nVidia Drivers Version 196.75 may kill your GPU !!!

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nVidia Drivers Version 196.75 may kill your GPU !!!

#1 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:43 am

WARNING! NVIDIA 196.75 drivers can kill your graphics card

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=7551&tag=nl.e539
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Re: nVidia Drivers Version 196.75 may kill your GPU !!!

#2 Post by tporter » Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:06 pm

From this article:
The problem seems to be related to the fan controller, causing the fans to slow down, and even stop.
It's up to desktop cards.
Laptop fan (at least on T6x series) isn't controlled by nvidia drivers...
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