Comment 38 for bug 57355

This works for me, using an hp pavilion dv6000 (dv1650us), which is turion dual 64bit processors). It may work for other systems.

1) Install latest nvidia drivers from their website in linux.
1.1) Download the drivers for linux from the nvidia website.
1.2) right-click on the downloaded file: go to properties: Permissions tab: make executable.
1.3) You may have to run it in a terminal using ctrl-alt-f1 (ctrl-alt-f7 to get back), and do "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop; sudo rmmod nvidia" beforehand.

2) Boot into windows, go to the hp (or whoever your manufacturer is) website, grab the most recent bios update. Install it.

3) Boot into linux and be happy.

Worked for me.