Acer Predator 17 GPU 1070 fried. Looking for solutions

Ramsta
Ramsta Member Posts: 2 New User
edited November 2023 in 2020 Archives
Hello guys .. So one day I was gaming on my laptop, after I was done playing my laptop just turns off and wouldn't turn back on. I sent it to a repair place, and they told me the GPU is fried.
Acer warranty is long gone. I was wondering what can I do in this case? Can I buy another 1070 gpu from Acer or something? Do I have to contact Nvidia? Or are my only options either sticking to the Intel card only, or get an external gpu?
I tried contacting Acer support, but since my laptop is out of warranty I had to talk to AnswerBy if I can recall the name correctly, and they told me to contact Acer store. Went to the Acer store page, and I could not see anything related to 1070. Before I live chat with them, I thought I'd try my luck here.

I hope you can help me cause it's a shame to give up and treat it as normal laptop from now on, not a gaming laptop.
Thank you.

Answers

  • Araxiel
    Araxiel Member Posts: 1 New User
    I have a similar problem. All of a sudden I started getting errors and the system reboots. Reinstalled the graphics drives for the Intel on board graphics as the Nvidia 6GB graphics. Did a complete Win 10 reinstall. The Nvidia card is fried and cannot be replaced by the user. It is soldered to the motherboard. So, I am stuck with a very fast rig, but not a gaming rig.  Acer would let me return it under warranty, but after reading reviews of their warranty repair, I decided not to do it. Hope this was useful.
  • HULU
    HULU Member Posts: 20 Networker
    edited October 2020
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    Ramsta said:
    Hello guys .. So one day I was gaming on my laptop, after I was done playing my laptop just turns off and wouldn't turn back on. I sent it to a repair place, and they told me the GPU is fried.
    Acer warranty is long gone. I was wondering what can I do in this case? Can I buy another 1070 gpu from Acer or something? Do I have to contact Nvidia? Or are my only options either sticking to the Intel card only, or get an external gpu?
    I tried contacting Acer support, but since my laptop is out of warranty I had to talk to AnswerBy if I can recall the name correctly, and they told me to contact Acer store. Went to the Acer store page, and I could not see anything related to 1070. Before I live chat with them, I thought I'd try my luck here.

    I hope you can help me cause it's a shame to give up and treat it as normal laptop from now on, not a gaming laptop.
    Thank you.



  • Ramsta
    Ramsta Member Posts: 2 New User
    Araxiel said:
    I have a similar problem. All of a sudden I started getting errors and the system reboots. Reinstalled the graphics drives for the Intel on board graphics as the Nvidia 6GB graphics. Did a complete Win 10 reinstall. The Nvidia card is fried and cannot be replaced by the user. It is soldered to the motherboard. So, I am stuck with a very fast rig, but not a gaming rig.  Acer would let me return it under warranty, but after reading reviews of their warranty repair, I decided not to do it. Hope this was useful.
    Thank you for the response. Unfortunately, mine is out of warranty, so I guess I'm just stuck with it being just a normal laptop and maybe some light gaming.

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