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#1 2016-02-21 11:30:53

thepasto
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Turn off video card

Hello everybody,
I installed archlinux on an old laptop, i'm using it as a home server to share some documents in my home network.
I access it via ssh or ftp, so i don't need video card. It uses a lot of power and it's really hot.
I don't want to install X stuff, and currently i have nouveau drivers installed.

Here's my card model:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86M [GeForce 8600M GS] (rev a1)

Any way to turn it off?

Thanks

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#2 2016-02-21 19:51:03

paulkerry
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From: Sheffield, UK
Registered: 2014-10-02
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Re: Turn off video card

thepasto wrote:

I don't want to install X stuff, and currently i have nouveau drivers installed.

Why did you install nouveau if you don't want X? Either uninstall whatever packages you don't need and/or disable the relevant systemd service.

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#3 2016-02-22 09:39:46

thepasto
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Re: Turn off video card

Thanks for your reply.

I just installed nouveau drivers to try to disable video card. But no luck.
Unistall stuff and disable systemd services doesn't help to turn my nvidia off

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#4 2016-02-22 19:15:06

paulkerry
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Re: Turn off video card

If you are at a text based login, then your graphics card really won't be doing anything. PC's need some kind of video output otherwise they won't boot.
It might not necessarily be the graphics that is making your system hot: It could be for instance the hard disk that is producing the heat, but more than likely excess heat in a laptop is caused by blocked fans and vents - have you checked these?

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#5 2016-02-22 21:09:07

thepasto
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Re: Turn off video card

Well, it's doing nothing for sure!!
Btw here's the situation:

Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +35.0 C  (high = +100.0 C, crit = +100.0 C)
Core 1:       +35.0 C  (high = +100.0 C, crit = +100.0 C)

acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +44.0 C  (crit = +105.0 C)

nouveau-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1:        +61.0 C  (high = +95.0 C, hyst =  +3.0 C)
                       (crit = +115.0 C, hyst =  +5.0 C)
                       (emerg = +115.0 C, hyst =  +5.0 C)

and hdd

/dev/sda: WDC WD3200BEKT-00PVMT0: 40 C

So i don't think i can do better with cpu and motherboard, more than 60 C to do nothing for me it's not so ok smile

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#6 2016-02-23 19:30:34

paulkerry
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Registered: 2014-10-02
Posts: 611

Re: Turn off video card

Looking at your nouveau-pci-0100 temperatures, 61 degC might be normal when there is no gpu load. There are lots of hits online when searching for your gpu model and temperature - perhaps try searching for your make/model of laptop (which you've not mentioned here) at the same time.

Have you tried checking the fans and vents yet?

A similar post (which doesn't mention gpu) with similar recommendations is at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=132999

Edit: also found this among the 1000s of hits, but it may depend on how old your laptop is - http://apcmag.com/nvidia_disaster_thous … faulty.htm
is your BIOS up to date?

Last edited by paulkerry (2016-02-23 19:40:18)

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#7 2016-02-24 13:52:55

thepasto
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Re: Turn off video card

Well, my target was totally disable my video card, because it's totally useless for me.
Anyway my laptop is an old acer 5920g bios is updated, fans are ok and i totally changed the thermal compound on both, cpu and gpu.
This is very closer to my intent.
This evening i will try

Last edited by thepasto (2016-02-24 13:53:31)

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#8 2016-02-24 15:47:54

paulkerry
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Re: Turn off video card

Best of luck - please let us know how you get on or if you find an alternative solution!

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