Sounds like a corrupted video driver or a change (drastic) in the number
of displayed colors with the  addition of a palette switch... This is common
in 256 colors.   Either would suggest some corrupted files or a "problem"
accessing the hard drive.     Good luck.          Rick Glazier

From: "Chuck Finnigan" <[log in to unmask]>
> i have a P166 that has been acting up recently (blue death screens) and
> finally ended up booting to the Windows logo and freezing.  the odd part is
> that the windows logo is in psychedelic colors!  i switched the video card
> with a working card and still have the same problem. the other thing that is
> odd is that the Device Manager shows every device repeated 3 or 4 times.
> i've seen the repetition problem before, but haven't run into the
> psychedelic logo screen.  any thoughts?  this machine worked flawlessly for
> over a year until these recent problems.
>
> S3 virge PCI card
> 32MB DIMM

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