I was just surfing with firefox and the monitor suddenly went blank and said "not optimumta mode Recommended mode: 1280x1024 60ghz".i am now helpless. I have a 17inch samsung syncmaster. The last installed software was Sony ericsson PC suite. Some problems can be solved

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