On 3/25/07, *Tim de Jong* <tjadejong@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto: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.
