I think i killed a G4!!! :(

hey guys. i resentally bought tiger server for my powermac g4 digital audio (466mhz) as well as 512mb ram and a upgraded 64mb graphcs card.
it was working though the day and the next but on the third day when i booted it on it decided not to work any more. all i get is the bong gray apple boot screen with the twerly thing and then a arge black square.
any suggestions or ways to fix it (i am a computer science student so am quite competent unfortuatly we use macs in uni but ironquely use vista on them grrrrr)

I have a similar situation with my AGP G4 when I try to use an NVidia graphics card in it. Video freezes after the spinning grey gear and before the login screen (HD continues activity in background). It's fine with ATI video cards. Same sequence whether the card is an NV6200 or an NV5200. What video card do you have? Do you have the OEM Rage Pro card to try?
These NVidia cards work fine in my cube and in a friend's G4 tower. I'm still looking for the answer to this one. I've tried a clean system install, NVRAM reset, everything I can think of.

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