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nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package

  1. Bug #280805
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Comment 1 for bug 280805

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_blue (blue) wrote : Re: Latest nvidia driver for Interpid (x64) makes my fan spin all the time.

I'm having the same issue. The fan either runs all the time or turns off and on rapidly. Driver version 177 (from the restricted drivers configuration tool), and here is output from lshw:
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: GeForce 8400M GS
                vendor: nVidia Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: a1
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 module=nvidia

I also have a Dell Inspiron 1420: Linux 2.6.27-6-generic #1 SMP Tue Oct 7 04:15:04 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux.

Switching to nvidia version 173 fixed the problem.