NOT HOT... All 8800GTX's recalled

[Fallen Kell]

All 8800GTX cards have been recalled due to an incorrectly installed resistor which controls the 2D/3D rendering path switch. This problem will cause video corruption on the 3D video output. All cards have been recalled.

My assumption that this only affects referece board cards, but since that is the only thing on the market at the moment, all cards will be affected.

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4253

 

[pioneercrazed]

:thumbsdown:

 

[fliguy84]

Get your facts straight. It's not ALL cards, only some.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4819

 

[Slash3]

All none people, since it hasn't launched yet.
Looks like it's a few vendors, not the reference designs.

Pasted from Bit-Tech.com:

"Some GeForce 8800 GTX boards that were built through our contract manufacturer had a simple BOM error - wrong resistor value. GeForce 8800 GTS boards are not effected by this.
These GeForce 8800 GTX boards were shipped to our Add-In-Card partners.
We have been working with them to pull these back and change the resistor to the correct value.
We believe we will still be able to hit our hard launch this week (Nov 8th) with the new GeForce 8800 GTX boards.
This is a testament to our execution as well as the execution of our Add-In-Card partners.
Adam Foat, Product PR Manger, Northern Europe."

So, nothing to worry about, someone just stamped the wrong resistor on some preproduction cards.