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Graphics Options under Boot Camp?
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lj1960
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Dec 8, 2006, 04:44 PM
 
I've got XP running via Boot Camp on my 17" MacBook Pro. It's great, but now I'd like to step it up a notch and add the 30" Apple Cinema Display. However, when I check the supported resolution on the XP side, it shows 1680 x 1050 (the native resolution of the laptop) as the maximum resolution.

Has anyone run an external monitor in this same configuration (XP via Boot Camp on a MB Pro laptop)? Can you please tell me if it was plug and play? Or did you need to do anything special to get it to work?

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lj1960  (op)
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Dec 12, 2006, 06:22 PM
 
Turns out I was wrong. In WinXP you need to turn off the laptop display (aka: lid closed) and then go back to the resolution settings. Now, the full native resolution is available. Set that and save the configuration and Viola! You're done!

Now I've got a bitchen 30" Cinema Display powered via my 17" MacBook Pro.
     
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Dec 12, 2006, 07:19 PM
 
Switch displays in the Display Control Panel... built-in screen and external display resolution are totally independent.
     
   
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