Nvidia is driving me nuts
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Posted by Rookie on March 8, 2008, 12:39 am
Please log in for more thread options nasty message: http://www.nvnews.net/previews/geforce_fx/images/power_indicator.gif If I reboot, it's gone, the same if I boot again after I shut down a few minutes ago. It couldn't be the power supply, and I see that lots of people get bugged by this message. For example, take a look at these: http://harkal.sylphis3d.com/2007/09/26/my-nvidia-7600-runs-with-a-carburetor/ According to others, it might be registry related, or just dust collecting into the agp slot. I have a suspicion it might just be buggy programming or bad circuit design, but anyway I have been thinking about getting the card back, or even throwing it away and buying another card. However, I fear the next (nvidia) card will exhibit the same strange behaviour. ATI doesn't seem to collect many votes on quality AFAIK, so what do you suggest? | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Paul on March 8, 2008, 1:41 am
Please log in for more thread options > Thought it had gone away, but it appeared again. When I cold boot, I see this
nasty message:
>
minutes ago.
> http://www.nvnews.net/previews/geforce_fx/images/power_indicator.gif > > If I reboot, it's gone, the same if I boot again after I shut down a few >
this message.
> It couldn't be the power supply, and I see that lots of people get bugged by >
into the agp slot.
> For example, take a look at these: > > http://harkal.sylphis3d.com/2007/09/26/my-nvidia-7600-runs-with-a-carburetor/ > > According to others, it might be registry related, or just dust collecting >
but anyway
> I have a suspicion it might just be buggy programming or bad circuit design, > I have been thinking about getting the card back, or even throwing it away and
buying another card.
>
behaviour. ATI
> However, I fear the next (nvidia) card will exhibit the same strange > doesn't seem to collect many votes on quality AFAIK, so what do you suggest?
There is a thread here. Near the end of the thread, they mention a new driver is a potential fix. http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=2141003 A combination of buggy programming AND bad circuit design would be a likely explanation. If the problem has a timing element to it, like how long it takes the power supply rails to reach full voltage, then you might blame the power supply for it. But good software/driver code should be rechecking the circuit state, after the problem is detected, to make sure the problem is really there. And who knows, maybe the software people got fed up, and just disabled the Sentinel :-) Paul | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Rookie on March 8, 2008, 1:45 pm
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> Rookie wrote:
>> Thought it had gone away, but it appeared again. When I cold boot, I
>> see this nasty message: >> >> http://www.nvnews.net/previews/geforce_fx/images/power_indicator.gif >> >> If I reboot, it's gone, the same if I boot again after I shut down a >> few minutes ago. >> >> It couldn't be the power supply, and I see that lots of people get >> bugged by this message. >> >> For example, take a look at these: >> >> http://harkal.sylphis3d.com/2007/09/26/my-nvidia-7600-runs-with-a-carb >> uretor/ >> >> According to others, it might be registry related, or just dust >> collecting into the agp slot. >> >> I have a suspicion it might just be buggy programming or bad circuit >> design, but anyway I have been thinking about getting the card back, >> or even throwing it away and buying another card. >> >> However, I fear the next (nvidia) card will exhibit the same strange >> behaviour. ATI doesn't seem to collect many votes on quality AFAIK, >> so what do you suggest? >
> There is a thread here. Near the end of the thread, they mention a new > driver is a potential fix. > > http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=2141003 > > A combination of buggy programming AND bad circuit design would be a > likely explanation. If the problem has a timing element to it, like > how long it takes the power supply rails to reach full voltage, then > you might blame the power supply for it. But good software/driver code > should be rechecking the circuit state, after the problem is detected, > to make sure the problem is really there. > > And who knows, maybe the software people got fed up, and just > disabled the Sentinel :-) > > Paul Thanks, that clear up the phenomenon :) | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Darklight on March 8, 2008, 6:50 am
Please log in for more thread options Rookie wrote:
question is what driver are you using and what motherboard are you using and power supply. it seems that your motherboard is old as you are using a agp slot. are there any computer stores that could test your card and how old is your pc. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Rookie on March 8, 2008, 1:43 pm
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> Rookie wrote:
> > question is what driver are you using and what motherboard are you > using and power supply. it seems that your motherboard is old as you > are using a agp slot. are there any computer stores that could test > your card and how old is your pc. I recently bought a corsair TX 620 and the problem persisted. As Paul mentioned, that link he gave was very helpful. | ||||||||||||||||
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