9800GX2 boots, but won't take a driver

So I had my system set up just how I want it, on Windows 7 Ultimate.
I have been running the same bios settings, OS, and game for about 2 months, no crashes, no problems. Cold basement.
PC is about 3 years old, 9800GX2 is about 1 1/2 years old.
Never had thermal isssues, power issues, or anything else for quite some time.
Yesterday, while playing WoW my machine just froze randomly.
I restarted my PC and it booted to where the Windows 7 animation occurs for a few minutes, and then froze right there.(though the hardrive appeared to continue to be accessed"
My first inclination was an OS corruption, so I ran the windows startup repair tool.
No changes.
I could boot into Windows 7 Safe Mode just fine.
After a few hours of tinkering, I decided to clean reinstall windows 7, since I really didn't have anything irreplaceable on the disk.
Windows install got past the first install part, and the first round of restarts.
On the second round, on the "completing installation" step, the screen flickers a bit like it's installing a vid driver and then goes to the "Black Screen of Death" (black screen, blinking white cursor).
I tried some different settings, and tried a few more times with the same results.
At this point i decided to go back to Windows XP and do some tests with the video card.
Installed XP, no problems.
Install newest 196.21 driver.
Setup gets part way and then when it seems like it is loading the driver I get the same black screen of death(black screen, blinking white cursor).
Had to force shutdown and restart.
I then tried to boot into safe mode, and I disabled both cores on the card through device manager.
Booted back into Normal Mode just fine,
If I enable one core, it still works ok, and I can run dxdiag and everything fine.
If I enable the other core(always the same core), I get the black screen of death again.
I suspect a card may have burnt up, but I do still the lights on inside the card.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
MOBO: MSI P35 Platinum Rev 1.1
Video: MSI NX9800GX2
Mem: 4 Gig Crucial Ballistix
Core: Intel e6850 Core 2 Duo
Case: Antec P180 Case
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V
+3.3V@30A,+5V@28A,+12V@60A,
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196.21 is bugged.
Go for 196.34:
W7 32bit http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_32bit_196.34_beta.html
W7 64bit http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_196.34_beta.html

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