Talk:Bumpgate
Sources to add, further reading, and "why"
Sources to add:
https://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/08/21/nvidia-finally-understands-bumpgate/
^ All primary sources originally from Wikipedia's source page for "-gate Scandals"; just adding them for convenience for myself and anybody else who wants to contribute to the page.
Further research:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za7WTNwAX0c - Video from RIP Felix about the cause and misdiagnosis of the PS3's YLOD. It's a bit of a long watch, so the most significant bits are gonna be from about 27:56 to 39:43, 48:02, and 53:07. 56:20 discusses reballing, and I believe there's even a clip of one of Louis' videos in that part, but that might be getting too far out of the scope of this article's purpose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2d6IMBS8oY - Chapter 5 of the Xbox documentary mentioned in RIP Felix's video; discusses Red Ring of Death.
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/research-experimental-nec-tokin-capacitors-replacement-ylod.25260/ - PSX-Place thread for fixing PS3 Yellow Light of Death (YLOD), primarily by replacing NEC-Tokin capacitors, which many misdiagnosed as the defect with early "Phat" PS3s' for several years (when most of the time, it was Bumpgate-related). (Page 204 has RIP Felix's "catch-all" post that he links to in the description of his video.)
Why did you make this page?
1) I'm a bit of a console geek. :P
2) Though Bumpgate is "old news" (2006 old, to be specific), I think the responses of the companies involved (Nvidia, Sony, Microsoft, etc.) indicates a bit of a pattern not only in the companies themselves, but also in the video game console/tech industry. A trend that continues to this day. When these issues were first appearing, I recall that several of these companies were denying that there was even a defect, putting the responsibility on the consumer to fix their devices. It was a widespread enough issue that I think it's well worth having a full article for. - V (Vindicator4021) (talk) 19:34, 1 June 2025 (UTC)