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| Thread ID: 94122 | 2008-10-15 04:42:00 | Refresh rate problems | pcuser42 (130) | Press F1 |
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| 712399 | 2008-10-15 04:42:00 | My Vista PC has no picture when it starts. The boot screen shows up fine, but nothing else from Vista appears. I know why - my refresh rate is too high for the monitor (I took it round to a friend's place and he had a CRT monitor). So the question is how do I change it? Safe Mode doesn't work - it simply says "Use default adapter setting". :help: | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 712400 | 2008-10-15 05:06:00 | Can you right click on desktop>graphics properties and change it from there? | Blam (54) | ||
| 712401 | 2008-10-15 05:21:00 | No, because I can't see anything. :rolleyes: | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 712402 | 2008-10-15 05:29:00 | Reboot into the advanced boot options screen (F8), and try selecting 'Low Res (640x480)' (VGA mode), the fifth line down; or 'Last known good configuration' if you can see these ;). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 712403 | 2008-10-15 05:33:00 | I can see those, and already tried it - no luck. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 712404 | 2008-10-15 05:39:00 | do you have another monitor in the house you can plug into it? otherwise you may have to go back to your friends house and reset the refresh rate there |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 712405 | 2008-10-15 05:54:00 | It may mean dragging a monitor down from the attic, but I'll see what I can do about that. (Every main PC uses LCD screens.) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 712406 | 2008-10-15 05:54:00 | Just an idea...If he booted with a XP CD or UBCD4Win/bartPE or a linux live CD would he see anything? If he could, could he change the refresh rate there? |
Blam (54) | ||
| 712407 | 2008-10-15 06:43:00 | I'll try booting from a UBCD soon and see what happens. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 712408 | 2008-10-15 07:06:00 | I don't suppose anyone knows where in the Registry Vista stores its refresh rate settings? | pcuser42 (130) | ||
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