> > I am 99.9% certain it does, as my Windows install with NVidia 285.09 driver
> > also still runs fine, while any more recent Windows driver from NVidia hangs
> > with the same symptoms as their Linux "blob" - I had just checked this last
> > week with their latest Windows version 331.82, once again without any luck.

> Ah OK, that's probably good enough of a test.

So I don't need to do this any more? That would be great, because I am pretty
certain that it won't give any new results other than the Linux 285.09 driver
still works fine.

My card definitely has no new hardware defect. In case it might indeed be
defective in some sense, then it has been from the very beginning...

BR,
Andreas