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:::Note: IIRC, Felix did not want to fully attribute this section in the video because at one point in this segment, they show some guys reflowing the motherboards using a reflow oven- which of course, isn't a real fix. He didn't want to spread misinformation on how to fix the Yellow Light of Death. However, there are bits in this segment that are important to this article, so it can be used here. [[User:Vindicator4021|- V (Vindicator4021)]] ([[User talk:Vindicator4021|talk]]) 15:00, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

::::http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8263063.stm - Apparently, SCEE's vice president at the time wasn't too happy about Watchdog's segment, and he sent a strongly worded letter to the BBC over it- which the BBC responded to in this linked article. [[User:Vindicator4021|- V (Vindicator4021)]] ([[User talk:Vindicator4021|talk]]) 02:12, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

:Okay- I'd say this article's in the final stretch, and the stuff about the PS3 and Xbox 360 are pretty much done, so I've linked to it from Sony and Microsoft's pages. (Subject to change.) Other than the PS3 consumer response, all that needs done from here is just Nvidia stuff (AKA, as I've come to find out: "the hard part"). I knew about the class action Nvidia got slapped with over this because of Felix's video, but it was somehow still quite annoying to find some of these refs about Nvidia's involvement, so here they are:

:https://web.archive.org/web/20101001080640/http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/index.html - Here's a page on the "Nvidia GPU Litigation" where people who wanted to take part in the settlement could get more info on it and, well, take part.

:https://web.archive.org/web/20101001080616/http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/affectedmodels.html - Affected models for the Nvidia settlement. According to this, Dell, HP, and Apple computers were also affected by this. If research proves that their responses are relevant enough, they may get their own segments in this article at some point. However, they weren't parties to this lawsuit, so it's very possible that they won't be relevant enough.

:I'm also gonna take the opportunity to clarify this to any future editors as well: from what I understand, Bumpgate was technically not entirely their fault. (If it was, why would ''ATI'' chips have the same problem?) They just ended up taking much of the blame for it because they got sued. Nonetheless, what little I currently know about their response does seem potentially relevant, hence why it's going into the article.

:As usual, will update if I find any more sources. [[User:Vindicator4021|- V (Vindicator4021)]] ([[User talk:Vindicator4021|talk]]) 15:14, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

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 :::Note: IIRC, Felix did not want to fully attribute this section in the video because at one point in this segment, they show some guys reflowing the motherboards using a reflow oven- which of course, isn't a real fix. He didn't want to spread misinformation on how to fix the Yellow Light of Death. However, there are bits in this segment that are important to this article, so it can be used here. [[User:Vindicator4021|&#45; V (Vindicator4021)]] ([[User talk:Vindicator4021|talk]]) 15:00, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
 ::::http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8263063.stm - Apparently, SCEE's vice president at the time wasn't too happy about Watchdog's segment, and he sent a strongly worded letter to the BBC over it- which the BBC responded to in this linked article. [[User:Vindicator4021|&#45; V (Vindicator4021)]] ([[User talk:Vindicator4021|talk]]) 02:12, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
+:Okay- I'd say this article's in the final stretch, and the stuff about the PS3 and Xbox 360 are pretty much done, so I've linked to it from Sony and Microsoft's pages. (Subject to change.) Other than the PS3 consumer response, all that needs done from here is just Nvidia stuff (AKA, as I've come to find out: "the hard part"). I knew about the class action Nvidia got slapped with over this because of Felix's video, but it was somehow still quite annoying to find some of these refs about Nvidia's involvement, so here they are:
+:https://web.archive.org/web/20101001080640/http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/index.html - Here's a page on the "Nvidia GPU Litigation" where people who wanted to take part in the settlement could get more info on it and, well, take part.
+:https://web.archive.org/web/20101001080616/http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/affectedmodels.html - Affected models for the Nvidia settlement. According to this, Dell, HP, and Apple computers were also affected by this. If research proves that their responses are relevant enough, they may get their own segments in this article at some point. However, they weren't parties to this lawsuit, so it's very possible that they won't be relevant enough.
+:I'm also gonna take the opportunity to clarify this to any future editors as well: from what I understand, Bumpgate was technically not entirely their fault. (If it was, why would ''ATI'' chips have the same problem?) They just ended up taking much of the blame for it because they got sued. Nonetheless, what little I currently know about their response does seem potentially relevant, hence why it's going into the article.
+:As usual, will update if I find any more sources. [[User:Vindicator4021|&#45; V (Vindicator4021)]] ([[User talk:Vindicator4021|talk]]) 15:14, 5 June 2025 (UTC)