Penryn boards w/Nvidia chips: safe bet, or not?

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Penryn boards w/Nvidia chips: safe bet, or not?

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#1 Post by portsample » Sun Dec 25, 2011 6:01 pm

Had the problem w/the Nvidia graphics chips been corrected by the time production started w/boards for the Penryn processors? Thanks.

T61, 14.1", T9500 2.6ghz, Intel GM965, 8gb RAM, 250gb SSD, 1tb SATA Ubay, openSuse 42.1/Win8
T61, 14.1", T7700 2.4ghz, Intel GM965, 8gb RAM, 250gb SSD, 1tb SATA Ubay, openSuse 42.1/Win8
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#2 Post by JeffCullen » Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:04 pm

No. My machine has a "bad" Penryn board...

X201s, X301, W500, 2x 15.4" T61p, T601p Frankenpad with HV150UX2-100 UXGA LED-backlit display and safe 2010 44c3926 system board

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