Aeolus PCX6600GT-DV128 - Faulty?

I could do with some help with the above card.

Its a PCI-Expresss 16 Card which I bought off Ebay :wallbash:.

I havent had the best of luck with GC's off ebay and I dont know why I just didnt buy a brand new card.

The problem is that in both on my machines once I install the GC drivers it won't run any of the DX diag tests (Hangs but cand End Task), wont run any D3D app like 3dMark or even run a OpenGL app like Halflife. I have been used to GC problems in the past like graphics corruption or if it won't boot etc but not one where it acts fine in windows in 2d.

I originally put the card into a new test rig to no avail (Clean build of XP), replaced chipset drivers, GC drivers (With Driver Cleaner) to no avail.

I finally put it into my fully working main rig but same fault (Main rig has a 7800GT so no driver change needed).

Before I look at sending it back to the seller is there anything else I can use to either diagnose fault before I send it back or revive it like re applying firmware?

Its an Aopen card so I expect it would only have 1 years warranty originally.

Thanks in advance

Tungst3n

Anyone help?

I have already sent a message to ebay seller but any help here would be good.

Any decent diagnostic software for nvidia graphic cards?

Did you remove anty existing drivers that would conficlt with it?

It was originally installed into a fresh build of XP. Since then I have removed both the chipset and graphics driver using Driver Cleaned and reinstalled using alternatives.

The card also dindt work in my main workstation that currently runs a 7800. After auto detection and a reboot it had the same problem.

It looks like hardware but I would like an alternative check, does a Linux distro like ubunto give me the chance to tested the hardware by running some OpenGL software?