Need Help! Attention Signal Frequency Is Out of Range

Hello everyone. My first post here. All of a sudden today, i got a black screen with red lettering saying "Attention Signal Frequency Is Out of Range FH > 28.0Khz FV>H7 Please Change Signal Timing". What exactly do I need to do? I never got this message before. I am running WindowsXP Home.

Hi PapaPrem, welcome to VirtualDr :)

You have set your monitor refresh rate too high. Boot into Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key during bootup and that will load with the standard VGA drivers. Right-click the desktop and choose Properties>Settings>Advanced>Monitor and set the refresh rate to a lower value.

Any idea as to what rate I should set it to? I never changed the refresh rate ever and I had this computer for 2 years. I guess somehow the settings were goofed up or something. Thanks for your quick response!

Set it to 60Hz - all monitors will work at that rate. Once you're up & running make sure you've got the "Only show refresh rates that this monitor can support" checknox checked, and you can then safely choose the maximum in the drop down box.