[openbeos] Re: ATI Radeon Graphics driver

On 3/25/07, Tim de Jong <tjadejong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


No, the last version I installed was a build from last week, that did
not work. I'll try again next week to install a current build and see if
it'll work with my radeon, that is, if it's not beyond repair. If
problems persist I will try to open a bug report; did not know how to do
it up till now...



Oh, I forgot to mention in my previous post - there shouldn't technically be
any way that a driver can "break" a video card (other than maybe
overclocking and burning it up right?)

What I suppose may have happened is that the card was put into some state,
and wasn't ever powered down completely (ATX motherboards are never truly
OFF unless you have a toggle switch on your PSU, or physically unplug
them)...

Otherwise, the card probably just failed on its own.

I could be wrong, of course, but I think if this was the case, there would
be warnings all over the place about buying such fragile hardware and huge
disclaimers on alternative OSes about their drivers potentially damaging
hardware - along with some support pages on ATI/AMD's site about the
possibility of this occurring if you don't use their drivers exclusively.

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