[mythtv-users] Issue booting with new GT 430, WAS: Recent occasional tearing with GT 430 Advanced 2x?

[Kevin Johnson]

>
> I wish I understood what is actually going on with that GT 430 I'm
> replacing.  It periodically starts running very hot and then the
> temperature comes down...all the while, nvidia-smi seems to be
> reporting that the fan is working (based on the fan speed % hanging
> etc).  It seems like an issue with the fan, but unless that fan speed
> is in fact wrong I'm not sure I understand how.
>
> Tom
>


I had that very same card and it did the same thing to me.
Using nvidia-smi I saw really high temps.  When it got really hot the
picture would freeze and other bad things happened.

The fan on the card WAS WORKING.  I physically saw it spinning but when I
actually checked close, it was dirty and hard to spin by hand.
So I replaced the fan with a bigger fan that I rigged to the heat sinks.
Ever since then, around 2 years, it has operated well within specs with no
issues.

You might try replacing the fan with something better.  It certainly will
not make it worse.
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