Nvidia Releases New GeForce Drivers, Apologizes for Recent Fan Speed SNAFU
Nvidia Releases New GeForce Drivers, Apologizes for Recent Fan Speed SNAFU
Posted 03/18/2010 at 5:50am
| by Paul Lilly
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Nvidia this week released new GeForce drivers (version 197.13) the company claims resolves recent fan speed issues, and apologized for the incident.
"Nvidia apologizes to any GeForce owners that installed the 196.75 driver and experienced quality issues," Nvidia said in a statement. "For the small number of customers that did experience problems, in almost every case reverting back to our 196.21 driver immediately resolved their issues. We continue to work closely with our add-in card partners and PC manufacturers to help resolve any additional customer issues not solved by reverting to the earlier driver. Any GeForce owner who has questions about their board as a result of downloading the 195.75 drivers should contact their board supplier."
Earlier this month, Nvidia pulled the 196.75 driver release after complaints began surfacing that the buggy driver flubbed the fan controls, causing videocards to overheat. Users reported a number of associated issues, including dropped framerates and even motherboard damage.
You can grab the updated drivers here:
Windows 7 and Windows Vista (32-bit)
Windows 7 and Windows Vista (64-bit)
Windows XP (32-bit)
Windows XP (64-bit)
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SkateZillaHD
March 18, 2010 at 7:14pm
Erm, nVidia Manufactures the CHIPS, eVGA, PNY, BFG, XFS etc use the nVida Chips and make their Own PCBs and Overclock them to gain better performance.
nVidia is doing this the right way, every 3rd party vender replaces their own hardware, and sends a Statement/Invoice to nVidia, so everyone contacts the correct manufacturer. nVida cant RMA a 3rd Party Manufactured Board because they only supply the chips and not the board PCBs etc.
QUINTIX256
March 18, 2010 at 12:44pm
"Any GeForce owner who has questions about their board as a result of downloading the 195.75 drivers should contact their board supplier."
This is a very thorny issue. They don't actually make any chips, but they do set and enforce the standards for etching, mounting, cooling, and monitoring the stuff they design. Most importantly: they make the software that makes it work. Of course, any damage should be dealt with via RMA, but it almost sounds as if NVidia wants board makers to bear the entire cost of NVidia's mistake.
You can have your recession. I'm not participating.
JoeCobra
March 18, 2010 at 1:39pm
" We continue to work closely with our add-in card partners and PC
manufacturers to help resolve any additional customer issues not solved
by reverting to the earlier driver."
I would assume that this means that they are working with them, not just going "Oh hey we kinda messed up you all can deal with it, right?"
NOOBZ1LLA
March 18, 2010 at 9:44am
What if your mobo got fried b/c of Nvidias drivers? Are they liable? Do they owe you a new motherboard? I don't see why not. At the same time I will never update my drivers the first day they come out ever again. I'm still hesitant to download these newest drivers.
Fermi is your last chance Nvidia at getting any of my money.
punditguy
March 18, 2010 at 8:18am
Awww... I can't stay mad at you! Look at that face!
Er, nevermind. I've got a 5850.
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Caboose
March 18, 2010 at 12:41pm
2 5770's here, and I'm laughin!
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
ErrantConstruct
March 18, 2010 at 6:34am
I keep getting a popup from windows saying it can't verify the publisher of the driver. Anyone else getting it? I'm using Win7.
Neufeldt2002
March 18, 2010 at 7:16am
That is the standard popup that is used when a driver has NOT been certified by Microsoft. There is nothing to worry about, basicly, without getting into to much detail, nVidia has not payed MS to certify this driver as a standard driver. Most likely because it is a beta driver, Once it is finalized, it will get certified. HTH. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.
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