ERROR_GRAPHICS_MCA_INVALID_TECHNOLOGY_TYPE_RETURNED

The monitor returned an invalid monitor technology type. CRT, Plasma and LCD (TFT) are examples of monitor technology types. This error implies that the monitor violated the MCCS 2.0 or MCCS 2.0 Revision 1 specification.

Matched as: the code as given (hex)

HRESULT breakdown: code: 9694, customer: False, facility: 38, severity: failure (bit 31 set), ntstatus_wrapped: False

Other names

• ERROR_GRAPHICS_MCA_INVALID_TECHNOLOGY_TYPE_RETURNED: The monitor returned an invalid monitor technology type. CRT, Plasma and LCD (TFT) are examples of monitor technology types. This error implies that the monitor violated the MCCS 2.0 or MCCS 2.0 Revision 1 specification.

Source: COM Error Codes (COMADMIN, FILTER, GRAPHICS) (Winerror.h) · CC BY 4.0 · wording unchanged, formatting adapted for this site · retrieved 2026-10-24