So however I slice it, somewhere in the path from software to monitor there's a problem I just can't get rid of. My computer is BSoDing every time I try to exert the graphics card at all. WHERE the flaw is I don't know, but I do know the drivers are as updated as they can be. Guess it's time to beg for a new hard drive for my birthday, and reformat-reinstall on the old one once I get it. Sigh.

Actually it'd probably be better to reinstall Windows on the new one, it'd probably be faster...