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madhatter256
03-12-10, 12:18 PM
Went to nVidia's site to d/l drivers for an nVidia chipset and saw it in the front page of the Download Drivers section.

Read about people's nVidia cards overheating when installing these drivers.

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us

props to nVidia for acknowledging this:thup:
Bobnova
03-12-10, 12:21 PM
They didn't really have a choice, it was public knowledge within hours of the release.
More importantly, a lot of cards would get RMA'd if they didn't pull them, and guess who the manufacturers are going to bill for the money they loose? Nvidia! It was, after all, their fault the cards roasted.

It's the proper business thing to do, admit a failure to save a ton of money.
Marshmallow64
03-12-10, 12:45 PM
OMG so what happened was I usually have my fan speed set at 60%. Then one day I was playing a game and I noticed overheating, I looked into it and my fan speed was set at 20%!!!!

Now when I play games from time to time there will be a lag stutter, where it kind of freezes the game, then it goes back to normal. I wonder if my card is permanently damaged.....
jivetrky
03-12-10, 02:49 PM
OMG so what happened was I usually have my fan speed set at 60%. Then one day I was playing a game and I noticed overheating, I looked into it and my fan speed was set at 20%!!!!

Now when I play games from time to time there will be a lag stutter, where it kind of freezes the game, then it goes back to normal. I wonder if my card is permanently damaged.....

I'd call up eVGA and see about an RMA. Maybe talk them into a step up :D
Marshmallow64
03-12-10, 04:18 PM
^ Yea I was thinking about that and I better do it sooner than later while the issue is still fresh. But I hate the long RMA turnaround times, its a hassle =(.
jivetrky
03-12-10, 04:21 PM
^ Yea I was thinking about that and I better do it sooner than later while the issue is still fresh. But I hate the long RMA turnaround times, its a hassle =(.

Indeed, I hate the turnaround too. But it's better than waiting too long and not getting a replacement/fix :)
baris_
03-12-10, 04:23 PM
^ Yea I was thinking about that and I better do it sooner than later while the issue is still fresh. But I hate the long RMA turnaround times, its a hassle =(.

Yes, it's really a pain in the ass.. I waited a MONTH for a CPU once because they kept making administrative mistakes..
Marshmallow64
03-12-10, 04:34 PM
Right now I lowered everything back to stock speeds and Ill do some testing later to see if it still freezes up. I do plan on upgrading soon once the new 400 series benchmarks come out. It just freezes up maybe like once every hour or 2 when I game for like 5 seconds.

So if it still does this "freezeup" at stock its RMA time. :cry: