out of frequency......

[Zend]

I changed the resolution of desktop from the right click menu on desktop...but unfortunately it was not supported and then it showed an out of frequency message. then a countdown started for power saving which basically shutdowns the monitor in power saving mode i guess....but now i cant change the frequency or the resolution even from the safe mode.

so if there is a setting in the registry to change the resolution and frequency...please help...i'm quite comfortable with the registry...so no problem there.

[Cricket]

Go into Safe Mode and open Device Manage and then remove/delete the Display Adapter listed and then reboot to Normal Windows.

Cricket

[Zend]

i forgot to mention that...i tried that but it installs the drivers again and then when i restart it directly shows the out of frequency message again

i have installed winxp pro with sp2

[Cricket]

What are your complete system specs? List the parts by brand and model including the monitor.

Cricket

[Zend]

i have intel 845 motherboard, samsung 56v monitor, onboard graphics card.

[pointd]

When in Safe Mode edit your boot.ini file and add /basevideo to the end of the line that boots your OS. For example if I did this on my system the boot.ini would look like

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /basevideo

This forces XP to use low res video and you should then be able to alter your frequency back to the correct setting. Remove the /basevideo from boot.ini and reboot.

[Zend]

Originally Posted by pointd multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /basevideo This forces XP to use low res video and you should then be able to alter your frequency back to the correct setting. Remove the /basevideo from boot.ini and reboot.

Hey, it works....it booted directly into the lowest resolution that was possible and i successfully changed the resolution and refresh rate.

Thanks a lot ....pointd
i have been trying to find a solution to this problem from a long time...this may sound stupid ...but i would reinstall the whole OS again just because i dint know what to do to change the resolution. i even searched the registry for the entry where the settings are stored so that i could change it directly from the safe mode...but i dint find it.

well thats a different story...this solution is good...now no more reinstalls....cheers