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unusual message
Name: J Brian Clarke Date: March 22, 2006 at 08:56:22 Pacific OS: win98se CPU/Ram: p3 500 mz
Comment:
My system crashed, and when I rebooted I got a small red rectangle in a black screen with the message FREQ. OUT RANGE plus a couple of figures. I rebooted again with no problem, and have had no problem since.
This has never happened before. Is it something I should worry about?
Name: Bob (by BigBob) Date: March 22, 2006 at 09:12:46 Pacific
Reply:
Could be your video card is going bad.
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Response Number 2
Name: trvlr Date: March 22, 2006 at 14:54:49 Pacific
Reply:
If you had inadvertantly set monitor resolution too higgh.. you would have gotten a similar message... Possibly somehow (immediately prior to the crash, or perhaps during it) the monitor settings were changed - albeit briefly.
It might be a vga card issue...; it might be a windows problem (software/drivers) issue itself.
I think I'd be inclined to leave things as be, but be ready for the unexpected... Meanwhile - ensure all data etc. is securely/safely copied off the system (removavble media etc.); keep those copies up to date too.
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Response Number 3
Name: J Brian Clarke Date: March 22, 2006 at 15:51:14 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, guys.
I always keep my critical files backed up, so I will remain prepared for....anything.
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