporeshow.com, and you could have a chance to win a trip for two to visit the EA Experience at the Peak in Hong Kong and win a cash prize of US$5,000! All you need to do is enter EA's Spore Creature Creator Asian Regional Competition ("Competition"). The conditions set out below apply to this Competition.

 

For more details, visit www.sporeshow.com. This Competition will be held in the following countries: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand ("Participating Countries").

 

LOL Brunei is always left out and I can’t believe Malaysia also not listed in the categories! Good luck to those living in the countries and your own creature design!

 

Play-Asia.com 25% off Summer Sales! Free Shipping to Brunei (including others!) - Link

Get ready to hit the beaches as the Summer Sale will commence from this very moment onwards towards the 20th of July, all in stock items will be reduced by 25% (yes you've read correctly, a whopping 25%!), just spot our Summer Sales mascot, the octopus, on our many product pages and catch him.

 

The octopuses are running loose throughout the website and only stay on a product page for as long as it is in stock. Some products are restocked regularly so octopuses come back every so often while others have limited availability so the octopuses never return once they are caught.

 

To avoid disappointment, get your baskets and water tanks ready and catch them as quickly as you can spot them to avoid disappointment. This octopus catching season is only going to last for a couple of days, start catching now and save plenty of cash in the process.