THE FIX NO LONGER WORKS
Unplugging does nothing anymore, the error is back again.
Please help me, I'm tearing my hair out at this point.
The Problem
So just recently my monitor started randomly displaying "Out of Range" whilst in-game for no reason. I can't exit out of this 'error' unless I restart my PC. I can't CTRL+ALT+DEL, CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, or WINDOWS+D out of it.
Examples
I was playing Team Fortress 2 and after an hour, my monitor gave me the out of range error. Also when I try playing Bioshock, everything works up until the cut-scene ends, and I get the error. I cold boot, and in the same resolution launch League of Legends, it works completely fine. However, this error will never happen on my desktop. Before I took out my GPU and RAM, the error would happen AFTER I logged in, or sometimes not. After troubleshooting for a couple hours, I restarted my PC and I heard THREE loud beeps. Thinking it was a RAM issue, I took out the GPU and RAM, blew on their lanes to get rid of the dust, put it back in, and now the error ONLY happens in-game.
What I've Tried
• Setting refresh rate and resolution to my monitor's native settings, because after all, Out of Range means it's a resolution/refresh rate my monitor can't handle
• Manually setting resolution in the game's .ini files
• Using Steam's launch options
• Reinstalling graphics drivers
• Taking out RAM and GPU and making sure there is no dust, then putting them back in again
• Switching monitors during the glitch (the other monitor displays the same thing)
• Using the lowest resolution or 1024x768 (still happens). Weirdly enough, 1366x768 resolution in Bioshock gives me the error, but 800x600 doesn't. Some games are 100% likely give me the error, such as Bioshock, but in the same resolution, League of Legends works. Some games it randomly happens, like TF2
• Manually forcing a resolution in Nvidia control panel
• Verifying integrity of cache for games that don't work
• Using menu key on my monitor to try and reset the resolution. For some reason, none of the buttons (except the off button) work on either of the monitors I tried when the "Out of Range" error occurs.
THE SPECS
My computer specifications
Sidenote: I am using Windows 10
Also an important side note: I am using a VGA connector and I'm connected to my GPU's DVI connector through this: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=203-AD-EV01-R1
Unfortunately, I have no clue how to figure out which monitor I have, but I know it's nothing special, is very old, and has a refresh rate of 60 and a resolution of 1440 x 900.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
Even if this problem doesn't get solved, I still appreciate all your guys' 'n' gals help.
REMEMBER
All help is wanted! If you are a tech guru, or just started using a computer and might have in idea, please, help me out!
Thanks a lot!
-Ben
UPDATE
I reinstalled my graphics driver and installed an older version (364.51) and I didn't instantly get the error, it took a couple minutes.
UPDATE
My monitor has randomly started displaying "No Signal Input" throughout the day.
Unplugging does nothing anymore, the error is back again.
Please help me, I'm tearing my hair out at this point.
The Problem
So just recently my monitor started randomly displaying "Out of Range" whilst in-game for no reason. I can't exit out of this 'error' unless I restart my PC. I can't CTRL+ALT+DEL, CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, or WINDOWS+D out of it.
Examples
I was playing Team Fortress 2 and after an hour, my monitor gave me the out of range error. Also when I try playing Bioshock, everything works up until the cut-scene ends, and I get the error. I cold boot, and in the same resolution launch League of Legends, it works completely fine. However, this error will never happen on my desktop. Before I took out my GPU and RAM, the error would happen AFTER I logged in, or sometimes not. After troubleshooting for a couple hours, I restarted my PC and I heard THREE loud beeps. Thinking it was a RAM issue, I took out the GPU and RAM, blew on their lanes to get rid of the dust, put it back in, and now the error ONLY happens in-game.
What I've Tried
• Setting refresh rate and resolution to my monitor's native settings, because after all, Out of Range means it's a resolution/refresh rate my monitor can't handle
• Manually setting resolution in the game's .ini files
• Using Steam's launch options
• Reinstalling graphics drivers
• Taking out RAM and GPU and making sure there is no dust, then putting them back in again
• Switching monitors during the glitch (the other monitor displays the same thing)
• Using the lowest resolution or 1024x768 (still happens). Weirdly enough, 1366x768 resolution in Bioshock gives me the error, but 800x600 doesn't. Some games are 100% likely give me the error, such as Bioshock, but in the same resolution, League of Legends works. Some games it randomly happens, like TF2
• Manually forcing a resolution in Nvidia control panel
• Verifying integrity of cache for games that don't work
• Using menu key on my monitor to try and reset the resolution. For some reason, none of the buttons (except the off button) work on either of the monitors I tried when the "Out of Range" error occurs.
THE SPECS
My computer specifications
Sidenote: I am using Windows 10
Also an important side note: I am using a VGA connector and I'm connected to my GPU's DVI connector through this: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=203-AD-EV01-R1
Unfortunately, I have no clue how to figure out which monitor I have, but I know it's nothing special, is very old, and has a refresh rate of 60 and a resolution of 1440 x 900.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
Even if this problem doesn't get solved, I still appreciate all your guys' 'n' gals help.
REMEMBER
All help is wanted! If you are a tech guru, or just started using a computer and might have in idea, please, help me out!
Thanks a lot!
-Ben
UPDATE
I reinstalled my graphics driver and installed an older version (364.51) and I didn't instantly get the error, it took a couple minutes.
UPDATE
My monitor has randomly started displaying "No Signal Input" throughout the day.
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