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nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package

  1. Bug #280805
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 280805

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Russell Hedger (russell-hedger) wrote : Re: Latest nvidia driver for Interpid (x64) makes my fan spin all the time.

The Dell XPS M1330 model has many reports of motherboard failure due to overheating of the nvidia 8400M GPU. This has been addressed in part by the new A12 BIOS, which runs the system fan more actively, so increasing the lifetime of the GPU.

This bug is a different problem: the GPU temperature increases significantly following one of the recent ubuntu/kubuntu updates. The fan kicks in because the A12 BIOS senses the higher GPU temperature. However, the BIOS is merely trying to stop the GPU overheating, it is not the cause of the problem.