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Help! MALA messed up my monitor!

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leapinlew:
Press F8 on bootup -

choose the VGA bootup option (or safemode) and change your video settings to 800x600 or whatever. You must've set your video display to a res. that your monitor couldn't handle.

Usually you have to confirm these changes, so if you hit space bar or enter within 15 seconds - that probably confirmed it.

Mala is innocent!

Czapala:
Nope.

upon booting before the Logo screen (maybe during) hit F8 and choose "Last known good configuration".  This will only work if you have not tried Safe Mode yet.

If that doesn't work try Safe Mode.

Czapala:
LOL

1.5 minutes too late.  I would still try the "Last Known..." first.  But Leapinlew is correct as well.

jcroach:
Thanks a lot guys!  I'll try that when I get home from work.  (crosses fingers)

A related question, how do I keep this from happening again? Do I use a layout with a different resolution? Can I scale a resolution UP to one my monitor likes? Do I use a "scalable layouts."  I hope I can still use the "retroGUI" layout becuase I really like.

Czapala:
On Retroblast's site, in one of his older arcticles about getting the best picture in MAME, he uses a utility that basically lets you set a range and it forces the computer to stay in that range so you don't get the "out of scan" problem.

let me see I may be able to find it real quick.
Here ya go:
http://www.retroblast.com/articles/monitor.html

I haven't used this stuff (yet)  just read about it .. Good luck

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