THANX FOR YOUR POST.

THERE WERE NO "PROFILES" ON THE LIST U SUGGESTED I CHECK. I REINSTALLED THE SIS DRIVER - NO CHANGE - I REINSTALLED DIREXTX8.1 WHICH WAS SUGGESTED WHEN I REINSTALLED THE NEW DRIVER; HOWEVER, EVERYTIME I TRY TO ACCESS "SYSTEM INFORMATION" I CANNOT GET THRU; I HAVE NO A U D I O NOW!!

FYI: ON START UP THERE IS:

THE USUAL SCREEN INFO
THEN PAUSE
THEN A SCREEN - "INITIALIZE PCI AUDIO" ETC.
HEX = OF
VENDOR ID = 13F6, etc.
A LIST OF OTHER CODES WHICH FLASHED SO QUICKLY I COULD NOT COPY.

THEN ANOTHER PAUSE

THEN THE "NORMAL" SCREEN WITH TASKBAR, ETC. - F I N A L L Y!

AS U SUGGESTED, I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A PROGRAM CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS AS WELL, BUT OH WHERE TO FIND IT?

A graphics/picture program you have installed is changing your monitor/printer ICC profiles. These are files that calibrate color for all your input and output devices. Reinstalling the graphics driver probably reset the profiles until you started working with the graphics program and it switched them back.

Find out that program, and reinstall it or find out more about the software to disable profile settings.

You can reset Windows to use the standard profiles by right-clicking on an open area of your desktop, choose settings tab, click Advanced button, choose Color Management tab. Remove all profiles on the list.

For troubleshooting, you ca try to reinstall the video card driver again and see if this fixes your problem temporarily. This will help you to determine the source of the problem. The program that you are running at the point that the problem occurs again, will be your culprit.

Hope this helps.

I DOWNLOADED & INSTALLED THE UPDATED DRIVER; IT WORKED FINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS - B U T AGAIN IT IS MOSTLY A "SICK DARKISH PINK " SCREEN. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO STABILIZE THE COLOR ON MY MONITOR? MY PRINTER - EPSON STYLUS 440 IS NOT PRINTING CORRECT COLORS AT ALL. I HAVE REINSTALLED THE DRIVER QUITE A FEW TIMES!!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PREVIOUS ASSISTANCE - AT LEAST THE MONITOR WAS A "NORMAL" COLOR FOR A WHILE.

As far as the video driver, here is a direct link to the files. Just choose the file for Windows 98 and download it to your computer.

http://www.sis.com/support/driver/620.htm

It is a big file (9mb) and is zipped so you will need to unzip it. Once you unzip it, open the folder and you will find a file icon with a little computer and disks next to it. The file will be called, 'setup'. Run this and follow instructions to update your video card driver.

I would do both. Get a new monitor (or test with a friends) and update the video card driver. This should fix your problem. If it does not, it is more likely you are having a problem with your motherboard and will need to replace it. However, I would consider just getting a new computer if your motherboard is deemed to be the problem.

There is one more remote possibilty...

RAM

This video card does share your system memory (adjustable up to 8mb) and it may be a case where your system is running low on RAM. How much do you have installed? I would definitely have at least 128mb for your type of computer and operations.

Hope this keeps you busy and fixes your problem. Feel free to post back.

SCREEN WAS OK AT STARTUP THIS MORN BUT AS SOON AS EVERYTHING WAS LOADED THE BSOD APPEARED
WHEN I GO TO SETTINGS TO TRY AND CHANGE COLOR SETTINGS THE SMALL IMAGE IN THAT WINDOW IS PERFECT AS IS THE BACKGROUND MONITOR SCREEN
B U T AS SOON AS I CLICK OUT IT REVERTS TO BSOD & WHEN I TRY TO CHANGE THE COLOR NOW I GET THE SCREEN WITH "CANCEL" OR "IGNORE"

MY SCREEN STILL SHIFTS BACK & FORTH FROM "NORMAL" TO THE HORRIBLE BRIGHT BLUE/ORANGE COLORS. I HAVE JUST DOWNLOADED DIRECTX & HAVE VIEWED THE NEAT CUBES IN "TEST DISPLAY". I THOUGHT ALL WAS WELL BUT THE BLUR/ORANGE COLORS SEEM "HERE TO STAY".

I FOLLOWED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS & FOUND THE FOLLOWING FYI:

DISPLAY = A1554NEL on SiS 620
CHIP TYPE = 620 Rev 2A
SOFTWARE VERSION 4.0
MEMORY 8 MB
CURRENT FILES = SiS620v.drv.*vdd.sis620v.vxd

HOPE THIS IS OF HELP!

I need to know the exact model of your video card. If you post it, I will take the time to look it up and give you a link to dowload it and instructions. It is a very simple procedure. If you know that you do not have a GeForce or Matrox video card, then you should be able to figure out what type of video card you have.

If you don't know how to do this, then I would suggest that you find a friendly computer geek that can help you. If none are available, then open your computer and visually take a look at the video card. You can tell which one it is by the monitor cable. If there is no card, then it is in the motherboard. I would need the exact model of your motherboard to help in this situation. Otherwise, you might get enough information by following these instructions:

Right-click on an open area of your desktop
Choose 'properties'
Click on the 'settings' tab

You should see the type of monitor and video card under the picture of your screen. If you give me all that information, then I can help you. This is incidently the same location that you would change screen size/color depth.

Please post back.

I DO NOT KNOW IF I HAVE A MATROX OR GeFORCE-BASED VIDEO CARD OR THE CURRENT VERSION OF MY VIDEO CARD DRIVER. HOW WOULD I FIND THIS OUT PLEASE?

I HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE SCREEN RESOLUTION/COLOR BIT/GRAPHIC ACCELERATION TO NO AVAIL. FURTHER TO YOUR REPLY, COULD YOU INFORM WHAT THE "BSOD" IS PLEASE?

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR U TO PROVIDE ME WITH THE EXACT STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING UPDATING MY VIDEO CARD DRIVER?

Do you have a Matrox or GeForce based video card? These typically cause this exact memory address error.

You need the current version of your video card driver. You may also try changing screen resolution/color bit/graphic acceleration to a lower setting. Although, you may be getting the BSOD when you try to do this.

Considering your problems with actual screen problems, if the above does not work you will need to consider a new video card.

Hope this helps. At least you know exactly what is causing the error message.

Feel free to post back.