Topic: How do I force my refresh rate to stay the same?

[Sabby]

I have an LG Flatron W1943TE, with a resolution of 1360 x 768. I can play most games, but sometimes I find one that gives me a black screen when I play it and says my 'analogue is out of range'. Problem is, sometimes I play these games, and then LATER they do this. For instance, I was playing Vessel just fine, and when I reinstalled it later on, it was out of range :/ the same with Vampire The Masquerade and Stalker. Just now, I tried Quantum Conundrum, which worked just fine, but when I tried to changed the in game resolution, I went out of range. I tried reinstalling, but it didn't fix it. I've since restored to factory settings and it is still out of range.

I googled forcing a refresh rate of 60, and used Nview (I have NVIDIA) to manually set my RR between 59 and 60.001. They said this would apply to EVERYTHING. Clearly, it does not.

I have no idea what is making these games suddenly change on me, or how I'm supposed to fix it :(

[Saffron]

Are you running windows? This is usually an option in your Display Settings. It's usually found in the same place you would change your resolution or add another monitor.

[Sabby]

I've tried all that, yeah. No such option, and pretty much every standard solution you'd get from a manual I've tried >.< I'm completely at a loss here.

[Beguile's Mistress]

Try Google.  Type your query terms into Google and see what pops up.  I've learned how to program things like my DVR/cable remote and other things from forums I found using Google.  If it's out there it's on Google.

[Sabby]

I've done that. I wouldn't come here if I hadn't. I've tried the solutions from the forums, and there was a fix to force a refresh rate, which I used, and it didn't make any difference.

[Beguile's Mistress]

Okay.  That was all I had.

[Sabby]

Well this is baffling o.O I found a program that works. A very simple little thing called RefreshLock. I simply put in my resolution, colour and hertz, and it locks it. I opened a game that I couldn't before, and it worked. But I go to open the one that I wanted in the first place (Quantum Conundrum) and it's still refusing to display.

I'm glad SOMETHINGS gone right, though.