MBAir2,1 NVidia 9400M overheats, solution?

Hi,
I have a MacBookAir2,1 (late 2008) with the NVidia 9400M graphics chip.
Obviously, the computer is no longer under warranty.
Twice now, the computer has gone defunct due to the NVidia 9400M graphics chip, necessitating a solder reflow procedure applied to the 9400M done by myself in order to ge tthe thing working again.
I have installed temperature monitor app, and have frequently seen the NorthBridge chip (is this the 9400M) run in excess of 70 degrees C. The first time it happened, it was while watching a video using the hardware accellerated version of Adobe flash, but after I repaired the laptop the first time, I did not re-install Flash, and in this case, it happened while running little else other than Safari.
So, I've go tthe computer running again, but I'm needing suggestions of things I can do to prevent it happening again in the future.
(1) I installed SMCfancontrol and increased the minium fan speed, but I'm not sure this will solve the probem, as it doesn't appear to increase the fan speed when the computer runs hot; also, it seems to only monitor the main Intel processor and not the GPU.
(2) I read somewhere that some people with older MacBookPros containint the 9400M had overheating issues that occurred with the upgrade to 64 bit Safari, and which seemed to improve by moving back to 32 bit Safari. Can I get 32 bit Safari back on my computer while still running 10.7.x? I guess I could use another browser then...
(3) Is there anyway to decrease the voltage applied to the GPU or to "underclock" the GPU without making hardware changes? I know there are some utilities that will do this for Windows. Also, there is a kernel extension called "voodoopower.kext" that can be used with some hackintoshes to change these settings, but I have no idea how or even if this can be used with an authentic OS X system. Is there another way to do this on an authentic mac? I think this would be a better way to handle the problem than to crank up the fan using SMCfancontrol, as I heard this may cause the fan to eventually die if I run it too much.
I'm not too concerned about performance for this laptop, as I use it mostly as a file server and iTunes / Airplay server nowadays, but still, I'd like it to *work*...

Never ever use the .run file from nvidia.com directly, install the driver from the repos instead.
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extr … dia-304xx/

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Message was edited by: kookahunter

Try downloading this video to see if it plays properly.
http://www.apple.com/macbook/the-new-macbook/
If the video that you have downloaded plays properly, then I would think that the issue is related to your Internet service.
If the video that you have downloaded plays poorly, then I would contact Apple to try to have it exchanged or serviced.
PS:
Does the video hang when you watch the live stream at the following URL? You may need Adobe Flash player to view this site.
http://live.pirillo.com
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As stated by the poster above... the 15" MacBook Pro (along with all the MacBook Pros) got "rev" in early June. With that being said, we won't know what will happen come September/October until that time comes. The machines currently available are fantastic, so there should be no hesitation to shop now. Besides, if you're waiting for the next "latest and greatest" it's replacement is always in design/production behind the scenes anyway.
A few things to consider:
1.) Snow Leopard will be coming out in September and there is a shift in how the GPU interacts with the machine, it's called "OpenCL." We don't know how/what GPUs will be capable of doing with this new design shift and how important (or unimportant) a discrete GPU will affect OS performance.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/
2.) You're about to spend upwards of $2,000 on a computer that will be the way it is (in terms of CPU & GPU) for the life of the machine. One thing that I think is done too many times is that a computer is purchased for the needs of the user today and often times the consideration is not made for how the unit will be used in a year, two years or even three years from today. If you're the type of person that gets a new computer ever year then maybe this isn't important in your decision making process... but I personally will buy a machine that will last me for a minimum of 3 years (the length of my Applecare) in terms of performance.
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or
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In the 1.5 hours that i used the d10 with the Titan it i got one strange screen blackout and i had to reboot.
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A second isue is that i wanted to try to use the standard nvidia quadro fx 1700 in my D10 next to the gtx Titan.
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MacBook Pro 15" Unibody 1st Gen Overheat, forced shut down, flickering.

Hey there,
I'm having some problems with my MacBook Pro. I'll share the details of the computer so it's clear exactly which model I have, and then the symptoms. It is the 2.4Ghz, 2GB 1066Mhz RAM model. It features the nVidia 9600 GT for High Performance mode and nVidia 9400M for Power Saving mode.
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Hello ka.
You will find a lengthy thread dealing with this issue at http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10127873
Some people appear to have been able to overcome the problem by changing the number of rows. In other cases it appears that specific graphics processors produce problems similar to your own.
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[ 16.608903] bbswitch: version 0.7
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[ 16.608917] bbswitch: Found discrete VGA device 0000:01:00.0: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP
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[ 78.445044] bbswitch: enabling discrete graphics
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[ 1166.063193] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 1166.063481] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.2.1 starting...
[ 1166.063488] [DEBUG]Active configuration:
[ 1166.063491] [DEBUG] bumblebeed config file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 1166.063494] [DEBUG] X display: :8
[ 1166.063497] [DEBUG] LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /usr/lib/nvidia:/usr/lib32/nvidia
[ 1166.063500] [DEBUG] Socket path: /var/run/bumblebee.socket
[ 1166.063503] [DEBUG] Accel/display bridge: auto
[ 1166.063505] [DEBUG] VGL Compression: proxy
[ 1166.063508] [DEBUG] VGLrun extra options:
[ 1166.063511] [DEBUG] Primus LD Path: /usr/lib/primus:/usr/lib32/primus
[ 1166.063527] [DEBUG]Using auto-detected bridge virtualgl
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[ 1166.080445] [DEBUG]Socket closed.
[ 1166.080469] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
[ 1166.080475] [DEBUG]Killing all remaining processes.
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[ 1166.066]
X.Org X Server 1.14.4
Release Date: 2013-10-31
[ 1166.066] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 1166.066] Build Operating System: Linux 3.11.6-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 1166.066] Current Operating System: Linux acer-joschka 3.11.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 18 23:22:36 CEST 2013 x86_64
[ 1166.066] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=9b2b7068-afcf-43a7-a6ac-7fc82d88e472 rw acpi_backlight=vendor
[ 1166.066] Build Date: 01 November 2013 05:10:48PM
[ 1166.066]
[ 1166.066] Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
[ 1166.066] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 1166.066] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 1166.066] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.8.log", Time: Mon Nov 4 14:34:19 2013
[ 1166.066] (++) Using config file: "/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia"
[ 1166.066] (++) Using config directory: "/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.d"
[ 1166.066] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[ 1166.066] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 1166.066] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 1166.066] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 1166.066] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using the first device section listed.
[ 1166.066] (**) | |-->Device "DiscreteNvidia"
[ 1166.066] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 1166.066] (**) Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
[ 1166.066] (**) Option "AutoAddGPU" "false"
[ 1166.066] (**) Not automatically adding devices
[ 1166.066] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 1166.066] (**) Not automatically adding GPU devices
[ 1166.066] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 1166.066] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1166.066] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 1166.066] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1166.066] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 1166.066] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1166.066] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 1166.066] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 1166.066] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1166.066] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 1166.066] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/
[ 1166.066] (++) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg/,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 1166.066] (==) |-->Input Device "<default pointer>"
[ 1166.066] (==) |-->Input Device "<default keyboard>"
[ 1166.066] (==) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
Using the default mouse configuration.
[ 1166.066] (==) The core keyboard device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
Using the default keyboard configuration.
[ 1166.067] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fdc20
[ 1166.067] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 1166.067] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 1166.067] X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
[ 1166.067] X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
[ 1166.067] X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
[ 1166.067] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 1166.067] setversion 1.4 failed
[ 1166.067] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[ 1166.068] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0fe4:1025:079b rev 161, Mem @ 0xb2000000/16777216, 0xa0000000/268435456, 0xb0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00003000/128
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
[ 1166.068] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
[ 1166.068] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 1166.068] (II) Loading /usr/lib/nvidia/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 1166.078] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 1166.078] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1166.078] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 1166.078] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 325.15 Wed Jul 31 18:12:00 PDT 2013
[ 1166.078] Loading extension GLX
[ 1166.078] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 1166.078] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 1166.078] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 1166.078] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1166.078] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 1166.078] (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
[ 1166.078] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
[ 1166.078] (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1166.078] compiled for 1.14.0, module version = 1.9.0
[ 1166.078] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 1166.078] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 19.1
[ 1166.078] (II) LoadModule: "kbd"
[ 1166.078] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module kbd
[ 1166.078] (II) UnloadModule: "kbd"
[ 1166.078] (II) Unloading kbd
[ 1166.078] (EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 1166.078] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 325.15 Wed Jul 31 17:50:57 PDT 2013
[ 1166.078] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 1166.078] (--) using VT number 7
[ 1166.078] (EE) No devices detected.
[ 1166.078] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 1166.078] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 1166.079] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 1166.079] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.8.log" for additional information.
[ 1166.079] (EE)
bumblebee.conf (I didnt change anything here)
# Configuration file for Bumblebee. Values should **not** be put between quotes
## Server options. Any change made in this section will need a server restart
# to take effect.
[bumblebeed]
# The secondary Xorg server DISPLAY number
VirtualDisplay=:8
# Should the unused Xorg server be kept running? Set this to true if waiting
# for X to be ready is too long and don't need power management at all.
KeepUnusedXServer=false
# The name of the Bumbleblee server group name (GID name)
ServerGroup=bumblebee
# Card power state at exit. Set to false if the card shoud be ON when Bumblebee
# server exits.
TurnCardOffAtExit=false
# The default behavior of '-f' option on optirun. If set to "true", '-f' will
# be ignored.
NoEcoModeOverride=false
# The Driver used by Bumblebee server. If this value is not set (or empty),
# auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
# (See also the driver-specific sections below)
Driver=
# Directory with a dummy config file to pass as a -configdir to secondary X
XorgConfDir=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.d
## Client options. Will take effect on the next optirun executed.
[optirun]
# Acceleration/ rendering bridge, possible values are auto, virtualgl and
# primus.
Bridge=auto
# The method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers.
# Possible values are proxy, jpeg, rgb, xv and yuv.
VGLTransport=proxy
# List of paths which are searched for the primus libGL.so.1 when using
# the primus bridge
PrimusLibraryPath=/usr/lib/primus:/usr/lib32/primus
# Should the program run under optirun even if Bumblebee server or nvidia card
# is not available?
AllowFallbackToIGC=false
# Driver-specific settings are grouped under [driver-NAME]. The sections are
# parsed if the Driver setting in [bumblebeed] is set to NAME (or if auto-
# detection resolves to NAME).
# PMMethod: method to use for saving power by disabling the nvidia card, valid
# values are: auto - automatically detect which PM method to use
# bbswitch - new in BB 3, recommended if available
# switcheroo - vga_switcheroo method, use at your own risk
# none - disable PM completely
# https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bu … PM-methods
## Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
[driver-nvidia]
# Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia:/usr/lib32/nvidia
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg/,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
## Section with nouveau driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nouveau
[driver-nouveau]
KernelDriver=nouveau
PMMethod=auto
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau
xorg.conf.nvidia (I placed my gpu device address in Device Section
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
Option "AutoAddGPU" "false"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "DiscreteNvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
# If the X server does not automatically detect your VGA device,
# you can manually set it here.
# To get the BusID prop, run `lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'` and input the data
# as you see in the commented example.
# This Setting may be needed in some platforms with more than one
# nvidia card, which may confuse the proprietary driver (e.g.,
# trying to take ownership of the wrong device). Also needed on Ubuntu 13.04.
BusID "PCI:01:00.0"
# Setting ProbeAllGpus to false prevents the new proprietary driver
# instance spawned to try to control the integrated graphics card,
# which is already being managed outside bumblebee.
# This option doesn't hurt and it is required on platforms running
# more than one nvidia graphics card with the proprietary driver.
# (E.g. Macbook Pro pre-2010 with nVidia 9400M + 9600M GT).
# If this option is not set, the new Xorg may blacken the screen and
# render it unusable (unless you have some way to run killall Xorg).
Option "ProbeAllGpus" "false"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "UseEDID" "false"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "none"
EndSection

Your issue seems to be similar to what I had to face with the Razer Blade 14" (similar hardware as well).
Goto: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=173356 and see the instructions to get graphics to work, see if it applies (summarized: run linux-ck and set rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay=2 in the kernel parameters).
I haven't tried undoing this in more recent updates because I haven't had the time to mess with it---it is possible that it has been fixed, although the thread following my and possibly your issue at nvidia doesn't give any indication of that:
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topi … iver-crash

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