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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | "Mode not supported" problem hi all i shall start from the beginning, went to clean my pc out, as normal, took out my dvi-i adapter, left it on the side.... my boy got hold of it (bless him), couple of pins missing, so i brought a new one off ebay for very cheap talking less than 2 quid (i know !), so while i wait i take out my 7900 GS to clean its fan as its not accessible while in tower.... so the new dvi-i comes , i put card back in, start up and looks ok till i get "mode not supported" on my lcd.. tried few times, no joy. so card comes out, put vga into onboard, works fine, so monitor seems good. deleted nvidia drivers, switched off put card in, adapter, cables, start up then card installs itself, restart , all good so far, apart from old drivers and crap resolution.. i noticed in my device manager there was no "Monitor Tab", after a brief search , i updated and i now have a Monitor tab and have "Generic PnP monitor" in the section Then i update to newest drivers, after i restart i get the message "Mode Not Supported" with H 75.0 hz / V 60.0 hz under it i tried this with several drivers back to july 2008, still no luck, and tried all resolutions also tried it with my old crt monitor and i get a "frequency" message so could this be the cheap ass adapter? , my card ?, bit to hard a clean and broke it ? sorry for the long post, wanted to give all info possible hope someone can help me out, thanks |
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| Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2 | Re: "Mode not supported" problem it looks like its because of the 75hz pre set your monitor is most likely 60 if you tap F8 at bootup you are presented with a screen of options (safemode) one of them is to boot at 640x480 60hz (use arrow keys to navigate enter to select) will it boot like that? (obviously after you have installed drivers) It may just be a faulty adapter |
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: "Mode not supported" problem thanks for the reply i still get the "mode not supported" even when i do that, seems whatever i set my card up as , when i reboot it goes to the highest, which obviously my monitor cannot handle i shall try to get a new adapter today and try that :/ thanks |
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: "Mode not supported" problem with a quick side question, is 9500gt a decent upgrade from a 7900gs ? just lookin for a cheap upgrade really thanks |
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| Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2 | Re: "Mode not supported" problem how much cash do you have and what power supply? oh and yes try another dvi adapter first and buy it somewhere else ![]() edit.............this is a nice card http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/XFX-GeForce-88...d=p3286.c0.m14 ive just given my old to my cousin an hes playing COD5 maxed out at 1280x1024 4AA 16AF theres a few of em on ebay you if you decidede to go for one you want the GT NOT the GTS or GS and you want to go for one with 512mb memory and dont pay more than 75 quid for it |
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: "Mode not supported" problem i have a 400w supply and will spend upto £100, only play WoW , lotro and will be new swtor and ya, no more ebay for the pc lol |
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: "Mode not supported" problem ok thanks for your help, ive ordered me a new dvi-i adapter from dabs, see were i get.. if i cant get hold of a good deal 8800gt, any other cards about you could recommend ? cheers |
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| Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2 | Re: "Mode not supported" problem arg 400w Now this is fine aslong as you have 22-24 amp at least on the 12v rail , it'll say on the side of your psu . If not you might struggle with an 8800 , i do know a full non overclocked system with an 8800gt in it will draw in the region of 250 watts the card itself drawing about 110 BUT that said a low end 400w psu will struggle (you will get poor performance clock speeds reverting to 2d settings error messages etc)I cant recommmned you spend your cash on anything till we know the exact specs of your PSU , as i said though if its a decent one you will be absolutely fine ![]() EDIT.......if you have a decent PSU http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...56&subcat=1009 NVidia recommned at least 400w but again you will need a good one |
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: "Mode not supported" problem it says on the 12v = 20a and 5v = 30a |
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| Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2 | Re: "Mode not supported" problem maybe an 8800GT wil be ok but i can recommend it mate sorry , i cant be sure a 9800 will struggle , Im not saying it wont be ok (although i dont think it will ) what im saying is i cant recommend you spend your cash upgrading with that PSU , however if yuo go for your original choice of a 9500 you will be okEDIT...........just one thing do you have two 12v rails? or just one? |
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