Any body know how to fix this. Have people tested this driver? Should I load an earlier driver?
When dealing with NVidia cards, I've found this is always the first thing to try whenever a problem arises. Their Linux drivers are updated to support new hardware and fix old bugs, but they often introduce new bugs on old(er) hardware. I have encountered several situations where the latest driver simply would not work on hardware that was fairly standard (e.g. Dell laptop!). This was not due to the graphics card, but the rest of the system conflicting somehow with the driver. I'm using 7676 with no problems here, but I doubt we have the same laptop.