JohnnyDos Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.41 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I saw this guys and ladies Owners of Nvidia-based video cards may be putting those cards, as well as the rest of their PCs, at risk if they're using the latest version of Nvidia's graphics drivers. First reported by beta testers playing Starcraft II, the problem with the recently released driver update 196.75 may affect you, even if you're not a gamer. Starcraft II's publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, issued an official statement in the game's Battle.net forums advising users to roll back to the previous driver version, 196.21, to avoid any issues. The company has diagnosed the problem as related to fan control, which is causing overheating. According to a story at IncGamers.com, in some extreme cases this is causing physical damage to not only the video card but the processor and motherboard as well. Blizzard also advises that the problem could affect Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft. But any current Windows version (32- and 64-bit XP, Vista, and Windows 7) running the driver is susceptible, which means that using any 3D application with the new drivers could put your system at risk. Nvidia responded to our request for comments with the following statement: "We are aware that some customers have reported fan speed issues with the latest 196.75 WHQL drivers on NVIDIA.com. Until we can verify and root cause this issue, we recommend that customers stay with, or return to 196.21 WHQL drivers. Release 196.75 drivers have been temporarily removed from our Web site in the meantime." http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2360987,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fextremetech+%28Extremetech%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonovabich Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted March 11, 2010 Good post Johnny, i have version 8.17.11.9621 i think that looks ok, if not someone please tell me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildthing Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 36 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 124 Topic Count: 235 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3845 Content Per Day: 0.72 Reputation: 2247 Achievement Points: 34608 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 04:22 PM Birthday: 11/22/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted March 11, 2010 Johnny did you check nvidia website for any update on the issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyDos Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.41 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 Wildthing I got this info from the website I posted.I don't have N Vidia anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 19 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 101 Topic Count: 318 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4444 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 2763 Achievement Points: 29399 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 11 Birthday: 02/29/1968 Device: iPhone Share Posted March 11, 2010 Sonovabich Good post Johnny, i have version 8.17.11.9621 i think that looks ok, if not someone please tell me I think you are fine. The last 5 numbers of that correspond to 196.21.. which is the version Nvidia is recommending rolling back to. I checked mine and my GeForce driver is 190.62(6.4.11.9062), which follows the same format. I'm glad I'm lazy and do not update my drivers all that often. Nice Job looking out for us Johnny!!! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
MrBubbles Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 349 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 821 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 541 Achievement Points: 5195 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 5, 2017 Birthday: 01/27/1971 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Everytime a system of mine burns up, I end up with this killer new system. Hmm... I have dual NVidia cards... I wonder what the odds are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonovabich Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted March 11, 2010 Thanks Bama i thought i was ok but i wanted to make sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDD THE DUCK Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 375 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 92 Topic Count: 385 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4065 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 7844 Achievement Points: 37160 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 45 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 10:50 AM Birthday: 06/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted March 11, 2010 i have 2 burnt out nvidea 8800gts sitting very close to me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
EDD THE DUCK Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 375 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 92 Topic Count: 385 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4065 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 7844 Achievement Points: 37160 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 45 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 10:50 AM Birthday: 06/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted March 11, 2010 Sonovabich Thanks Bama i thought i was ok but i wanted to make sure. not to sure if your ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ROCKAPE Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 4 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 171 Topic Count: 1094 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 5157 Content Per Day: 0.96 Reputation: 3040 Achievement Points: 43597 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 02:40 PM Birthday: 08/16/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted March 11, 2010 Thanks for the heads up JohnnyDos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KrazyLarry Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 743 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 37 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 235 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 08/23/1966 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Thanks Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenMan Posted March 11, 2010 Member ID: 410 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 4 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2033 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 428 Achievement Points: 10669 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/16/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 15, 2020 Birthday: 12/04/1948 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Thanks Johnny, I had those drivers running. Just went back as recommended. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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