[arch-general] nvidia card - fans are really cranked up after the latest driver update a week or so ago

[David C. Rankin]

On Friday 21 August 2009 03:15:20 am RedShift wrote:
> David C. Rankin wrote:
> > Listmates,
> >
> > 	I have been chasing an issue on Arch having to do with the 8800GT in it.
> > A couple of weeks ago there was a driver update from Nvidia that has
> > caused the fans on my video card to really take off. With all drivers
> > before that there wasn't a noise issue. The box is dual boot with
> > openSuSE 11.0 so I can confirm that this is an arch/nvidia issue. Has
> > anyone else noticed fan speed increases on your NV cards here lately? If
> > so, any solutions??
> 
> Hello
> 
> 
> I suggest you take it up with nvidia, as only they have access to the
>  source code. Nothing much we can do about it.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> Glenn
> 


Glenn,

	Thanks. I have had a bug open with them for the past 3-4 weeks and haven't 
heard anything. Evidently, there are a couple issues being worked that effect 
linux users related to this issue. (1) The fan/temp sensor, fan speed issue 
and (2) downclocking of the cards when certain compositing flags are set by 
the desktop WM. The issues seem to be opposite-ends of the same stick. Trying 
to solve (1) causes (2) and trying to correct (2) causes (1).

	They should just opensource the code and watch the issues be corrected in 
less than 24 hours by the brilliant OS programmers and see sales double at the 
same time as word got out. (seems almost like a "legitimate business decision" 
on NV's part ;-)


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