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Inout signal out of range Answer Failed: retry I just purchased a IBM thinkvision monitor, and a box the at reads'' input signal out of range''... (More) (More)
I just purchased a IBM thinkvision monitor, and a box the at reads'' input signal out of range'' keeps bouncing around my screen. How do I get rid of it. I don't know what model the monitor is.

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    can only see box bouncing around and cant do anything else

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    green outlined box bouncing across the screen

  • Anonymous Mar 21, 2014

    green box is bouncing around on screen

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It shows out of range because the PC is sending out the video signal that is higher than the monitor can display, you need to set the PC video resolution to the native resolution: 1024 x 768 @60Hz. You can reboot the PC into save mode (hitting F8 key while booting up) then set the resolution to 640 x 480 (try 1024 x 768 if it allows you to do so), reboot and reset the resoltion to 1024 x 768 @60Hz.

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"Out Of Range" is more than just resolution. It means your video adapter is set to a resolution/refresh rate setting that is outside the range of supported signals.

Go into your Video Adapter's settings, look at resolution then the refresh rate (Hertz), and compare to those supported by the monitor.

When I had a similar problem, I noticed that somehow, the refresh rate was set at 59HZ which is unsupported. After changing to 60HZ (which is supported) the problem went away.

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