monitor black urgent

The computer goes through the normal boot procedure then you see the grey loading snake for vista then my monotor displays as black and i get a message on screen saying: "Out of range 35.4khz/87hz
I NEED DESPERATE HELP ON HOW TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE!!!!!

"matt547" wrote in message

The computer goes through the normal boot procedure then you see the grey loading snake for vista then my monotor displays as black and i get a message on screen saying: "Out of range 35.4khz/87hz

On XP at least, you can press F8 at boot, and there is a choice to boot in VGA mode so that you can select a resolution that your monitor supports.
Haven't tried this on Vista though, but I would hope it still has something like this.

I had something similar when i goofed on my resolution setting. I found that i was able to boot into safe mode. Once in safe modem hit windowskey+r to open the run command. In the run command type msconfig. once in msconfig select the boot tab and you'll see am option called "base video", put a checkmark there. Then reboot into normal mode. You should then be able to boot into windows and reset your resolution and refresh rate to the right setting.
At least it worked for me ;)
"matt547" wrote in message

The computer goes through the normal boot procedure then you see the grey loading snake for vista then my monotor displays as black and i get a message on screen saying: "Out of range 35.4khz/87hz
I NEED DESPERATE HELP ON HOW TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE!!!!!

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:50:37 -0400, "Shawn McWilliams" wrote:

I had something similar when i goofed on my resolution setting. I found that i was able to boot into safe mode. Once in safe modem hit windowskey+r to open the run command. In the run command type msconfig. once in msconfig select the boot tab and you'll see am option called "base video", put a checkmark there. Then reboot into normal mode. You should then be able to boot into windows and reset your resolution and refresh rate to the right setting.
At least it worked for me ;)

Are you able to explain what "Boot Video" actually does? Was this in XP, as well? Searching Vista Help for "boot video" comes up with nothing.

"matt547" wrote in message The computer goes through the normal boot procedure then you see the grey loading snake for vista then my monotor displays as black and i get a message on screen saying: "Out of range 35.4khz/87hz
I NEED DESPERATE HELP ON HOW TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE!!!!!

"milleron" wrote in message

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:50:37 -0400, "Shawn McWilliams" shawnmcw@gmail.com> wrote:
I had something similar when i goofed on my resolution setting. I found that i was able to boot into safe mode. Once in safe modem hit windowskey+r to open the run command. In the run command type msconfig. once in msconfig select the boot tab and you'll see am option called "base video", put a checkmark there. Then reboot into normal mode. You should then be able to boot into windows and reset your resolution and refresh rate to the right setting.
At least it worked for me ;)
Are you able to explain what "Boot Video" actually does? Was this in XP, as well? Searching Vista Help for "boot video" comes up with nothing.
"matt547" wrote in message The computer goes through the normal boot procedure then you see the grey loading snake for vista then my monotor displays as black and i get a message on screen saying: "Out of range 35.4khz/87hz
I NEED DESPERATE HELP ON HOW TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE!!!!!

I never really noticed it in XP, never had reason to look for it really. From what i can tell base video is just a way to force windows to boot into default resolution and refresh rate, kinda like when you first install windows. Once you're able to boot into normal windows you just set your resolution and refresh rate to whatever you prefer and reboot a second time. You are then back to normal. All i know is that it worked for me and, from what you describe, i suspect it may work for you too.