Re: Black screens on old nVidia card
On Wed Apr 12 21:44:23 2023 Charles Curley
<charlescurley@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:59:43 -0700
> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> wrote:
>
>> $ cat /etc/debian_version
>> 11.5
>
> Hmm, the current version is 11.6. Maybe there's a fix in the upgrades
> you haven't yet installed???
Dunno. But the display has always been a bit flaky. Things got
really bad after my annual vacuuming of the box.
>> [ 1406.213319] NVRM: GPU at PCI:0000:01:00:
>> GPU-d7903bd4-9549-9f07-5796-886c12d2031c
>> [ 1406.213322] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:01:00): 79, GPU has fallen off the
>> bus. [ 1406.213324] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00.0 has fallen off the bus.
>
> ??? I wonder if the card has an electrical problem? Thermal?
>
>> Yes, that video card is pretty long in the tooth; I'd gladly replace
>> it if a new board will solve the problem. (If not, why bother?
>> It works well enough for my purposes.)
>
> How much is your time worth? Buying a new inexpensive card may be less
> expensive than tracking this down. Maybe your local computer store
> will lend you a test video card???
Perhaps. I went there after the vacuuming I mentioned above, which
left the machine unable to light the screens at all. Their tech
reseated a few things I missed and tweaked things a bit. That made
it work again (for a while, at least), and they were kind enough
to not even charge me, so I think it's worth going back and buying
a new video card from them.
Thanks for the help.
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