EXHIBIT 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of ESS Technology, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, James
B. Boyd, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

      (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and our result of operations.

March 31, 2003

                                                     /s/ JAMES B. BOYD
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                                                       JAMES B. BOYD
                                                  Chief Financial Officer