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

[Tom Dexter]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
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> 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.
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> You might try replacing the fan with something better.  It certainly will
> not make it worse.
>

No way!...with that exact card no less?...that has to be one of the
most helpful replies I've ever had on the list. :D  That sounds
exactly like what I have going on.

I may end up trying that, especially if my new card doesn't work.  At
a minimum I'm going to take a much closer look at that fan.

Thanks!
Tom