newbie problem - booting from cd

[James Takac]

On Monday 25 June 2007 06:03:14 Ravi Vishnu wrote:
> Hi,
> I am new to linux. I have a windows XP pc.
> I have just succeeded in burning the 7.04 version onto a cd. I have 
> checked with md5 and the downloaded version was OK. I then tried to boot
> from the cd. I got the following message on the screen : Out of Range
> Set Monitor to
> 1280x1024 at 60 Hz
> After this, the pc just hung up.
> There does not seem to be anything in the documentation to help me.
> Please let me know how I can get around this problem and get on to trying
> out Linux. Thanking You,
> Ravi
>
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Hi Ravi

I suspect Ubuntu is trying to use a resolution your graphics card might not 
support? Not posittive but likely. What make and model card are you using? 
Might help someone figure it out for you

James