yeah, I am leaning towards doing a reinstall... PSU is a brand new modern PSU that was bought for this build. I had this board in storage for years, so when I went to setup this build I checked it over for bad caps, nothing was bulging, but then a bad cap doesn't have to, so wouldn't rule that out. An putting in another video card is what started this. Was trying to improve performance in Motocross Madness 2, so I put in my Geforce 3. But it would just lock up on load.
Motocross Madness 2 plays fine. Stable to as I spent at least 15 min in Motocross Madness 2 and about an hour in Motocross Madness last weekend (before playing with drivers), now it just goes to a black screen. While not 100%, thinking hardware is fine.
I remember always getting into trouble when trying different drivers in 98 back when it was current, forgot how temperamental it can be.
I think I am going to try and install directx 8.1 just to try and ensure it is a heathy install.