"Out of Range" on LCD Monitor

johnnymk · 03-16-2006, 08:40 AM

I hooked up my laptop to an Olevia 20" LCD TV Monitor (800 X 600) and I am getting this message on the screen. OS is Windows XP with 14" screen on laptop.

The monitor works with my desk top computer using a Hauppauge TV card.

avlena · 03-16-2006, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by johnnymk

I hooked up my laptop to an Olevia 20" LCD TV Monitor (800 X 600) and I am getting this message on the screen. OS is Windows XP with 14" screen on laptop.

The monitor works with my desk top computer using a Hauppauge TV card.

make sure your laptop is set to the exact same resolution & refresh rate as your desktop, then try hooking it up again. Out of range tends to mean that one of those settings is outside the range that your monitor can support.

DarkFury · 03-16-2006, 10:02 AM

Yup... to be safe set your PC to 640 x 480 resolution at 60 Hz and work you way up to what your LCD TV can support.

Jeffbx · 03-16-2006, 10:19 AM

More than likely it's your refresh rate. LCDs only support 60Hz.

Kudos · 03-16-2006, 10:22 AM

use powerstrip if nothing else works, I think you get it from these guys : http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm

johnnymk · 03-16-2006, 02:58 PM

I set it to 800 X 600 with a 60 Hz rate and it works. Thanks

johnnymk · 03-22-2006, 06:43 AM

I rebooted the laptop and it happened again. All the settings are the same as I reset them ?????

EDIT: I disconnected the monitor, hooked it up to a smaller LCD monitor and it works. So I rehook the original monitor and it works again. It must have something to do with the booting process, because I have been putting the laptop on Standby mode before this happened.

03-16-2006, 08:40 AM	#1
johnnymk Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: May 2000 Location: LEVITTOWN< PA> USA Posts: 13,621	"Out of Range" on LCD Monitor I hooked up my laptop to an Olevia 20" LCD TV Monitor (800 X 600) and I am getting this message on the screen. OS is Windows XP with 14" screen on laptop. The monitor works with my desk top computer using a Hauppauge TV card.

03-16-2006, 10:02 AM	#3
DarkFury Secretary of the Navy Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood Posts: 34,997	Yup... to be safe set your PC to 640 x 480 resolution at 60 Hz and work you way up to what your LCD TV can support. __________________ DarkFury's Pimptopia - Don't Hate the Playa, Hate the Game! Home of the Original OG Pimp (accept NO imitations)

03-16-2006, 10:22 AM	#5
Kudos Lieutenant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bridgewater, NJ Posts: 339	use powerstrip if nothing else works, I think you get it from these guys : http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm __________________ Shut up, dummy.

03-22-2006, 06:43 AM	#7
johnnymk Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: May 2000 Location: LEVITTOWN< PA> USA Posts: 13,621	I rebooted the laptop and it happened again. All the settings are the same as I reset them ????? EDIT: I disconnected the monitor, hooked it up to a smaller LCD monitor and it works. So I rehook the original monitor and it works again. It must have something to do with the booting process, because I have been putting the laptop on Standby mode before this happened. Last edited by johnnymk : 03-22-2006 at 08:14 AM.

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03-16-2006, 10:19 AM	#4
Jeffbx Fleet Admiral Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,390	More than likely it's your refresh rate. LCDs only support 60Hz.

03-16-2006, 02:58 PM	#6
johnnymk Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: May 2000 Location: LEVITTOWN< PA> USA Posts: 13,621	I set it to 800 X 600 with a 60 Hz rate and it works. Thanks

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