Dell XPS M1710 GeForce Go 7950GTX card failure (overheat)

"A piece of toast would be just as useful as my 7950gtx as they are pretty much the same thing. What a rip-off."

"low usage ,not a gamer"

"Video card replaced once by me at my expense now it is acting up again and to boot the fan don't come on anymore"

"Hope Dell will understand the problem."

"Video card failed also black screen"

"I own Two M1710 Laptops, Never used for gaming!Both of them have had the 7950GTX video Cards go bad.Both have had the A07 Bios update before any of the cards failed. One of them is now dead again. Both are out of Warranty,Both are in like new condition an"

"to run games during the summer months when the ambient room temperature is higher, i have to remove the keyboard to aid cooling. It works fine during winter months, but every summer without fail it overheats. Had 3 new cards so far. It's a shame because i"

"It has happend twice to my laptop. (7900 GS)"

"I've had my Vostro 1710 for about 18 mos. Now it's overheating so badly that I can barely use it due to it running very slow and locking up. Obviously this is a known problem and Dell has done nothing about it for their customers"

"I have a XPS M1710 and my graphics card failed in the same way Geforce Go 7900 GTX. tried the baking method and it worked but not for long. Now I have a still decent laptop but ONLY with rubbish VGA graphics, where you cant do anything! If there were spar"

"I spent alot of money and time on this problem!!! and i hate that i was charged so much for a laptop that hasn't been designed properly!"

"Good compainies stand by their products and fix poor designs."

"M1710 Overheating"