[Klug-general] Graphics card glitches

[Michael E. Rentell]

On 14/05/10 10:33, Dan Attwood wrote:
> have you tried to install the offical nvidia linux drivers from the 
> nvidia website?
Yes, I used the latest nvidia driver from the DVD which came with the 
most recent edition of Linux Format magazine. The installation went 
flawlessly using the script provided. However, when I rebooted the 
computer I'd lost the xserver completely. I had to reinstall and update 
from the PCLOS installation DVD. It would seem that the default location 
for nvidia files have been changed by PCLOS which don't help much. I am 
not clued-up enough to do the job manually.

>
> also if it's doing the same thing in vista could if be that your power 
> supply isn't up to the job?
>
Ah, I hadn't thought of that. It is a pretty good computer and the power 
supply looks quite big. I have three fans in the computer, the power 
supply normal one, a fan as part of the processor block (Athlon 64-bit 
2.6Ghz dual core) and a separate 3" fan on the backplate drawing air 
from over the motherboard generally. This third fan was not actually 
connected and had not been used until I spotted that it had not been 
plugged in when I put the new graphics card in. Could that be the 
culprit? I am not sure the third fan is needed. There was never any 
problem earlier when it was unplugged, but the graphics card then was 
256Mb and the new one is 512Mb. I've added a task bar temperature 
monitor and right now the processor is 24 deg and other components 
40deg. That is not too high is it?

I appreciate the advice.
MikeR
>
> On 14 May 2010 10:15, Michael E. Rentell <michael.rentell at ntlworld.com 
> <mailto:michael.rentell at ntlworld.com>> wrote:
>
>     G'mornin' all,
>
>     Two or three years ago our illustrious colleague from Indie IT in
>     Birchington provided me with a bespoke sooper dooper desktop compooter
>     which has served me very well and still does. About a month ago the
>     graphics card blew (NVIDIA 256Mb - make unknown).
>
>     I replaced it with a boxed inno3D 512 Mb card which claimed to be
>     nvidia
>     authorised GeForce 9400. My version of Linux is PCLinuxOS 2010
>     (32-bit)
>     This is essentially Mandriva for dummies but improved by Synaptic. It
>     has recognised this card as NVIDIA 'cards not working with nv'.
>
>     It seems to function reasonably well but occasionally the screen goes
>     black for about 3 seconds. It then recovers and is fine. This happens
>     more frequently with graphically intense programs like
>     GoogleEarth/Streetview or Stellarium etc. I wondered if this was a
>     driver problem. However, I also have a Vista 64-bit (sorry!) on
>     another
>     partition and I have installed the windoze drivers which came with the
>     card. Same problem.
>
>     Any ideas? Thanks be to all.
>     MikeR
>
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