Changing my monitor re-fresh rate

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 5th, 2006, 16:59

Just got my nice new graphics card, only when I boot windows under normal conditions (it's running in safe mode fine atm) it's giving me a signal error: out of range message.

Having a had a poke about on google, looks like the culprit is my refresh rate, but I can't find the blinking setting to change it. Anyone got any suggestions as to where I can change it?

wyrd · Post by **wyrd** » January 5th, 2006, 17:01

right click on the desktop, properties, settings, advanced, monitor...

should be a drop down box on there to change it

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 5th, 2006, 17:04

I that that's where it was. The option area is there, but the only available option is to use the hardware default settings on the screen refresh rate.

When I was setting the machine up again, it didn't install any kind of monitor drivers. My gut thinks it's that, but I'm really not an expert...

EDIT: ok, found the drivers, so I'm gona get those installed, and hopefully that'll fix it.

SECOND EDIT: nope, that didn't seem to work. grr...

Lee · Post by **Lee** » January 5th, 2006, 18:33

ATI cards seem a bit dodgy with refresh rates, or at least the one in my other PC is, go here: http://www.radeon2.ru/refreshfix_eng.html and scroll to the bottom to download and see if it fixes your problem.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 5th, 2006, 19:59

Will simply extracting those files and running the exe file fix the problem, or do I need to do something else?

Lee · Post by **Lee** » January 5th, 2006, 20:28

Extract and run it, if theres a problem with refresh rates it'll fix them and tell you to restart, if not you could try using it to set your refresh rates.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 5th, 2006, 23:59

Thank ye, that seems to have fixed that problem. Unfortunatly one of the cores (or I think it's ones of the cores. My hardware manager shows up two graphics cards)seems to be damaged, so now i can't use it to play earth 2160, which is why I bought the damn thing in the first place

Says to try the safe mode, I do that, gives me the same error. Only way I'm using it righ now is by disabling the faulty core (ok ok, if I'm wrong about this shoot me later). Right now I'm just praying I can play eve in 1 hour 10 mins...

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:06

*shoots hehulk*

that's not two cores (for a start, modern graphics cards have 4 to shitloads of cores)

secondly, that's the other display output (the one you're not using) this is normal (however it showing as broken isn't)

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:15

that would explain why disabling the scondary fubars my display, but disabling the first doesn't...

What would explain this eror message then: An error has occured while initalizing Direct3D. Insufficient graphic card properties or configurations / driver problems could be causing this. Try running the game in safe mode (-safemode execution parameter).

I've got Direct X 9.0c installed, so what's your expert opinion on this?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:19

Was it a clean install of drivers? (http://www.drivercleaner.net/)

also, try swapping your monitor to the primary display (often using the secondary will cause problems)

not to mention that the fix has probably screwed more up.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:24

ok, I'll try swaping em over. Kinda glad they give em a doo-hiquie so I can chance the port into something my monitor plus into...

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:30

there's probably a way to switch it, but dunno.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:39

*comming to you live from windows safe mode*

Thanks for the idea, but I was greated by a light blue screen and a mouse that would only scroll sideways. Re-booted and and I just getting a completely blank screen. So, disabling the primary port now and seeing how it behaves.

edit: yes, working again after a standard boot-up now. Confounded thing....

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:41

all seems odd to me

what was your previous card, and what's the new one?

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:43

Previously I was running an FX5200. Now I've got an X700. It's really unlikely to be some kind of effect form having different sets of graphics drivers as I've re-formatted the hard disk.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:45

that's ok then.

causes so many problems it's not funny, tried disabling any onboard graphics?

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:47

I've not got on-board graphics

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:49

hmm.

other thing is to make sure you're just not trying to horse too high a refresh or graphics settings in some games

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 6th, 2006, 0:53

Not sure about the refresh rate, but I've even been able to start the game up to fiddle with any graphics settings. I'll install something else, see what that does.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 6th, 2006, 1:12

Nope, won't run Quake 4 either. That just keeps on CTDing. Me thinks I'm gona be ringing up that computer shop in the morning...