out of frequency error message?

Hello,

I have been receiving the "out of frequency" error message with my
Windows XP Pro PC - any ideas why and what to do?

Cheers,

Geoff

Geoff Cox wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been receiving the "out of frequency" error message with my
> Windows XP Pro PC - any ideas why and what to do?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Geoff

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"Geoff Cox" wrote in <news:v7f664pe362tahv9lb3nb8t48qbvjv4nov@4ax.com >:

> Hello,
>
> I have been receiving the "out of frequency" error message with my
> Windows XP Pro PC - any ideas why and what to do?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Geoff

Read the manual for your monitor. Then select a screen resolution that
your monitor supports. Also check the refresh rate configured for the
monitor (Display Properties, Settings, Advanced, Monitor).

If it is an LCD monitor, note that using any screen resolution other
than the monitor's native resolution will result in fuzziness due to
interpolation.

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
news:svSdnVWpmJ3hyv7VnZ2dnUVZ_oDinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> "Geoff Cox" wrote in <news:v7f664pe362tahv9lb3nb8t48qbvjv4nov@4ax.com >:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been receiving the "out of frequency" error message with my
>> Windows XP Pro PC - any ideas why and what to do?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Geoff
>
> Read the manual for your monitor. Then select a screen resolution that
> your monitor supports. Also check the refresh rate configured for the
> monitor (Display Properties, Settings, Advanced, Monitor).
>
> If it is an LCD monitor, note that using any screen resolution other
> than the monitor's native resolution will result in fuzziness due to
> interpolation.

The only problem is that if the graphics output is causing an Out of
Frequency error on the monitor, there is therefore no display so how can you
change the refresh rate?
Regards Mike.

Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
> news:svSdnVWpmJ3hyv7VnZ2dnUVZ_oDinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> "Geoff Cox" wrote in <news:v7f664pe362tahv9lb3nb8t48qbvjv4nov@4ax.com >:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have been receiving the "out of frequency" error message with my
>>> Windows XP Pro PC - any ideas why and what to do?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Geoff
>> Read the manual for your monitor. Then select a screen resolution that
>> your monitor supports. Also check the refresh rate configured for the
>> monitor (Display Properties, Settings, Advanced, Monitor).
>>
>> If it is an LCD monitor, note that using any screen resolution other
>> than the monitor's native resolution will result in fuzziness due to
>> interpolation.
>
> The only problem is that if the graphics output is causing an Out of
> Frequency error on the monitor, there is therefore no display so how can you
> change the refresh rate?
> Regards Mike.

Safe mode is usually a low enough resolution and refresh rate for the
monitor to handle.

"RobertVA" wrote in <news:uMZvyP71IHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>:

> Mike Cawood wrote:
>
>> "VanguardLH" wrote ...
>>>
>>> "Geoff Cox" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have been receiving the "out of frequency" error message with my
>>>> Windows XP Pro PC - any ideas why and what to do?
>>>
>>> Read the manual for your monitor. Then select a screen resolution that
>>> your monitor supports. Also check the refresh rate configured for the
>>> monitor (Display Properties, Settings, Advanced, Monitor).
>>>
>>> If it is an LCD monitor, note that using any screen resolution other
>>> than the monitor's native resolution will result in fuzziness due to
>>> interpolation.
>>
>> The only problem is that if the graphics output is causing an Out of
>> Frequency error on the monitor, there is therefore no display so how can you
>> change the refresh rate?
>> Regards Mike.
>
> Safe mode is usually a low enough resolution and refresh rate for the
> monitor to handle.

I don't remember if Safe Mode always boots into standard VGA mode
(640x480 @ 60Hz). The OP could boot into Recovery Console mode (either
because he installed it to have as a selection on bootup or by using the
install CD) and edit the boot.ini file to add /basevideo as a parameter
on the line that loads Windows XP. That makes Windows use the standard
VGA driver for GUI-mode operations.

Note that "I have been receiving" the out-of-frequency error message on
the monitor does NOT mean it happens all the time. From the OP's
description, it is not possible to tell if this is an all-time,
rare-time, or oft-time problem.

For all we know, the OP may not have even connected the monitor up to
the video card's output connector (no cable connected, bad cable, not
push all the way on). Or maybe he connected to the wrong port on the
video card. Or he wants to use the DVI output of the video card but has
the monitor configured to use the VGA input, or visa versa.

"Geoff Cox" wrote in <news:v7f664pe362tahv9lb3nb8t48qbvjv4nov@4ax.com >:

> Hello,
>
> I have been receiving the "out of frequency" error message with my
> Windows XP Pro PC - any ideas why and what to do?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Geoff

Geoff MULTI-posted in microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware. Over there
he thinks he found a solution but no one here will see it because he
did not CROSS-post. No point in wasting time here in this DISCONNECTED
copy of his same post trying to resolve what he solved in his same post
in the other group.

Geoff Cox wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been receiving the "out of frequency" error message with my
> Windows XP Pro PC - any ideas why and what to do?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Geoff


That's your monitor telling you that it cannot handle the output of the
computer's video adapter.

Boot into VGA Mode or Safe Mode and then set the display
(resolution, refresh rate, and/or number of colors) to something that
your monitor can handle. Consult its manual to determine acceptable
settings. Reboot one more time, into Normal Mode.


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On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:50:42 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

>"Geoff Cox" wrote in <news:v7f664pe362tahv9lb3nb8t48qbvjv4nov@4ax.com >:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been receiving the "out of frequency" error message with my
>> Windows XP Pro PC - any ideas why and what to do?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Geoff
>
>Geoff MULTI-posted in microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware. Over there
>he thinks he found a solution but no one here will see it because he
>did not CROSS-post. No point in wasting time here in this DISCONNECTED
>copy of his same post trying to resolve what he solved in his same post
>in the other group.

My apologies for the mult-posting - actually I found the different
groups one at a times and ought to have found all before posting.

It seems that by upgrading the video card drivers the problem has gone
away. Why it suddenly appeared I do not understand.

Cheers

Geoff

"Geoff Cox" <gcox@freeuk.notcom> wrote in message
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>
> My apologies for the mult-posting - actually I found the different
> groups one at a times and ought to have found all before posting.
>
> It seems that by upgrading the video card drivers the problem has gone
> away. Why it suddenly appeared I do not understand.
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff
No apologies necessary. Don't listen to the net cop. Glad you got it fixed.
Louis