My work computer has the Trident 9685 chipset on its video card (Jaton), and Win 98 SE. The driver for it which I got to from Jaton's web site was dated 1998.  Win 98 SE would not let me load that driver as an update.  The work compy was built in 1996 for Win 95, and my recollection is that when I tried to increase the refresh rate and/or resolution, I wound up getting a message that the settings were outside the card's capabilities, and had to boot into safe mode to reset it.  Your BIOS may not support the refresh rate, and neither does that card.

>Dear PCBUILD,
>   Thios may be a question for PCSOFT, but I figured I
>would give it a try becuase it involves my Trident
>9685 graphics having probelms keeping the refresh rate
>I set under the display properties. When I change it
>to 75hz or 85hz under windows, it lokks fine. But
>after a reboot or restart later on, the refresh looks
>to have returned to at least 60hz, causing an
>unacceptable flicker. Yet the display propeties has
>the original 85 or 75hz already selected in the drop
>down box. Is there anything that can be done to lock
>in this refresh rate? I am running Windows 98 on a
>Cyrix 686 PR233. I have downloaded the latest drives
>from Tridents website, but Windows install program
>tells me that it's version (Window's) is better. Could
>this be the problem?
>
>


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