YES It IS POSSIBLE for this to happen...

I've been doing some research following my own post on this forum about this type of issue, and the SUPERPROBE that isused with most Linux distros HAS BEEN KNOWN to sometimes fry video cards. I also discussed this issue with another friend of mine who uses every machine imaginable from i386 based to Alpha, MIPS, Sun, etc..and has been running Linux/FreeBSD/NetBSD for many years. He himself told me that the SuperProbe has fried a couple of his own video cards. So Loper, it's an unfortunate coincedance that you've just never come accross this happening. The SuperProbe DID fry my GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, it's permanently screwed. I've had to raise the voltage up al the way now to even use it until I can afford the ~200 to buy a new vid card.

Needless to say, I've never seen any warning ANYWHERE that something like this could potentially happen, and I'm pretty pissed. IGS, you're not alone in this, and it does happen.