(sigh) time to try to catch up, at least a little.
On 4/28/2025 12:12 AM, Tim wrote:
On Sun, 2025-04-27 at 21:37 -0600, home user via users wrote:
Removing the card worked. That's evidence, an argument, not proof,
that the card was bad.
Did you also try putting it back in again?
No.
The card was in there solidly. I had a hard time getting it out. It
would have been difficult and time consuming to try re-installing it.
My choice is also me trying to think probabilistically. The card is 12
years old. I was having even worse problems when using the Fedora Live
Workstation (but no RPM Fusion driver with that), and moderate problems
with f40 (which did have the current, correct RPM Fusion driver). I
figure a little better than 50% chance the card was bad, almost 50%
chance my problems were because the RPM Fusion nvidia driver was not yet
re-installed, and a slim chance the card needed re-seating.
Back in my early days of fixing up people's PCs, reseating cards was
often needed. Few cases were rigid enough to hold cards firmly in
place, and if the box was moved they'd often get yanked out slightly.
Things would often fail after a system upgrade. They'd taken the box
out of it's usual cubby hole, slightly cleaned it, then went to do
their upgrade, and it had gone cactus.
Thermal expansion and contraction would also walk some out of their
sockets.
I was glad when better cases started to be the norm, and without stupid
price tags on them. Apart from the better build, I wasn't getting my
knuckles shredded by all the sharp metal edges on the inside.
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