Monitor says "out of range" going into safe mode

[edun]

Hello,
I am having problems getting into safe mode in xp, I push f8  when booting and it goes into the menu where I select safe mode but then the monitor says "out of range", nothing happens and I have to turn the computer off. Does anyone know why this happens and how I can fix it?

[street1 (RIP)]

Is this a new monitor?If so will it work with the old monitor?

It appears your graphics card/or on board graphics can't
handle the monitor.

What monitor are you using? What graphics card are you using?

[Neil]

Does this happen when going into normal mode? (If you can't get into normal mode... then you really must give more information)

I think there is the option to start using default VGA display in the bootup menu.

[2k_dummy]

The "out of range " message can apply to either the monitor or graphics card. Either the display resolution or the refresh rate or both is set to high.