[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2011-05-03 Thread eZFlow
I still have this issue in NAtty on a dell d630c with nvidia 135m, temperature reaches 90+ C and the fan goes crazy for 4 seconds full speed then slows down shortly and repeats all over until it cools down! Very annoying sound and heat production. I have to downgrade to v173 but the nasty

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2010-05-11 Thread Adam Porter
Tristan, I don't even know what kind of computer you have. Just search for your laptop's model and BIOS update, or go to the manufacturer's web site and search there. -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received

Re: [Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2010-05-10 Thread Adam Porter
Tristan, can you upgrade your BIOS? On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 09:15, Tristan Rivoallan tris...@rivoallan.net wrote: Just upgraded to 9.10 I meant 10.4 ... -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug

Re: [Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2010-05-10 Thread Tristan Rivoallan
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Adam Porter adam+launch...@alphapapa.netadam%2blaunch...@alphapapa.net wrote: Tristan, can you upgrade your BIOS? Of course. But I have no idea on how to do this. Google results are confusing. Could you direct me to the drivers download page ? Thanks :) --

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2010-05-03 Thread Tristan Rivoallan
Just upgraded to 9.10 : the fan started to spin all the time again. Downgrading to driver 173 fixes the problem. -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2010-05-03 Thread Tristan Rivoallan
Just upgraded to 9.10 I meant 10.4 ... -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2010-02-21 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2010-01-14 Thread jpborjas
After my update above, my GPU temperature was very high all the time, getting above 80 at times. I use Compiz Cube, so I configured it to have 0 transparency while not turning, and added a wallpaper (had just a black background, and my GPU temperature now hovers at around 55 degrees. Evidently,

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2010-01-06 Thread jpborjas
I'm running Karmic (9.10) and a Dell Latitude D630. I was running NVidia drivers 173 and my BIOS was version A08. My fan was spinning loudly mostly when the machine came back from suspend mode, but not exclusively, as it would get loud at random times during the day. The GPU temp was 60, and the

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-06-23 Thread WikiBass
I had the problem described above with 8.10 on my Latitude D630 with an nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 135M. The machine started running hot with the fan coming on loudly. Upgrading the BIOS to A15 and downgrading the nVidia driver from 177 to 173 fixed the problem. The machine ran quiet and the

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-05-14 Thread Mrts
Interesting. Mine is also upgraded from Intrepid, so some stale settings lying around somewhere are a possible cause (the questions which and where remains though). I'll attempt a full reinstall when I have time and report back. -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-05-13 Thread Mrts
On the contrary, after upgrading to Jaunty and Nvidia 180.44, my GPU is constantly running at around 70 C. I started monitoring temperature as the fan started running a lot more than with Intrepid. The laptop is HP Pavilion dv9340ea. lspci -knn: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-05-13 Thread Mrts
Switching to 173 didn't affect the temperature, but the fan seems to be working less often. This is obviously not good, so I switched back to 180. However, I'm not running Compiz or any other 3D apps, so I'd expect the GPU to run much cooler. It would be nice if there were instructions for

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-05-13 Thread Russell Hedger
According to the nvidia-settings application, my XPS M1330 idles at 40 Celsius. Even watching full screen video, it doesn't get significantly hotter than this. I have the latest A15 BIOS installed and have the nvidia-glx driver 180.44-0ubuntu1 installed from the Jaunty repository. I set the

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-05-13 Thread Mrts
Thanks for the suggestions. Dynamic scaling was enabled by default (i.e. PowerMizer was enabled according to nv-control) and running on the lowest performance level 0. Also, as mentioned before, I had OnDemandVBlankInterrupts on already. Unfortunately using these settings didn't affect

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-05-13 Thread Russell Hedger
That's annoying. Any idea what the temperature was with Intrepid? -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-05-13 Thread Mrts
No idea. I installed the sensors applet only after I perceived that the fan is working more often than before in Jaunty. I can't rule out that it was running as hot before, only the fan didn't come on as often (perhaps temp thresholds have been improved). -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-05-13 Thread Bernhard Bock
I did have the same problem on my Dell M1330 running Jaunty (with nvidia 180.44), which was upgraded all the way from Gutsy. The fan was very noisy, starting and stopping very often. GPU temperature was high nevertheless. There was no problem while still running Intrepid (BIOS A12). I recently

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-04-03 Thread Omid Mottaghi
My problem is not fixed yet. From above posts: I have driver 180 and Nvidia 9600GSO and its fan always works with full speed.!! -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-04-02 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we have just updated to the latest nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package from nVidia, version 180.44. This package provides fixes for a large number of bugs, and we need your assistance in testing if it fixes the issue you reported. To do this,

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-22 Thread Omid Mottaghi
I have 180 driver and Nvidia 9600GSO. and the fan always works with full speed. ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22982636/Xorg.0.log -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-22 Thread Omid Mottaghi
** Attachment added: xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22982639/xorg.conf -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-22 Thread Omid Mottaghi
** Attachment added: lspci http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22982652/lspci -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-22 Thread Matthew Gregg
Updates over the last few days seems to have solved this for me. -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-11 Thread marcin.bachry
I own a Dell D630 laptop with Quadro NVS 135M. Previously I had to downgrade to version 173 of the driver (as advised here) to keep the fans quiet. I also stayed with Dell BIOS version A08. I installed NVidia drivers version 180 and I don't notice the fan problems from version 177 anymore. It

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-11 Thread Matthew Gregg
This is still happening with the 180 driver. Running an Jaunty on an HP with a Nvidia 9500GS the fan starts fast, briefly slows down when GDM is starting then goes back to 100%. xorg.conf, Xorg.0.log and lspci attached. ** Attachment added: xorg.conf

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-11 Thread Matthew Gregg
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22539649/Xorg.0.log -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-11 Thread Matthew Gregg
** Attachment added: lspci.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22539661/lspci.txt ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 = nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-02-07 Thread sp8472
It seems nVidia deliberately set the 177+ drivers to run the fans at full speed, avoiding the notorious potential overheating problems of this series of graphics cards. Updating to to the latest BIOS (on the D630, A12+) makes this hack go away, but makes still the fans run constantly at low speed

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2009-01-01 Thread Federico Ramallo
on inspiron 1420n with nvidia driver 177 and bios version A08 fan change speed constantly. It's solved after an upgrade to bios A09 (remember to be connected to AC on upgrade) Thanks! -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-12-15 Thread Hopper80
Same issue here on a Latitude D630 with an 'nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 135M (rev a1)'. Driver 177 causes the fan be noisy. Reverting to driver 173, using the Hardware Drivers application, stops the issue after a reboot. I fix the proble with an update to A15 bios :

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-12-13 Thread helltone
I have a XPS1330 with GeForce 8400M GS, I moved to intrepid moments ago. My fan went total crazy when I activated nvidia graphic driver 177. It was fully on for some moments, then intermittent. I've just updated to bios A14, and things are better now. I've been seeing idle temperatures around

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-12-12 Thread Austin Lund
I have a D630 with the nVidia Quadro NVS 135M and I updated the BIOS when moving to intrepid. Now I seem to get video corruption and system freezes when the system has been on for a while and is hot. The fan doesn't seem to come on until the last minute. I see the temperature of the GPU core up

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-11-24 Thread Dudley
I'm having the exact same problem, fan on and off rapidly all the time, is there a fix to this yet? -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-11-24 Thread Russell Hedger
Dudley, Not sure which model laptop you are having a problem with, but for the XPS M1330 it seems that updating the BIOS to at least version A12 (A13 is the latest version at this time) cures the intermittent fan problem. -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the

Re: [Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-11-24 Thread Dudley
Hi, Sorry, yes, its a Dell D630. I noticed some others have updated their bios but from what I can tell they say it didnt really solve the issue? Maybe I misread? regards dudley On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Russell Hedger [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Dudley, Not sure which model laptop you

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-11-12 Thread Giles Malet
Sadly, having had a few days experience with this, I must now report that the `solution' is not perfect. If I hibernate or suspend the laptop, when it wakes up the fan does its old on for a while, off for a second behaviour. I notice though that i8kmon shows 0 degrees for the temp after the

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-11-12 Thread showcaser
I don't know if this will help but I should mention that the identical issue happened on Vista. I have a dual boot and I hadn't upgraded my Nvdia Vista driver since I installed Vista around last March/April. Last week I decided to upgrade the Vista nvidia driver (from the Dell website) in the

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-11-11 Thread Ben
I can confirm Giles' solution. I have a Latitude D630 and just upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10. When using the Nvidia driver 177, the fan was continuously starting and stopping. My BIOS version was A08 but after upgrading to A13, the problem was fixed. -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-11-07 Thread Giles Malet
Having just upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10, I hit this spinning fan problem on a Dell Latitude D630 laptop. The problem appears to have been introduced by the upgrade of the Nvidia driver from version 173 to 177. Graphics is provided by an nVidia Quadro NVS 135M. Searching for answers I found

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-10-22 Thread Dimitrios Symeonidis
** Summary changed: - nvidia graphics driver 177.80 makes fan spin all the time with old bios + nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-10-22 Thread Dimitrios Symeonidis
I have made an attempt to summarize the situation with a new description ** Description changed: - I am running on a Dell 1420 laptop with an nvidia 8400 video card, using - the latest updates to the 64bit version of Intrepid Ibex. When I'm in X - (KDE or even just KDM) the cooling fan spins

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-10-22 Thread Dimitrios Symeonidis
lonnie, i don't understand your comment. with the A09 bios (which is not the latest, by the way) does your fan constantly spin, or not? -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-10-22 Thread Dimitrios Symeonidis
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium Status: Confirmed = Triaged -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-10-22 Thread Lonnie Blansett
Dimitrios, Sorry for the poor explanation... Yes, the fan still spins all the time, but it's slower and quiet now (at normal temperatures). I have to put my ear next to the machine to notice it now, so although it's still happening it doesn't really bother me anymore. I haven't tested it under