alt <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:10:09 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
>
>> alt <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:02:18 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> NVIDIA driver 169.07 with fan bug
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | While 169.04 BETA worked fine, after installing 169.07 the fan of
>>>> the | graphics board stays at max speed (and max noise) all the time.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/22943
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like Vista.
>>>
>>> Could be worse. The fan could be stuck OFF!
>>
>> Hehe :-))
>
> Nothing funny about that! I had an old old Toshiba laptop that defaulted
> to leaving the CPU fan off until told to turn it on... unbeknownst to me.
>
> Unfortunately, I cooked that laptop when I installed Linux :-(
>
I think that there are some toshiba utilities which can be used to
flip the fan, but it's probably too late for you...
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