Re: monitor 'out of scan range'

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Author: Josef Lowder
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: monitor 'out of scan range'

Thanks, Alan ...

You wrote:
> I would guess that the "out of scan range" message indicates that the
> video card is producing sync rates that the LCD monitor cannot handle.
> I assume that the two boxes used to have different monitors, right?


Actually, both computers were using the same monitor.

> So one was configured differently than the other even though they
> are the same cards.
> The key to fixing your problem is configuring X to use scan rates that
> match the capabilities of this new monitor. I am not very knowledgable in
> doing that manually since the automatic configuration tools have always
> worked for me on all my monitors (so far). Mandrake should have some sort
> of X configuration tool or use the 'XF86Setup' script that comes in X.
> Google it for more instructions since I am not much help with it.


I'll try Google ...

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