[ATrpms-users] nVIDIA drivers

[DM - ATRPMS]

Keith C wrote:
> 
> Any way you can check the card in a Windows box?  Any overheating issues 
> or seating (with the AGP slot) issues?

Not easily... I'd have to do a load.

I doubt it's overheating... the heat sink doesn't get that hot and it is 
fan cooled.  I did pop the heat sink off to see what kind of thermal 
compound was underneath, and it was using grease (not the adhesive pads) 
so it should be fine.  I put a little more in just for good measure tho. 
    CPU, bridge, everything else is relatively cool to the touch.

I also doubt it's seating.  It's been in and out of the machine probably 
a dozen times as part of troubleshooting.  (And it's PCI, not AGP, so 
should have fewer seating issues.)
> 
> This really sounds like a bad card.  I'm running a 6200 series card and 
> it works fantastically.
> 
That's what I'm fearing... unfortunately it's mail order, so it's not 
that easy to swap out.  I just realized that I haven't really stressed 
it that much other than through Myth, so maybe I'll throw it back in and 
start glxgears on it for a while tonight.  (Any other suggestions for 
working a bus and video card?)

Dan