LCD woes

[Big Bwana]

Howdy all,

I've got and older advan 13" that's giving me some problems. It was hooked up to a mobo with onboard rage IIc graphics but was disconnected so I could replace the hdd in the computer. I did the switch and ran the machine on a 19" crt for a few days.

However, when I moved the computer back to the LCD, I keep getting an error message saying that the graphics card is trying to access timings beyond the specifications of the monitor.

Does anybody know how the heck I remedy this? The computer works fine on two 19"ers and one 17" crt's that I have around, but not with the LCD. I unfortunetly am not able to test the LCD with another machine as it is not in my house.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

BB

 

[DaLeroy]

Change the settings in Windows (or whatever OS you are using) to 640x480 with 256 colours and standard Refresh rate. See if it works then.

 

[Justin218]

Yep, it's probably the refresh rate is set incorrectly. LCDs will only work at certain refresh rates, 60-75mhz most of the time.

 

[Big Bwana]

ah, okay...so you're saying boot to windows using a crt monitor, change the settings, then move it over to the lcd?

weird....I always thought while posting, the bios just defaulted to a certain refresh rate.

BB

p.s. just to make it clear, I get this error before the computer posts. Nothing gets displayed on the screen, no memory check, nothing. Just the message.

 

[Justin218]

yeah, sounds to me like the refresh rate is not correct. Hook it up to a CRT and change it if you can. I dunno, happened to me, and that worked.