nVidia Computer

Mon Apr 14 21:19:07 UTC 2008

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>
>   
>>         I have computer about 6 month's old that I
>> must replace because 
>> it uses a lot of nVidia hardware. Here is the output
>> from lspci filtered 
>> for just the nVidia hardware shown.
>>
>> snip
>>     
>
>   
>>         Of course the one that is critical is at
>> 00:50.0 and is a 
>> "GeForce 6100 VGA controller".
>>
>>         Since I got this computer I have used Fedora
>> and now Ubuntu 
>> Linux computers and quite a number of so-called
>> nVidia Linux drivers. 
>> The one thing that has been the same on all these
>> Linux systems has been 
>> a more or less frequent full computer failure at ANY
>> TIME. This has got 
>> to stop. I use this computer for business and it
>> seems to fail while 
>> writing a business letter at a time with maximum
>> work loss. I have NEVER 
>> been able to recover from this crash. It is known by
>> a cross hatch 
>> pattern on the screen, and failure of both the mouse
>> and keyboard. The 
>> only way out is a hard power-down. Thank god for
>> ext3 :-)
>>
>>         My question to you all right now, those of
>> you that have a 
>> successful nVidia computer that never crashes.
>>
>> 1. Did you ever have crashes?
>> 2. From lspci what video controller do you have?
>> 3. Which nVidia driver are you using? There are two
>> main ones. Ubuntu 
>> comes with the "nv" and there are 2 other high
>> efficiency drivers.
>> 4. Do you have as many nVidia hardware devices as I
>> have?
>> 5. Any advice on how to save this nVidia computer?
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>     
> Karl, I have a Gateway GT 5656 AMD64 X2 and LG 22 "
> lcd monitor with nVidia MB.  It seldom crashes and
> never in the manor you describe. Ever so often a
> firefox browser screen will lock up requiring a kill
> of firefox and restart with nothing lost. I may have
> had one or two hard crashes early on reguiring a hard
> reboot after installing gutsy x86_64 version but not
> recently. I did put in a cheap nVidia G71 GeForce 7300
> GS card to use the proprietary driver which works ok.
> The NIC is a Marvel brand.
>
> 2. VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71
> [GeForce 7300 GS] (rev a1)
>
> 3. I'm using the regular nv driver. Haven't gotten
> around to the proprietary driver yet.
> i A xserver-xorg-video-nv                             
>     - X.Org X server -- NV display driver
>
> 4. Not quite as much as you. My sudo lspci:
> [sudo] password for lchata:
> 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory
> Controller (rev a1)
> 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC
> Bridge (rev a2)
> 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
> 00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory
> Controller (rev a2)
> 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB
> Controller (rev a3)
> 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB
> Controller (rev a3)
> 00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI
> bridge (rev a1)
> 00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High
> Definition Audio (rev a2)
> 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE
> (rev a2)
> 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA
> Controller (rev a2)
> 00:08.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA
> Controller (rev a2)
> 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI
> Express bridge (rev a2)
> 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI
> Express bridge (rev a2)
> 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI
> Express bridge (rev a2)
> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology
> Configuration
> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
> 01:06.0 Communication controller: Conexant Unknown
> device 2f40
> 01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments
> TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation
> G71 [GeForce 7300 GS] (rev a1)
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group
> Ltd. 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
>
> 5.Not knowledgeable enough to recommend how to salvage
> but if using the onboard video you might try a cheap
> card as I did. My onboard graphics is nvidia 6150s as
> I recall and have never used it. I also suspect you
> are using the 32 bit i386 version instead of the
> X86_64.
> However, if you want more info on my machine just
> email me and I'll be happy to supply the info.
> Good luck & HTH,
>
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>
>   
    Thanks for your comments Leonard! I only wish my computer would work 
as well as yours with the "nv" driver. It is pretty good but not good 
enough for me.

    I just from Newegg bought a new motherboard  which is a Gigibyte 
GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard.  It has a 30 
day return for refund.

    It will fit in my small enclosure and my older DVD and HD's should 
all work. My RAM and AMD CPU should fit. It has ZERO nVidia hardware :-)


Karl


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