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There’s something not right at the moment in the NVIDIA universe, and that something has now extended to Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris users. It appears that some versions of the GeForce drivers are causing what NVIDIA says are “fan speed issues”, and recommends that all users immediately discontinue their use.
It started with the GeForce 196.75 WHQL driver, which was pulled last week. The driver ‘recall’ has been extended to include versions 195.36.03 and 195.36.08 *nix drivers. NVIDIA warns that overheating issues are occurring for some users, and these issues pose real threats to user hardware.
NVIDIA recommends rolling back drivers--right away. And if you don’t have drivers to roll back to, then give a visit to NVIDIA's driver download page and pick up an archived or beta version for your system.
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xmannd
January 14, 2011 at 4:12pm
I had old drivers on my computer until i found packard bell drivers the best and latest drivers on 2011
Baer
March 09, 2010 at 2:54pm
Just download the older driver (I show 196.21) and install it. It is a relitavly new driver, released in Janurary 2010 and it works fine.
The bug in the Feb. driver will be fixed and then it will be re released.
Airheadq
March 10, 2010 at 9:26am
Already been done.
The nVidia 196.34 drivers fixed the GPU overclocking bug and doesn't overheat. It says beta but all they changed was the bug.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_196.34_beta.html
gendoikari1
March 09, 2010 at 4:04pm
Yes, but neither Nvidia nor ATI can code working drivers. Nvidia has this problem, and ATI has the grey/black screen of death with the 5800 series.
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fry
March 09, 2010 at 4:07pm
to be fair, ATI has a long history of buggy drivers. Nvidia usually turns out good stuff.
kevaskous
March 09, 2010 at 5:15pm
Been using ATI for about 5 years, dunno what you're talking about?
DBsantos77
March 09, 2010 at 7:13pm
Same here, never had an ATI driver problem. Must be one of the lucky ones I guess.
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