Thanks Clint, That got me thinking. I checked the refresh rate and found I had it set to optimal (whatever that means to the devices involved ) so I reset it to "default" and removed the monitor from the devices, shutdown, waited 60 and then restarted. W98SE plugged it back into the system with the same driver and thus far, no worries. As I said, it is one of those intermittent things. If it happens again, I may just remove the card and reinstall to make sure there is no oxide on the contacts, etc. It must be Spring Cleaning time :) I haven't set it to plug-n-play yet, but if it happens again, I will try that. As a matter of fact, I may just play with that and see what happens. Thanks again.
- My operat~1 system unders~1 long filena~1 , does yours? Roger >Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 14:25:41 -0600 >From: Roger Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: PCWorks: VDU out of range error > >Hi Workers, > > From time to time I get an error message on my monitor that says: "OUT OF >RANGE , Hf 30 Khz - 70 Khz, Vf 50 Hz - 140 Hz, >Current Freq fH 131.3 Khz, fV 205 Hz. Then the monitor does not do >anything, so I need to reboot, etc. This usually happens after I have done >a restart after installing or uninstalling software. <snip> >Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 05:54:41 -0500 >From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: PCWorks: VDU out of range error > >Roger looks like the video card is changing the H and V >frequencies, or else something is wrong with the monitor's >sync (meaning it could be going out). You may know, but "Hf >30 Khz - 70 Khz" and "Vf 50 Hz - 140 Hz" are the horizontal >frequency range and vertical frequencies (Aka "refresh rate") >respectively. The monitor's refresh rate range is from 50hz >to 140hz. And it appears the video card or it's drivers is >wanting to set the refresh to 205hz, and H freq. also out of >spec @ 131Khz. This could be either a monitor problem, or >video card/video driver problem. If you can, the quickest >thing to do would be to try another monitor (and properly >'remove' the old one before you do this). > >I don't know of any place to set the H anywhere in windows, >but you can of course (if you haven't yet) go to the display >properties and set the refresh rate (V freq.) to less than >140hz and see if that holds. It's probably not a driver >problem, but you could try removing any display profiles you >have entered or setup, reinstall the video drivers, but first >I would just 'remove' the monitor then restart. See if your >monitor is recognized properly in the display properties. If >it is not, see if you can select your monitor brand and model >from the list given in windows, and if it IS recognized >properly in the display properties area, try setting it to >just a 'plug and play monitor type'. >- -Clint ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
