Out Of Range

[jimmm33]

I'm working on a Dell Dimension 2350. Its Windows XP Home and Intel 845 graphics. The problem was it had virus that could not be deleted even in safe mode. So I plugged the drive into my machine and and deleted the file from my OS.

Now I just need to boot the machine up in my shop to make sure everything is ok befroe the customer takes it home. Problem is that when I boot it up it goes to a range too high for any monitor I can find (2, an lcd and a 15in. crt). I can boot into safe mode (even as administrator) but the options to reduce the refresh are not there. It just has the option "use default hardware settings".

I can remove the driver and boot into normal mode without a driver and 648x480 res. I tried installing the driver from Dell's site and the newest from Intel but as soon as it gets to the login screnn it goes out of range.

How can I get into this machine?

[NooNoo]

delete the monitor driver?

[King Grover]

on some older machines, i remember changing the refresh rate in the BIOS. maybe that wood work. ??

[Vip2]

I'm working on a Dell Dimension 2350. Its Windows XP Home and Intel 845 graphics. The problem was it had virus that could not be deleted even in safe mode. So I plugged the drive into my machine and and deleted the file from my OS.

Now I just need to boot the machine up in my shop to make sure everything is ok befroe the customer takes it home. Problem is that when I boot it up it goes to a range too high for any monitor I can find (2, an lcd and a 15in. crt). I can boot into safe mode (even as administrator) but the options to reduce the refresh are not there. It just has the option "use default hardware settings".

I can remove the driver and boot into normal mode without a driver and 648x480 res. I tried installing the driver from Dell's site and the newest from Intel but as soon as it gets to the login screnn it goes out of range.

How can I get into this machine?

Try removing the driver then using DirverCleaner to hopefully clean up all the settings of the driver from the registry and INF files. Then re-install the driver.

Good Luck

[ADS_Tech]

Excellent proggy.
Never seen it before, but its straight in the toolbox.

Thanks

[Gabriel]

on all NT based machine you can go VGA mode
there install the driver and reboot
I believe it will solve the problem


cheers,
Gabriel

[techs]

If you post the name of the file perhaps someone can send it to you?
You can also try this.
go to safe mode then into Device manager- Monitor-Properties-Driver and choose Roll back driver. If there is no previous driver than choose Update driver-Install from a specific location-Don't search. Uncheck Show compatible hardware. Then choose a monitor that you know has the same or lower refresh rate than the one you use.