nVidia Computer

[B.J. McClure]

On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 06:03 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> Robert Stockdale IV wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:13 AM, Owen Townend <owen.townend at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> On 15/04/2008, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> >>     
> >>>
> >>>     Thanks for your comments Leonard! I only wish my computer would work
> >>> as well as yours with the "nv" driver. It is pretty good but not good
> >>> enough for me.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>       
> >  Control
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GS]
> > (rev a1)
> > 02:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000
> > Controller (PHY/Link)
> > 03:00.0 PCI bridge: NEC Corporation uPD720400 PCI Express - PCI/PCI-X Bridge
> > (rev 06)
> > 03:00.1 PCI bridge: NEC Corporation uPD720400 PCI Express - PCI/PCI-X Bridge
> > (rev 06)
> > 08:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE614x SATA II
> > PCI-E controller (rev 01)
> >
> > Hope this helps in some way.
> > Bob
> >
> >   
>     Hi Bob, I think what you and others have said is proving I have a 
> hardware problem but the problem is the nVidia GeForce 6300 video 
> controller. I see no one using this early a controller and thus it may 
> be the problem. I wish now I had a good video card to try. I do have one 
> old card I could plug in and see if it works better.
> 
> Karl
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
> 	Linux User
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Some of the aforementioned systems also use the GeForce 6300, 6100 and several other varients.  No problems.
Perhaps some logical troubleshooting instead of blaming everything
Nvidia might provide a faster and more satisfying solution.

B.J.

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