I upgraded my Dell Latitude E6510 with an Nvidia NVS 3100M to Windows 8 a short time ago, and noticed something fairly quickly: Whenever my display came back on after being powered off from power saving mode, or the laptop came out of sleep mode, the screen had a very noticeable flickering and some distinct horizontal …
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Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2013/01/26/screen-flickering-and-horizontal-lines-when-coming-out-of-standby-on-windows-8/
Ubuntu not booting with nVidia video on i3-i5-i7 Intel CPUs
Systems with i3/i5/i7 chipsets and nVidia video may experience Ubuntu not booting, and instead getting a blank screen with a flashing cursor or corrupt video display. This seems to be an issue with some combination of kernel, video card, and nouveau driver, and appears to stem from the fact that the system technically has two …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/06/06/ubuntu-not-booting-with-nvidia-video/
How hot is too hot? Don’t overheat your computer.
When your computer’s processor, chipset, or hard drive overheats, you can wind up with big problems. From system slowdowns to application crashes, video corruption, data loss, to permanent damage to your computer hardware. It’s important to keep your computer running cool. Your computer has sensors in various places to monitor the internal temperature and regulate …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2010/11/30/how-hot-is-too-hot-dont-overheat-your-computer/
nVidia proprietary drivers and low-resolution Plymouth splash screen
Something I noticed immediately after installing the nvidia drivers in Ubuntu 10.04 was a low-resolution splash screen. This hasn’t bothered me too much in the past, but now that I’m using hard drive encryption it pushes the input box to the edge of the screen (and makes it ugly) as well as pushing the text …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2010/06/21/nvidia-proprietary-drivers-and-low-resolution-plymouth-splash-screen/
Ubuntu Karmic post-install Guide
Ubuntu Post-Installation Guide v9.10 Note: Unless otherwise specified, packages are installed/uninstalled using System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. Repositories are updated in (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager > Settings > Repositories) or (System > Administration > Software Sources) > Third Party Software (for Jaunty) or > Other Software (karmic). Java, Flash Player …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2010/03/09/ubuntu-karmic-post-install-guide/
nvidia proprietary driver not completely configured on Ubuntu Karmic
When installing Ubuntu Karmic on a PC with a nvidia chipset, you may experience an issue when doing the following: Going to System > Administration > Hardware Drivers and enabling the nVidia v185 driver. After being prompted to restart the PC, the X server will not start and you will get a menu with a …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2010/03/04/nvidia-proprietary-driver-not-completely-configured-on-ubuntu-karmic/
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