three black screens tonight, all while watching a video in teh browser. the third time it didnt recover and i had to hold the power button.

USB Audio Device Properties
Device status:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.
the workstation is about two years old. I updated to Catalyst Radeon Display Driver 3.8 (Windows 98/ME) because a game asked me to, and honestly I regret it... ive read about TDR, DDU, rollback, registry tweaks, and now Im ovewrhelmed, can someone give me a sane order to try things in so Im not chanigng five things at once?? pls help 馃檹