My LCD monitor blanks then shows out of range when I run a 3d game?
Well the “hide modes” box is probably greyed out because windows does not know the specifics of your monitor, Windows uses generic settings if it has no information on your specific monitor, this is what is on the cd that comes with a monitor, it is an INF file, or monitor driver which tells Windows what resolutions and refresh rates your monitor can do (don’t confuse this with the video card driver) Now LCD’s unlike CRT’s like a slower refresh rate, usually 60-80 hz, only a few will operate above that Ok that said you have the latest driver in for your video card right, now if you can run the cd that came with the monitor, if not try to get it (the driver or inf file)at the makers website, If you cannot get the monitor driver, check to make “sure” the game is not trying to run at a resolution higher than the monitors native resolution (usually 1280×1024) If you have a 17″ widescreen you will need to know what the native resolution is, it varies on many of them from 12xx up to 14xx Mos
