- Nov 7, 2013
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Hello,
I recently built a new PC, with an R9 280X as my GPU. Got everything running fine, and had to used the Catalyst control panel's EDID settings to get 1920 x 1080 out of my VGA monitor, which looked great and it does support. Unfortunately it's a cheap-ish model Viewsonic with only a VGA input.
I'm running Windows 8.1.
Unfortunately my GPU was faulty and I've had to send it back.
Not to worry, I thought, I've got my onboard Intel 4600 display port (DVI-I) to allow me to use the PC in the meantime.
However, when I boot up with my monitor plugged into this port, I get a warning from the monitor that it is 'Out Of Range'.
After a LOT of messing about (power on/off, resets, hope I haven't damaged anything) I get into Windows 8's terrible Safe Mode to try and change the resolution.
In Safe Mode my monitor displays, at a fixed resolution of 1024 x 768. Right clicking on the desktop to change resolution brings up the usual menu, but I can't change the resolution from 1024 x 768 - it's greyed out.
I couldn't open the Catalyst menu in safe mode to play around with those EDID settings, so I tried to uninstall the Catalyst drivers but that hasn't helped.
Booting back up in normal mode I just hit the 'Out of Range' problem again.
Does anyone know of any way around this? Either forcing some resolution change from the command prompt in safe mode? Or some shortcut? A BIOS setting even? I'm not totally opposed to going out and buying a new monitor with something like an HDMI input but I'd rather not have to at this point in time.
I recently built a new PC, with an R9 280X as my GPU. Got everything running fine, and had to used the Catalyst control panel's EDID settings to get 1920 x 1080 out of my VGA monitor, which looked great and it does support. Unfortunately it's a cheap-ish model Viewsonic with only a VGA input.
I'm running Windows 8.1.
Unfortunately my GPU was faulty and I've had to send it back.
Not to worry, I thought, I've got my onboard Intel 4600 display port (DVI-I) to allow me to use the PC in the meantime.
However, when I boot up with my monitor plugged into this port, I get a warning from the monitor that it is 'Out Of Range'.
After a LOT of messing about (power on/off, resets, hope I haven't damaged anything) I get into Windows 8's terrible Safe Mode to try and change the resolution.
In Safe Mode my monitor displays, at a fixed resolution of 1024 x 768. Right clicking on the desktop to change resolution brings up the usual menu, but I can't change the resolution from 1024 x 768 - it's greyed out.
I couldn't open the Catalyst menu in safe mode to play around with those EDID settings, so I tried to uninstall the Catalyst drivers but that hasn't helped.
Booting back up in normal mode I just hit the 'Out of Range' problem again.
Does anyone know of any way around this? Either forcing some resolution change from the command prompt in safe mode? Or some shortcut? A BIOS setting even? I'm not totally opposed to going out and buying a new monitor with something like an HDMI input but I'd rather not have to at this point in time.
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