Vostro 1510 Failed NVIDIA GPU Warranty?

Howdy all,

I have a laptop - Vostro 1510 purchased 21 Sep '08  - which is affected by the NVIDIA GPU problem Lionel has posted about multiple times - most recently here. The symptoms describe are a perfect match for what I've experienced. The laptop still starts up and runs just without any of the convenience of being able to see I'm doing, ie. no video.

I originally purchased the laptop in Australia but now live in the UK and have done an International Ownership Transfer with no problems.

However when I contact Dell here in the UK the only department I end up speaking to is the "Out Of Warranty" department as my service tag immediately identifies my laptop as out of warranty - was 1Yr NBD.

No one in the warranty departments seems to be aware of the NVIDIA GPU issue or willing to acknowledgment it even exists stating that I can pay for an out of warranty repair, that' it, end of discussion.

I have also tried contacting Lionel both via these forums and email but have not had a response to either.

Can anybody here offer some advice possibly there own experience if they have suffered the same problem or who I can contact at Dell in the UK and how?

Cheers,

Aaron