That message ONLY happens when the SIGNAL frequency is outside of the
monitors range. When the
signal goes away during reboot, it may give a "check input signal" message,
but NOT "out of range". It's
booting in VGA anyway, which all monitors with this kind of diagnostic can
suppport.

So, "something" happened to the video pixel format OR refresh rate when
WinMe was running - either by
something the user did, or by some "fluke". I'd vote for the fluke, because
there is also the protective
mechanism that will restore the video mode to the previous unless you
specifically tell it to keep the new one.
This does smack of a "plug-n-play" failure - the monitor may not have been
properly identified at start-up, and
so "default" settings were probably used.
Todays monitors generally do not have to be turned on before the system
boot - especially the Presario
branded ones (I know). But it is still a good idea to be safe and turn on
the monitor before booting the PC.

John, go to Display properties, settings, advanced, monitor, and see if your
monitor is properly ID'd. If
not you may need "drivers" for your monitor (actually .inf files that tell
the PC your monitors abilities).

W

"John Orrett" wrote in message
...
Hi bobb, the message appeared when Windows was already up and running -
maybe an hour after starting it up. I reinstalled win ME and fingers
crossed, everything seems ok.
Regards
John

"- Bobb -" wrote in message
et...
I suspect hat message is a RESULT of the PC rebooting, not a video
problem.
Depending upon my setting in my PC BIOS, I can choose to have it ...
lose
sync, go blank etc. So if I turn on my monitor prior to my PC , I see
that
message, or during a reboot I see it - the screen message is simply a
status
report that the monitor is telling you: it is not getting a good input
signal.

bobb


"John Orrett" wrote in message
...
Hi all, running Win ME on a Deskpro. For some reason, the above
message
has
started appearing now and again, and I cannot see the screen, only the
message. The PC then reboots itself.
The PC is using a Matrox millennium card, but no settings have been
changed
recently.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
John