Monitor Issues "input signal out of range"

[Guest]

I recently bought a new viewsonic optiquest monitor for a computer about 4
years old. It's plug and play on NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200.

Now the problem is that when i switch user accounts, the monitor goes black
and gives me the message "input signal out of range". Im really not sure
what the problem is, other than i think it's a setting problem. if anyone
has any advice/answers, i would really appreciate it.


thankyou

 

[Wesley Vogel]

input signal out of range is probably a Screen refresh rate that the monitor
cannot handle. Instead of bursting into flames, the monitor shuts itself
down as a protection feature. Look at the monitor manual if you got one.

Safe Mode should allow the monitor to work in the problem account.

Try this.

Boot in Safe Mode (see below)
Switch users to the problem account
Right click the desktop
Select Properties
Click the Settings tab
Click the Advanced button
Click the Monitor tab
Select: Hide modes that this monitor cannot display
Select a different Screen refresh rate
Click Apply twice and then Click OK

Hide modes that this monitor cannot display
[[Specifies whether the list under Refresh Frequency will include modes that
are not supported by your monitor. Choosing a mode that is inappropriate for
your monitor may cause severe display problems and could damage your
hardware. You must be logged on as a member of the Administrator’s group in
order to view unsupported modes.]]

You may want to double check the other user(s) settings, the one(s) with no
problem(s) to see what to set the Screen refresh rate at.

To start the computer in safe mode
1. (Re)start your computer.
2. When the machine first starts again it will generally list some
equipment that is installed in your machine, amount of memory, hard
drives installed etc. At this point you should gently tap the F8 key
repeatedly until you are presented with a Windows XP Advanced Options
menu.
3. Select the option for Safe Mode using the arrow keys on your keyboard.
(NUM LOCK must be off before the arrow keys on the numeric keypad will
function.)
4. Then press enter on your keyboard to boot into Safe Mode.
5. Do whatever tasks you require and when you are done reboot to boot back
into normal mode.

If Windows launches before you can choose a safe mode, restart your computer
and try again.

To start the computer in safe mode
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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