Mac Pro Dual Quad Xeon 2.66, Lion, weird pattern on display, then died. Won't reboot. Did hardware diagnostics, says no problem. Video screen still has weird pattern, see apple, spins no boot. HELP!

Gee...I didn't know I was going to get a whole box to describe the problem. We took it apart, checked memory, it's ok. When I pried open the dvd and started from the install disc to run the hardware diagnostics, I pressed d. It didn't give me a choice about hard discs to start from, I have a snow leopard bootable disc ad a lion bootable disc. It didn't even see them.
I have work to do! Freakin.
So, it chimes, shows the apple with the pattern all over the screen and it spins, and then you see a progress bar. it doesn't go any further.

Take the card out and boot the machine.
The hit one of the volume up/down keys on keyboad. If you here the usual sound, it booted.
With any luck you have Screen Sharing enabled and can remotely log in.
But reaching desktop with the card out is pretty much proof that card is gone.
8800GT is black with 2 silver arrow shapes.
You can try removing heatsink (12 screws) and baking it. (google)
You have exacty NOTHING to lose, so 50/50 odds are worth a shot.

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Someone here once thought they knew EFI and Open Firmware a little, and used some commands from OF library that an Intel EFI Apple system didn't like. New logicboard.
Of course to run or boot OS X and see video you need EFI based card. The presence of some PC cards can block OS X from booting.
The fact you get part way through SL DVD, pull all the drives, put in a new drive and format it from SL DVD.
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