Prophet II (64) woes.. SIGNAL OUT OF RANGE for Monitor

[jucpuc]

Hi all,
Just spent $400+ on the 3D Prophet II(64) and can't use the thing. I have it connected to a MITSUBISHI 2020u (Fairly new monitor). On initial boot-up the monitor flickers in and out of signal. When the pc runs for awhile (after I think the monitor is going to blow-up as it's turning off and on repeatedly). I get a message on the monitor saying to adjust the signal range (nothing else). I'm assuming this is when my OS kicks-in and adjusts to my preset resolution.
I know the card and monitor both work. I had a TNT2 Ultra before and it still works when I reconnect them, and I tried the Prophet II on an old 17 in DELL monitor and it ran fine.
Is there a way to adjust the signal range on the monitor or card? Any advise would help, I'd love to see this card on the bigger screen...

jucpuc

[freem]

that just started happening on my prophet1 and i havent figured it out yet it only happens everynow and then. wait till the cooling fan on the chip starts squealing. thats a nice sound.

[mad hampster]

Sounds like your trying to run at a higher refresh rate/resolution then your monitor supports, does it do this from bootup on or just in windows? If in windows only, start in safe mode and turn the res/refresh down some. If its all the time, maybe try seeing if your monitor's menu lets you adjust these settings, though I dont think it does.

[jucpuc]

Thanks for the help!!

To answer your questions <<mad hampster>>, it does it from bootup http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif
I've checked the mitsubishi site to determine signal range...

here what they have to say on the specs..
(MPU-based H:30 to 121 kHz & V:50 - 160 Hz auto-scan range and high-performance 240 MHz video clock frequency
1800 x 1440/80 Hz high refresh rate maximum non-interlaced addressable resolution )...

I don't know what that all means, but it seems to be a multisync monitor that can support high resolutions.... hmmm. As soon as Mitsubishi gets back to me [Hopefully sometime before a Prophet 3 (128meg) card comes out, I'll have more answers.]


freem - i've been looking around for a solution for my problem and have found some good resources, this link may help you out... http://www.geforcefaq.com/#hw:gef:troub:blackout

thanks again...
jucpuc

[mad hampster]

huh, well cant be the monitor's fault then...hum that must be a hardware issue or something, there is no reason for it to happen on a monitor like that at bootup

[freem]

hay thanks for the link i think the lack of power is probably it i have a 230 watt power supply and the noise is defenitly comming from the cooling fan on the vidio card. but after all is said and done i like it better than the voodoo 1 i used to have

[Oli]

I have the same problem with an older monitor. When installing 5.xx drivers, I have black screen (out of range sync), when using 3.xx just work fine.

[jucpuc]

Hi all,
I found a solution. The Mitsubishi Monitor has 5 BNC connections in the back. I took a chance and purchased a "monitor to 5 BNC cable" ummm.... $45 dollars for a 15 ft. It seems to work and work very well. Using the BNC connections seems to give a better screen quality to the monitor. Hopefully, this will work for awhile. I was wondering what the difference was between using the BNC plugs opposed to a regular VGA cable. I rather not stress the monitor too much....

any thoughts

jucpuc

thanks again