Use javascript to pre-load them in the order you want:
Code:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- hide from non JavaScript Browsers
Image1= new Image(1,39)
Image1.src = "http://www.yoursite.com/images/redstripebackground.gif"
Image2= new Image(1,26)
Image2.src = "http://www.yoursite.com/images/lowerstripe.gif"
Image3= new Image(8,2)
Image3.src = "http://www.yoursite.com/images/common_l.gif"
Image4= new Image(8,2)
Image4.src = "http://www.yoursite.com/images/common_r.gif"
Image5= new Image(1,1)
Image5.src = "http://www.yoursite.com/images/red.gif"
Image6= new Image(250,76)
Image6.src = "http://www.yoursite.com/images/banner-yoursite.gif"
Image7= new Image(250,39)
Image7.src = "http://www.yoursite.com/images/nav_register.gif"
Image8= new Image(250,39)
Image8.src = "http://www.yoursite.com/images/navnew.gif"
Image9= new Image(250,39)
Image9.src = "http://www.yoursite.com/images/categories.gif"
// End Hiding -->
</SCRIPT>
Numbers in parenthesis are image sizes...