i jsut got a brand new BenQ monitor for x-mas but when i plug it in it says "out of range" wth does this mean...i wanan get this thing going and im very excited about it but it keep coming up with that
You are setting the resolution higher then it can handle.
Edit: Sorry for not enough details. Make sure that your settings are set to a resolution it can support. It is possible your previous monitor supported a resolution that was larger then it could. LCD monitors don't have resolution as good as CRTs at this time. 17" LCDs can often only attain 1280X1024 and nothing higher.