Re: [LUG] Stability Problems

[David Johnson <dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Charrett wrote:

> > I am using the latest drivers, and I find that as soon as I do anything 
> > graphics intensive, the driver over-clocks the graphics card and causes 
> > a hard-lockup.
> > I did find a solution once in the Nvidia Linux forum 
> > (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14).... but 
> > I've reinstalled since and can't remember what it was or where to find 
> > it again :-(
> > You had to somehow tell the driver the use a lower clock speed using an 
> > option in your XF86Config file.
> >
> > I'd imagine the driver is fine if you have a card with one of the faster 
> > GPU's (which the driver was obviously written for), but it's impossible 
> > to use it with my TNT2.
> >
> > David.
> >    
>
> That is curious then, as I have a TNT2 also and I've never had any such
> issues.
>
> Alex
>  

The reason the machine crashes is because the graphics card over-heats. 
So, if you have a nice cool machine, you won't be affected.
That is of course another solution to the problem.... just throw a few 
more fans in there.


David.



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