Two months ago I *was* having this problem of a black screen at boot: Turning on the PC there is no display, just a black screen. The light on the monitor turns green for few seconds then orange. The computer though indicates it is booting normally. Upon a tech's advise, I changed the Rams & the video card and from there on no more black screen but .. I'm having a new problem now: While in windows, the screen warps suddendly (accompanied with a slight flicker) then goes back to normal after few seconds. Recently, it has been taking 1 to 2 minutes!! System: win98se, Pentium III 550 mmx, video [32 mb NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64] Board [intel Seattle II SE440BX-2], Board chipset [intel Natoma] BIOS [intel Phoenix 4S4EB2X0.86A.0022.P15 09/27/1999] Rams [2modules x 64mb SDRAM], Monitor [viewsonic E651] Settings [600x800, 16 bit color, refresh rate 'Optimal'] Frustrated and desperate for ideas? Hass Shayto Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml