Resolved Display out of range in safe mode

Well, I changed the BIOS from PCI to AGP and tried rebooting in safe mode. It didn't make a blind bit of difference! Still out of range on both connectors with all monitors. I also noticed that I still had the Nvidia display when I booted in normal mode. I can only conclude that having the PCI card in the slot must override the BIOS setting.

At this point I am throwing in the towel. I will just hope I never need to boot in safe mode. If it ever becomes a matter of desperation, I will yank the card and hope that works.

 

After that last stupidity I don't really trust myself any more, but I am fairly certain the only options were AGP and PCI. I did look carefully because of everything that had gone before, but of course anything is possible. I will check again the next time I boot the computer. I can't reset at the moment because of things in memory.

I have had a second monitor plugged into the integrated connector the whole time and nothing has ever shown on it.

 

I have carefully gone over the BIOS again and I see nothing that relates to integrated display. There is only the choice of AGP or PCI slot, neither of which seems to make any difference. I have a second monitor plugged into the integrated display but it never shows anything.

I have also gone through all the other menus and I cannot find anything that appears to be related to the display used. Since I managed to miss the AGP/PCI selection so many times I cannot say with confidence that there isn't anything else, but if there is I can't find it.

 

Thanks again for everything but I will leave it as it is. I have had this machine for quite a long time and I'm sure I must have booted into Safe mode in the past before I changed the display, though I don't have an actual memory of that. I have had enough bad experiences of Windows doing unexpected things for no apparent reason so I don't want to push my luck. Everything is working fine at the moment so I think I will just leave it that way. If there ever is a pressing reason to use Safe mode I will pull the card and hope for the best.

 

That's a good question. I have had this problem before. I would say the thread is closed as far as I am concerned, but it isn't quite resolved since I didn't exactly find the solution. If someone else with a similar issue ends up here, they might be disappointed at the lack of definitive answer. However I am happy to mark it resolved if you want me to.