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black screen that says out of range
  1. 22 May 2010 #1


    sassy9235

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    black screen that says out of range

    my son got up today and his pc says fregency out of range cant get to desk top or anything cant some one help plz


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  2. 25 May 2010 #2


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    Re: black screen that says out of range

    On 22/05/2010 19:41, sassy9235 wrote:

    > my son got up today and his pc says fregency out of range cant get to
    > desk top or anything cant some one help plz
    >
    >
    This is caused by one of two things...

    Firstly, the graphics card is set to output higher res/refresh than
    monitor can handle.

    If so, boot into Safe Mode and adjust res to something sensible for the
    monitor. (This should be done automatically via EDID/DDC, which suggests
    the second reason).


    Secondly, hardware failure.

    Either the monitor or more likely the graphics card has died or drifted
    out of spec timing wise.

    Some nVidia GeForce cards show 'black screen of death' due to faulty
    caps. There are some fixes for this on the interweb.

    Try another monitor.

    Unplug/replug graphics card from mo/bo. Try again.

    Try another graphics card.


    Guy

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