is my card partially fried?

I'm running a thunderbird 1700+, 512 mb pc2700 ram, radeon 8500 retail, abit KR7A-133, M-Audio Revolution, Windows XP SP1.

Ever since I installed the Revolution in place of my old SB Live, I haven't been able to boot into windows. My video, after I log in, becomes all distorted and the computer freezes. At least I think the computer freezes - I can only tell that the graphics do. If I reboot into safe mode, windows says that the computer had a serious error due to the Radeon Series 8500. Safe mode works fine. If I install the drivers for the "ATI Radeon [not 8500]" windows works fine in regular mode, except when I try to play a 3d game (q3, wolf: et), in which case it freezes. But if I use the drivers for the 8500, the screen distorts and freezes on login. I've tried reinstalling windows and used all different versions of the drivers.

Any ideas? Is it possible that the 3d part of the card died?

I've tried all the last three versions, 3.7 3.6 and 3.5. The same thing happens with each one. I'm also running directx 9.0b.

It could be an IRQ conflict, try moving the audio card to another slot.

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Sounds like it's about time you backed up your files and reloaded your hard drive.

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I have a really cheap case with a 300W power supply. I've used the same power supply for about three years now.