WARNING - Nvidia 196.75 drivers can fry your graphics card

03-05-10, 05:33 AM

If you are using the very latest nvidea drivers, STOP.
They have been pulled from their site as they seem to be causing GPU fans to not ramp up when needed causing GPU's to overheat and maybe fail.
Rollback to the last 196 drivers until the new ones are fixed.

Yskonyn · 03-05-10, 05:38 AM

Thanks for the heads-up. Nobody wants to fry their card.

Decoman · 03-05-10, 05:50 AM

Speaking of drivers, I will probably stick with my Ati Catalyst 9.11 drivers until I see some drivers from 2010 that has something to do with Silent Hunter 5.

9.11 drivers = november 2009
10.3 drivers = march 2010

Kromus · 03-05-10, 06:01 AM

Thx for this info Barso! This is still last year for my 280GTX anyway but I don`t want to do an earlier upgrade

Iliaz · 03-05-10, 06:15 AM

Thanks for the Heads-Up, Barso!

Dronston · 03-05-10, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barso

If you are using the very latest nvidea drivers, STOP.
They have been pulled from their site as they seem to be causing GPU fans to not ramp up when needed causing GPU's to overheat and maybe fail.
Rollback to the last 196 drivers until the new ones are fixed.

So 196.75 is okay?

Ragtag · 03-05-10, 06:28 AM

It seems to affect these cards:

GeForce 9800GT, 9800GTX and GTS 250. May affect others to.

Source: http://www.geeks3d.com/20100305/forc...-geforce-card/

The drivers works fine with my GTX285.

Dronston · 03-05-10, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dronston

So 196.75 is okay?

Okay, my version is the bad one. Rolling back as we speak!
Thanks for the heads up!

03-05-10, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barso

If you are using the very latest nvidea drivers, STOP.
They have been pulled from their site as they seem to be causing GPU fans to not ramp up when needed causing GPU's to overheat and maybe fail.
Rollback to the last 196 drivers until the new ones are fixed.

And its not the first time this happening

Arclight · 03-05-10, 08:06 AM

Good thing I let Rivatuner control the fan.

McHibbins · 03-05-10, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dronston

Okay, my version is the bad one. Rolling back as we speak!
Thanks for the heads up!

So 196.21 will work ?

Dronston · 03-05-10, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McHibbins

So 196.21 will work ?

It seems so, it's the latest version listed on the nvidia site. 75 is indeed no langer available for download.
Just installed and everything seems to be normal.

Rothwell white · 03-05-10, 08:41 AM

Thanks for info

malkuth74 · 03-05-10, 08:50 AM

Wow thanks I have a Gforc 260 and never noticed anything. But I went to the 196.34 drivers.

These will bring the Shadow slowdown worse though... So remember to just shut the shadows off.. I already did anyway.

But I mean quality control has gone to the crapper with computer companies lately.

I hope they are responsible for replacing people burned out cards? Lucky it was not mine becuase... Well I have ways....

AVGWarhawk · 03-05-10, 09:22 AM

Bump and thanks! I have the 9800. Nice way to generate some business for Nvida. Plant a bad driver.

Geez.

196.75 is the bad driver...currently the Nvida site shows 196.21 as the driver to use.

03-05-10, 05:33 AM	#1
Barso Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Warning for latest nvidea drivers!! If you are using the very latest nvidea drivers, STOP. They have been pulled from their site as they seem to be causing GPU fans to not ramp up when needed causing GPU's to overheat and maybe fail. Rollback to the last 196 drivers until the new ones are fixed.

03-05-10, 05:38 AM	#2
Yskonyn Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 48 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the heads-up. Nobody wants to fry their card. __________________ Yskonyn - *"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire..."*

03-05-10, 06:15 AM	#5
Iliaz Seaman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 37 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the Heads-Up, Barso! __________________ Welch' Künstler gingen an mir zu Grunde!

03-05-10, 06:28 AM	#7
Ragtag Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 654 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 0	It seems to affect these cards: GeForce 9800GT, 9800GTX and GTS 250. May affect others to. Source: http://www.geeks3d.com/20100305/forc...-geforce-card/ The drivers works fine with my GTX285. __________________ Intel I7-7800x CPU. 16Gb G.skill DDR4 3600MHz. Asrock Taichi X299 mb Palit RTX 2080Ti. Fortron 1000W PSU. BenQ XR3501R LCD. Last edited by Ragtag; 03-05-10 at 06:40 AM.

03-05-10, 08:06 AM	#10
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Good thing I let Rivatuner control the fan. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

03-05-10, 05:50 AM	#3
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Speaking of drivers, I will probably stick with my Ati Catalyst 9.11 drivers until I see some drivers from 2010 that has something to do with Silent Hunter 5. 9.11 drivers = november 2009 10.3 drivers = march 2010

03-05-10, 06:01 AM	#4
Kromus Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 250 Downloads: 140 Uploads: 0	Thx for this info Barso! This is still last year for my 280GTX anyway but I don`t want to do an earlier upgrade

03-05-10, 08:41 AM	#13
Rothwell white Gunner Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leeds (England) Posts: 91 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Thanks for info

03-05-10, 08:50 AM	#14
malkuth74 Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 377 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Wow thanks I have a Gforc 260 and never noticed anything. But I went to the 196.34 drivers. These will bring the Shadow slowdown worse though... So remember to just shut the shadows off.. I already did anyway. But I mean quality control has gone to the crapper with computer companies lately. I hope they are responsible for replacing people burned out cards? Lucky it was not mine becuase... Well I have ways.... __________________

03-05-10, 09:22 AM	#15
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Bump and thanks! I have the 9800. Nice way to generate some business for Nvida. Plant a bad driver. Geez. 196.75 is the bad driver...currently the Nvida site shows 196.21 as the driver to use. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road