Your current computer runs Windows XP or higher, right? I seem to recall that way back when you were active, the computer you ran Cheapo on was running Windows 98. In particular I'm not sure how much Lix has been tested on anything besides XP and Windows 7.
Anyway, let's start by gathering a little more info with dxdiag. On XP, go to the Start menu and find "Run" near the bottom-right of the menu. Then type "dxdiag" (no quotes) and press Enter to launch the program. Click "Next Page" to go through each page; if a page offers buttons for testing certain features, click on them as well. After you go through everything, click "Save All Information" to save the info it gathered into a text file, then upload the file here as an attachment.
On Win7, go to the Start menu and just type "dxdiag" (again no quotes) on the Search box at the bottom of the menu and then press Enter. It should launch the program. Do the same as above.
[EDIT: in case the program crashed or get stuck in the middle of its operations (unlikely but you never know), I suggest you do whatever you need to prepare for that possibility before you run dxdiag. Just in case. Don't want you to have to reboot and lose something you didn't save for example.]