After the last update on july 23 my DGX spark is overheating without any load.
As usual at the morning I’ve started it and ran my vllm setup for qwen3.6-35b-a3b and suddenly after 1h it rebooted.
When I touched it - it was extremely hot. After booting it again it’s still hot without loading.
Even when I’ve turned it off - it’s still very hot after 20 minutes with power supply turned on.
What can I do to repair it to make it workable again?
UPDATE
I’ve turned it off completely from power supply for a 30 minutes.
Then I’ve boot it again. After login the system showed me “an important update have been installed” and it was for power of type-c ports.
Idk why this update didn’t installed before. Seems like it was the issue. For now it’s working fine. I’ll update this thread later.
Lower the clock might help:
sudo nvidia-smi -lgc 0,2000
Some user has done the test and this does not impact the performance much.
no, it’s issue of update 100% because it was working well for a long period(2 months).
Looks like one update for type-c ports was not installed for some reasons and cause problems. We’ll see later.
Neill
July 24, 2026, 6:55pm
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Hey @unicornxoxo2 , thanks for the update! Glad the type-C firmware install seems to have helped. Whenever you get a chance, could you confirm whether things have stayed stable since then?
Also, if you’re able to share the version numbers for both the July 23 update and the type-C firmware update, that would be really helpful for tracking this down on our end.
2026-07-23:
grep "2026-07-23.* install " /var/log/dpkg.log
2026-07-23 18:14:49 install nvidia-firmware-580-580.173.02:arm64 <none> 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
grep "2026-07-23.* upgrade " /var/log/dpkg.log
2026-07-23 07:14:22 upgrade tar:arm64 1.35+dfsg-3ubuntu0.3 1.35+dfsg-3ubuntu0.4
2026-07-23 07:14:22 upgrade gawk:arm64 1:5.2.1-2build3 1:5.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
2026-07-23 07:14:22 upgrade krb5-locales:all 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.6 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.7
2026-07-23 07:14:22 upgrade libgssapi-krb5-2:arm64 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.6 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.7
2026-07-23 07:14:22 upgrade libkrb5-3:arm64 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.6 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.7
2026-07-23 07:14:23 upgrade libkrb5support0:arm64 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.6 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.7
2026-07-23 07:14:23 upgrade libk5crypto3:arm64 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.6 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.7
2026-07-23 07:14:23 upgrade accountsservice:arm64 23.13.9-2ubuntu6 23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1
2026-07-23 07:14:23 upgrade libaccountsservice0:arm64 23.13.9-2ubuntu6 23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1
2026-07-23 07:14:23 upgrade code:arm64 1.129.1-1784303630 1.130.0-1784734546
2026-07-23 07:14:37 upgrade gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0:arm64 23.13.9-2ubuntu6 23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1
2026-07-23 07:14:37 upgrade gstreamer1.0-gtk3:arm64 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.4 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.5
2026-07-23 07:14:37 upgrade gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:arm64 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.4 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.5
2026-07-23 07:14:37 upgrade libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0:arm64 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.4 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.5
2026-07-23 07:14:37 upgrade libarchive13t64:arm64 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.7 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.8
2026-07-23 07:14:37 upgrade libgif7:arm64 5.2.2-1ubuntu1 5.2.2-1ubuntu1.2
2026-07-23 07:14:38 upgrade libgphoto2-port12t64:arm64 2.5.31-2.1ubuntu1 2.5.31-2.1ubuntu1.1
2026-07-23 07:14:38 upgrade libgphoto2-6t64:arm64 2.5.31-2.1ubuntu1 2.5.31-2.1ubuntu1.1
2026-07-23 07:14:38 upgrade libgphoto2-l10n:all 2.5.31-2.1ubuntu1 2.5.31-2.1ubuntu1.1
2026-07-23 07:14:38 upgrade libhtml-parser-perl:arm64 3.81-1build3 3.81-1ubuntu0.1
2026-07-23 07:14:38 upgrade libjbig2dec0:arm64 0.20-1build3 0.20-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 07:14:38 upgrade remmina-plugin-rdp:arm64 1.4.43+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 1.4.43+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
2026-07-23 07:14:38 upgrade remmina-plugin-vnc:arm64 1.4.43+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 1.4.43+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
2026-07-23 07:14:39 upgrade remmina-plugin-secret:arm64 1.4.43+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 1.4.43+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
2026-07-23 07:14:39 upgrade remmina:arm64 1.4.43+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 1.4.43+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
2026-07-23 07:14:39 upgrade remmina-common:all 1.4.43+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 1.4.43+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
2026-07-23 07:14:39 upgrade snapd:arm64 2.75.2+ubuntu24.04 2.76+ubuntu24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:47 upgrade libfprint-2-tod1:arm64 1:1.94.7+tod1-0ubuntu5~24.04.7 1:1.94.7+tod1-0ubuntu5~24.04.8
2026-07-23 18:14:47 upgrade libfprint-2-2:arm64 1:1.94.7+tod1-0ubuntu5~24.04.7 1:1.94.7+tod1-0ubuntu5~24.04.8
2026-07-23 18:14:47 upgrade nvidia-driver-580-open:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:47 upgrade linux-modules-nvidia-580-open-nvidia-hwe-24.04:arm64 6.17.0-1026.26 6.17.0-1026.26+3
2026-07-23 18:14:47 upgrade linux-modules-nvidia-580-open-6.17.0-1026-nvidia:arm64 6.17.0-1026.26 6.17.0-1026.26+3
2026-07-23 18:14:47 upgrade libnvidia-extra-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:47 upgrade libnvidia-common-580:all 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:48 upgrade libnvidia-decode-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:48 upgrade libnvidia-compute-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:49 upgrade nvidia-utils-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:49 upgrade libnvidia-fbc1-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:49 upgrade libnvidia-encode-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:50 upgrade libnvidia-gl-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:52 upgrade xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:52 upgrade libnvidia-cfg1-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:52 upgrade nvidia-kernel-common-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:52 upgrade nvidia-kernel-source-580-open:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-23 18:14:53 upgrade nvidia-compute-utils-580:arm64 580.159.03-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 580.173.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-24:
grep "2026-07-24.* upgrade " /var/log/dpkg.log
2026-07-24 07:41:06 upgrade libpam0g:arm64 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.5 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.6
2026-07-24 07:41:08 upgrade libpam-modules-bin:arm64 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.5 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.6
2026-07-24 07:41:10 upgrade libpam-modules:arm64 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.5 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.6
2026-07-24 07:41:11 upgrade libpam-runtime:all 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.5 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.6
2026-07-24 07:41:13 upgrade rsyslog:arm64 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.2 8.2312.0-3ubuntu9.3
2026-07-24 07:41:13 upgrade libhttp-date-perl:all 6.06-1 6.06-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
2026-07-24 07:41:13 upgrade libxpm4:arm64 1:3.5.17-1build2 1:3.5.17-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
For a type-c it was something auto-updated and idk how to find it. If you will tell me what to run I’ll check for more information you need,
Maybe this will help, but I don[t see any changes.
journalctl -u fwupd.service --since "2026-07-23"
Jul 23 07:11:35 spark-1 systemd[1]: Starting fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 23 07:11:38 spark-1 fwupd[3839]: 04:11:38.956 FuPluginUefiCapsule failed to get screen size: failed to setup: failed to get DRM resources
Jul 23 07:11:38 spark-1 fwupd[3839]: 04:11:38.995 FuMain fwupd 2.0.20 ready for requests (locale en_US.utf8)
Jul 23 07:11:39 spark-1 systemd[1]: Started fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 23 07:15:31 spark-1 fwupd[3839]: 04:15:31.161 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 23 07:15:31 spark-1 fwupd[3839]: 04:15:31.161 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 23 07:15:31 spark-1 fwupd[3839]: 04:15:31.239 FuMain Received SIGTERM
Jul 23 07:15:31 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopping fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 23 07:15:31 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 23 07:15:31 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopped fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 23 07:15:31 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Consumed 2.854s CPU time, 203.9M memory peak, 0B memory swap peak.
-- Boot cc8ebec11ddd42bc8d0d365350034dac --
Jul 23 07:16:34 spark-1 systemd[1]: Starting fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 23 07:16:34 spark-1 fwupd[10875]: 04:16:34.930 FuPluginUefiCapsule failed to get screen size: failed to setup: failed to get DRM resources
Jul 23 07:16:34 spark-1 fwupd[10875]: 04:16:34.938 FuMain fwupd 2.0.20 ready for requests (locale en_US.utf8)
Jul 23 07:16:34 spark-1 systemd[1]: Started fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 23 18:15:59 spark-1 fwupd[10875]: 15:15:59.913 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 23 18:15:59 spark-1 fwupd[10875]: 15:15:59.913 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 23 18:16:00 spark-1 fwupd[10875]: 15:16:00.158 FuMain Received SIGTERM
Jul 23 18:16:00 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopping fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 23 18:16:00 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 23 18:16:00 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopped fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 23 18:16:00 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Consumed 11.057s CPU time.
-- Boot 62a38809209e4412934eb30ae6ca444c --
Jul 24 08:43:34 spark-1 systemd[1]: Starting fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 24 08:43:37 spark-1 fwupd[7180]: 05:43:37.173 FuPluginUefiCapsule failed to get screen size: failed to setup: failed to get DRM resources
Jul 24 08:43:37 spark-1 fwupd[7180]: 05:43:37.603 FuMain fwupd 2.0.20 ready for requests (locale en_US.utf8)
Jul 24 08:43:37 spark-1 systemd[1]: Started fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 24 08:57:51 spark-1 fwupd[7180]: 05:57:51.315 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 24 08:57:51 spark-1 fwupd[7180]: 05:57:51.316 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 24 08:57:51 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopping fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 24 08:57:51 spark-1 fwupd[7180]: 05:57:51.532 FuMain Received SIGTERM
Jul 24 08:57:51 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 24 08:57:51 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopped fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 24 08:57:51 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Consumed 4.126s CPU time.
-- Boot d18a99a8cc524fa6b4fd5b29290d7aff --
Jul 24 08:59:26 spark-1 systemd[1]: Starting fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 24 08:59:29 spark-1 fwupd[7123]: 05:59:29.498 FuPluginUefiCapsule failed to get screen size: failed to setup: failed to get DRM resources
Jul 24 08:59:30 spark-1 fwupd[7123]: 05:59:30.192 FuMain fwupd 2.0.20 ready for requests (locale en_US.utf8)
Jul 24 08:59:30 spark-1 systemd[1]: Started fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 24 09:08:42 spark-1 fwupd[7123]: 06:08:42.625 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 24 09:08:42 spark-1 fwupd[7123]: 06:08:42.626 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 24 09:08:42 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopping fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 24 09:08:42 spark-1 fwupd[7123]: 06:08:42.873 FuMain Received SIGTERM
Jul 24 09:08:42 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 24 09:08:42 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopped fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 24 09:08:42 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Consumed 4.083s CPU time.
-- Boot d80e5ab0c5d147e2bd606a8ec69bea55 --
Jul 24 09:28:15 spark-1 systemd[1]: Starting fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 24 09:28:16 spark-1 fwupd[11049]: 06:28:16.188 FuPluginUefiCapsule failed to get screen size: failed to setup: failed to get DRM resources
Jul 24 09:28:16 spark-1 fwupd[11049]: 06:28:16.196 FuMain fwupd 2.0.20 ready for requests (locale en_US.utf8)
Jul 24 09:28:16 spark-1 systemd[1]: Started fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 24 17:12:27 spark-1 fwupd[11049]: 14:12:27.127 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 24 17:12:27 spark-1 fwupd[11049]: 14:12:27.127 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 24 17:12:27 spark-1 fwupd[11049]: 14:12:27.205 FuMain Received SIGTERM
Jul 24 17:12:27 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopping fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 24 17:12:27 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 24 17:12:27 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopped fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 24 17:12:27 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Consumed 5.599s CPU time, 31.2M memory peak, 0B memory swap peak.
-- Boot 8539d68a043e41b2b8fa786066ac3aee --
Jul 26 08:37:26 spark-1 systemd[1]: Starting fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 26 08:37:32 spark-1 fwupd[3579]: 05:37:32.526 FuPluginUefiCapsule failed to get screen size: failed to setup: failed to get DRM resources
Jul 26 08:37:32 spark-1 fwupd[3579]: 05:37:32.577 FuMain fwupd 2.0.20 ready for requests (locale en_US.utf8)
Jul 26 08:37:32 spark-1 systemd[1]: Started fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 26 09:02:54 spark-1 fwupd[3579]: 06:02:54.107 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 26 09:02:54 spark-1 fwupd[3579]: 06:02:54.107 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 26 09:02:54 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopping fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 26 09:02:54 spark-1 fwupd[3579]: 06:02:54.222 FuMain Received SIGTERM
Jul 26 09:02:54 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 26 09:02:54 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopped fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 26 09:02:54 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Consumed 2.708s CPU time.
-- Boot 898f5220241544968010f7490125902a --
Jul 26 09:58:14 spark-1 systemd[1]: Starting fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 26 09:58:15 spark-1 fwupd[11026]: 06:58:15.093 FuPluginUefiCapsule failed to get screen size: failed to setup: failed to get DRM resources
Jul 26 09:58:15 spark-1 fwupd[11026]: 06:58:15.102 FuMain fwupd 2.0.20 ready for requests (locale en_US.utf8)
Jul 26 09:58:15 spark-1 systemd[1]: Started fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 26 10:04:07 spark-1 fwupd[11026]: 07:04:07.012 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 26 10:04:07 spark-1 fwupd[11026]: 07:04:07.012 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 26 10:04:07 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopping fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 26 10:04:07 spark-1 fwupd[11026]: 07:04:07.101 FuMain Received SIGTERM
Jul 26 10:04:07 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 26 10:04:07 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopped fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
-- Boot de73621f8ee646c894ddd7553c28dbb3 --
Jul 27 07:22:16 spark-1 systemd[1]: Starting fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 27 07:22:16 spark-1 fwupd[8568]: 04:22:16.691 FuPluginUefiCapsule failed to get screen size: failed to setup: failed to get DRM resources
Jul 27 07:22:16 spark-1 fwupd[8568]: 04:22:16.925 FuMain fwupd 2.0.20 ready for requests (locale en_US.utf8)
Jul 27 07:22:16 spark-1 systemd[1]: Started fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
Jul 27 07:33:06 spark-1 fwupd[8568]: 04:33:06.837 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 27 07:33:06 spark-1 fwupd[8568]: 04:33:06.837 FuPluginUpower failed to query lid state
Jul 27 07:33:06 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopping fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 27 07:33:06 spark-1 fwupd[8568]: 04:33:06.902 FuMain Received SIGTERM
Jul 27 07:33:06 spark-1 systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 27 07:33:06 spark-1 systemd[1]: Stopped fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
-- Boot c5ff9124a9c74f5f8ef3a2b9ecf9bfb5 --
Jul 27 07:33:57 spark-1 systemd[1]: Starting fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon...
Jul 27 07:33:58 spark-1 fwupd[10919]: 04:33:58.782 FuPluginUefiCapsule failed to get screen size: failed to setup: failed to get DRM resources
Jul 27 07:33:58 spark-1 fwupd[10919]: 04:33:58.789 FuMain fwupd 2.0.20 ready for requests (locale en_US.utf8)
Jul 27 07:33:58 spark-1 systemd[1]: Started fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
fwupdmgr get-history
NVIDIA NVIDIA_DGX_Spark
│
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│ │ Device ID: a6c6b7f79c96a1cc84d9612d804675e0c3d879c4
│ │ Previous version: 0x00000001
│ │ Update State: Success
│ │ Last modified: 2026-06-02 12:40:08
│ │ GUID: dd1a238a-5f8e-46bd-9401-a88da99c5a96
│ │ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ │ • Updatable
│ │ • System requires external power source
│ │ • Supported on remote server
│ │ • Needs a reboot after installation
│ │ • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│ │ • Signed Payload
│ │
│ └─DGX Spark USB-C PD FW Controller Update:
│ New version: 0x00000516
│ Remote ID: lvfs
│ Release ID: 136899
│ Summary: DGX Spark USB-C Power Delivery Controller Firmware Update
│ License: Proprietary
│ Size: 1.1 MB
│ Created: 2026-02-19 00:00:00
│ Urgency: High
│ Tested: 2026-04-28 00:00:00
│ Distribution: ubuntu 24.04
│ Old version: 0x00000507
│ Version[fwupd]: 1.9.33
│ Tested: 2026-04-15 00:00:00
│ Distribution: ubuntu 24.04
│ Old version: 0x00000507
│ Version[fwupd]: 1.9.34
│ Tested: 2026-04-10 00:00:00
│ Distribution: ubuntu 24.04
│ Old version: 0x00000500
│ Version[fwupd]: 1.9.34
│ Vendor: NVIDIA
│ Duration: 30 seconds
│ Description:
│ This update improves the performance and stability of the USB Power Delivery Controller in DGX Spark for USB-C Ports
│ Checksum: 67b78ec42481411977b8f90eb1e8dc29ba5e536da87bce54113f736f9b17b9ca
│
├─Embedded Controller:
│ │ Device ID: 8c948e1db381648c8893897e4d09b7b153309991
│ │ Previous version: 0x03000302
│ │ Update State: Success
│ │ Last modified: 2026-07-14 14:44:32
│ │ GUID: 3d13c989-e6a8-4ead-95ee-921f09868f65
│ │ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ │ • Updatable
│ │ • System requires external power source
│ │ • Supported on remote server
│ │ • Needs a reboot after installation
│ │ • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│ │ • Signed Payload
│ │
│ └─DGX Spark EC FW Embedded Controller Update:
│ New version: 0x03000508
│ Remote ID: lvfs
│ Release ID: 143461
│ Summary: DGX Spark Embedded Controller Firmware Update
│ License: Proprietary
│ Size: 519.3 kB
│ Created: 2026-06-05 00:00:00
│ Urgency: High
│ Tested: 2026-06-29 00:00:00
│ Distribution: ubuntu 24.04
│ Old version: 0x03000302
│ Version[fwupd]: 2.0.20
│ Tested: 2026-06-29 00:00:00
│ Distribution: ubuntu 24.04
│ Old version: 0x03000302
│ Version[fwupd]: 2.0.20
│ Vendor: NVIDIA
│ Duration: 30 seconds
│ Release Flags: • Trusted payload
│ • Trusted metadata
│ Description:
│ This update improves the performance and stability of the Embedded Controller in DGX Spark
│ Checksum: 3f220245f0803c4927490d01a8403560687fe6a631ec17e2c2d7359f76c3bef1
│
└─UEFI Device Firmware:
│ Device ID: 0681fd3882fb4fdca996e412ec249365f6e85838
│ Previous version: 0x0200980f
│ Update State: Success
│ Last modified: 2026-07-14 14:44:37
│ GUID: b488217b-3895-4fc0-b1bf-ab7005a2d45a
│ Device Flags: • Internal device
│ • Updatable
│ • System requires external power source
│ • Supported on remote server
│ • Needs a reboot after installation
│ • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│ • Signed Payload
│
└─DGX Spark SoC FW System Update:
New version: 0x02009b0b
Remote ID: lvfs
Release ID: 143466
Summary: DGX Spark SoC Firmware Update
License: Proprietary
Size: 30.4 MB
Created: 2026-06-12 00:00:00
Urgency: High
Tested: 2026-06-29 00:00:00
Distribution: ubuntu 24.04
Old version: 0x0200980f
Version[fwupd]: 2.0.20
Tested: 2026-06-29 00:00:00
Distribution: ubuntu 24.04
Old version: 0x0200980f
Version[fwupd]: 2.0.20
Vendor: NVIDIA
Duration: 30 seconds
Release Flags: • Trusted payload
• Trusted metadata
Description:
This update improves the performance and stability of the System-on-Chip Firmware including UEFI and GPU in DGX Spark
Checksum: 35e2452645affc35365ee66259d82908d441283f61a16b8305593bcff3e505b1
Today as usually I’ve launched my DGX FE and using vllm v0.25.0 QWen3.6-35b-a3b.
And while working I’ve noticed that it’s extremely slowly on decoding. It’s not overheating at all, it’s slightly warm while working, like it was downgraded by throughput in 3-4 times.
Can someone tell me what was changed? How is it possible?
Benchmarks before update:
============ Serving Benchmark Result ============
Successful requests: 5
Failed requests: 0 …
So seems like it’s stable, but one incident have been happened with power again, but thios time like lower power consumption.