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jcroach:
Good morning.  I hope someone can help me.  I installed MALA last night and I had a major break-down on my PC (PIII, WIN XP SP2, 1.6 GH ram).

I loaded MALA and got it working, no problem.  I like the GUI.  I then dicded to play around with differnt layouts.  I loaded the "retroGUI" layout from the MALA site. It worked fine but it was only in a small portion of my screen.  This layout is a "Fixed size layout for 640x480."  So, I fiddled withthe controls and found a checkbox titled "changes montiro resolution to match layout" or something like that.  As soon as I clicked this box and closed the options menu, my monitor screen went black and I got an "Out of scan range" error.  Ok, no problem I thought.  This had happened before.  I tried to get out of Mala with no luck. I tried to ctrl alt dlt out, no luck.  I tried to reboot, no luck.  i tried resetting my monitor, no luck.  I even tried my system recovery disk.  No luck.  No matter what I do, I eventually get a "Out of scan range" error.   :dizzy: :hissy:

The only thing I haven't tried yet is rebooting into safe mode.  Do you think this will work?  My understanding of "out of scan range" errors is that the CPU is trying to output a resolution that my monitor can't handle.  I would think that 640x480 would be rather standard.  I know my PC is working fine.  I can hear it boot correctly, I just can't see anything.  How the heck do I fix a problem like this if I can't see what's going on?!?

HELP!

jcrouse:
Well, for starters if your looking to solve a video issue the type (make and model) of monitor and the video card and/or drivers would be good information to know. After that it is probably not resolution but the refresh rate that is causing the problem. If you are using a lower spec arcadish type monitor you could try attaching a standard, higher quality PC monitor and see what you get.

John

jcroach:
I'm using a standard PC monitor. It's only about 5 years old.  I had been running a resolution of 1024x768.  I have no idea about the refresh rate.

swindus:
MaLa doesn't change the refresh rate at all, it only changes the resolution. Did you ever run your desktop on a resolution of 640x480? Can you see any boot or bios messages when starting your computer?

jcroach:
Yes, I see the bios messeges and boot WinXP logo with the status bar, then it goes black.

Would removing my video card and replacing it reset everything?

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