Monitor goes out of frequency and does not display anything

Posted by Rohit in computer problems, hardware 

28

Nov

Problem:
Monitors have a limit of maximum supported frequency (Refresh rate) for each resolution setting at which display is refreshed. When you set a high resolution with a high frequency that is not supported by the monitor, it displays a message Frequency out of range. Within a few seconds of setting the frequency if you press Esc key it will revert back to the previous resolution.
But what if when you are stuck with the same Frequency out of range and your monitor does not display anything.

Don’t worry, we have the solution if your monitor doesn’t display anything

Solution:
1. Boot in VGA mode by keep pressing F8 key during boot-up.
2. Un-install the display driver
3. Set the display settings to some supported value
4. Restart, install display (video) driver and set the appropriate settings which your monitor supports.
5. Restart again and it is Fixed.

Tip: Most of old monitors don’t support 1024×768 at a refresh rate greater than 60Hz, so avoid setting this resolution at a frequency higher than 60 Hz if your monitor is an old CRT monitor.

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robin says, January 11th, 2008   

Hi,

I had installed xp and unfotunately having dual OS with the previous installed 2k. while changing the display, I got the monitor message as “OUT OF FREQUENCY” tried a lot but could not fix it and finally after reading above solution, i could fix up my problem, reinstalled the graphic drivers (both 2k and XP), also reinstalling XP and finally got the best display thanks to Mr. Rohit for his solution.

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ramdas kodi says, March 30th, 2008   

Out of Frequency This is my pc problem same please answar

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Sarvesh says, May 11th, 2008   

I have a similar problem, my monitor works fine but when I shut down and reboot or simply reboot my monitor does not display anything it just glows (dark greenish glow) and gives me no warning message, the same monitor works fine with another PC though, I recently have replaced my cpu motherboard and psu and ram, someone please help.

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Rohit says, May 12th, 2008   

@ Savresh

This may also be because of faulty Video-card or video cable.

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Omer says, June 15th, 2008   

when i run the harry potter 5 game…a message appears “out of frequency”…i kept changing the refresh rate above than 60…i am totally confused..please help me solve this problem.

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Abdul Wahab Ansari says, September 22nd, 2008   

when i start my pc it will shows a message ” OUT OF FREQUENCY” hardly 20 seconds then blackout. it will not boot also. what can i do. Plese give me solution.

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Abdul Wahab Ansari says, September 22nd, 2008   

when i start my pc it will shows a message ” OUT OF FREQUENCY” hardly 20 seconds then blackout. it will not boot also. what can i do. Plese give me solution. on my email id : abdul2411@gmail.com

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rathore says, October 17th, 2008   

when i start my pc it will shows a message ” OUT OF FREQUENCY” hardly 20 seconds then blackout. it will not boot also. what can i do. Plese give me solution. I try to go in safe mode but d’not goes in safe mode?

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fallow says, November 29th, 2008   

Thank this really helped alot

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shahrukh says, December 22nd, 2008   

I HAVE A PROBLEM whenever i start any game some game work and some says out of frequency why it so? and Give me the solution and i am playing the games on 60 hz refresh rate and 800×600 resolution guys help me strange pro>>>>>???? please guyzz

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shahrukh says, December 22nd, 2008   

any one got solution ??

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shahrukh says, December 22nd, 2008   

quickly help me

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Orlando Morales says, January 13th, 2009   

This information was very useful thank you.

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Zeeshan says, January 14th, 2009   

hello everyone.

i think this site is too good,since i resolved all my PC problems using the information present on this site everytime

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ACFan120 says, February 4th, 2009   

Ok. I restarted my computer to make I.E. to work. When the main screen loaded, the resolution changed. I tried to change it but it gave the Frequency out of Range message. Now, I had a high resolution before. In fact, it was (I believe) the highest resolution. Now I can’t get it to work. Help me O gurus of computer wisdom!

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tyler says, February 23rd, 2009   

well… it was not really what i was looking for but the moniter freqince was changed and i was wondering how to change it after it says,: freqince changed?

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shweta says, April 10th, 2009   

I had a similar problem, my monitor does not display anything it just glows (dark greenish glow) and gave me no warning message.

I solved this problem by following steps.
1. Reboot system.
2. Press F8.
3. selecting VGP mode(just like safe mode).

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Abhisek says, April 15th, 2009   

thnx a ton… it helped me a lot

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Bishwas says, May 22nd, 2009   

i have a problem in display. When i start the game installed in my pc then monitor appears to dark. Monitor doesnt show any thing please solve this problem

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