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[Ron Johnson <663463@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nvidia apparently made some bad chips...

http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/affectedmodels.html
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1013947/why-nvidia-duff-chips-shoddy-engineering

Even if your Dell isn't on the Official List, it might still have the
affected GPU.

I solved the problem by replacing an old-but-just-purchased "G86"
GeForce 8400GS with a new-and-just-purchased "G98" 8400GS.

The key is to look for an 8400GS with 512MB RAM.  The 128MB cards are
definitely old and the 256MB cards *might* be old.  Another indicator is
that only the G98 cards are PCIe v2 x16, whereas the older ones are v1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo#Table_of_PureVideo_.28HD.29_GPUs

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Title:
  Blank screen on boot unless nouveau was disabled.