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Question

PC boots slowly and then monitor says out of rang

Mar 17, 2016 5:21PM PDT

Two days ago, I shut down my PC as I usually do, and didn't change anything. I closed CS:GO and shut it down as you should.
However, the next day when I went to boot the PC, it sounded like it was starting at "half" speed. My G-Card (GTX 750 ti) fan won't start spinning until about 2 minutes of the PC idling at half speed. In the interim between the idling and the card beginning to run, I have no display on my monitor and I can't even get to BIOS. Also, when the PC is at "half boot" I get some POST beeps, but it's only one small beep every 30 seconds, indicating that it's not my monitor.
But, even still, when the card starts running, that's what I get the error message from the monitor itself saying that it's "Out of Range".
I've looked up this error and it says that I need lower my refresh rate, but A) I never changed it, and I didn't do anything new the last time I used it. B) it doesn't display anything at all, not even the start-up display or the BIOS, so I can't even use that to try to work with it. Any help would be appreciated, and thank you for your time!

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usually means resolution set too high
Mar 17, 2016 5:26PM PDT

boot to Safe Mode and change the windows resolution setting for display.

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Mar 17, 2016 5:34PM PDT

I would, but I can't even do that because my monitor won't display anything. Thats why I'm so confused. I've looked everywhere but no one seems to have the issue I do. Everyone else has at least some use of their monitor at one point.

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How about try F8.
Mar 17, 2016 5:54PM PDT

Good luck.

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I suspect now that error msg
Mar 17, 2016 6:14PM PDT

is just the monitor timing out due to no video signal if you get nothing, and that is maybe some glitch in the BIOS. About all you can do at this point is find the jumper to reset the BIOS, it's usually a 2-3 pin jumper, and short it. That will set the BIOS back to it's defaults and then you can make any changes in it as needed.

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Make it smaller
Mar 17, 2016 7:39PM PDT

If you have on-board video plug the monitor into that.
Remove the 750.
Test.

If no help.
Unplug hdd/ssd/optical and all usb devices.
Test.

If no help.
One stick of ram only.
Test.

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Half way there
Mar 17, 2016 9:14PM PDT

I removed the 750 and connected the Mobo to the monitor via HDMI and that works to get me into safe mode and to change my settings, but even when I put it as low as it can possiby go, I still get the "Out of range" when I revert back to VGA. I'm at a loss of what to do at this point.

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Vga
Mar 17, 2016 9:36PM PDT

Does this monitor and vga cable work on another machine?

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Mar 17, 2016 9:38PM PDT

Yeah, both are working properly, it's just saying that whatever resolution my PC gives it is apparently too much?

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HDMI works and VGA mode won't?
Mar 17, 2016 11:09PM PDT

That's a driver issue. Find the VGA driver for your motherboard and install it.

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So close
Mar 18, 2016 3:15AM PDT

Would I be able to do that without a physical copy? Because so far the only thing I can do in Boot it in Safe Mode through on-board, so I can't connect to the Internet. Also, I bought the card from a friend, and don't have the physical copy of the drivers available.

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sure you can, but must download it
Mar 18, 2016 8:41AM PDT

Go to your motherboard site or the PC manufacturer site, find their installation files for drivers to support the chips on the motherboard and install them all. If for some reason you can't find them there, then find out what video chip is on the motherboard and get a driver for it from the chip maker. You already know the video card if using that discrete card instead, and go to the video card site, download and install all the driver files for the card.

For instance, some older motherboard had VIA chips on them, so you could get the driver files directly from VIA instead of needing to download from manufacturer site of the PC, and often were more current anyway at VIA.

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Sike (nervous laugh)
Mar 18, 2016 3:34AM PDT

Totally forgot I could boot in SM with networking. Its been so long since I've had to do this.

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(NT) That's next. I think you'll get it done soon.
Mar 18, 2016 8:23AM PDT
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Hardware problem
Mar 18, 2016 3:39AM PDT

Hey dear ..may be that problem is related on hardware !!

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I doubt it
Mar 18, 2016 1:44PM PDT

It was working just fine the night before, and all components work. I'm sensing it's just a driver error.