Do0d , I'm a little gunshy about installing anything but the good ole 185.85's that I know work....it'll be a while before I update drivers again.
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At this point what I'd really like to see is the BIOS on the video card successfully reflashed to a working state , because it would prove the issue.At that point I'd be able to reproduce the issue at will , without bricking hardware.
I can't/won't do it because of warantee etc....I'm going to see if the MemX tech will do it....If he can't /won't , then we'll never know.
I've been installing stuff for more than ten years , I hav'nt seen drivers this brutal since *gasp* Creative soundblaster drivers....