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Help with Dell 2005FPW resolution problem!
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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So I finally got my 2005FPW today. I have a powermac with a radeon 9000 Pro graphics card. My preview monitor was a standard 17" CRT. I unplugged it and plugged the dell in. All I got was blackness and a thing that said it couldn't support the resolution (or something to that effect). I've been in this situation before so I turned on VoiceOver (command+F5) and spent about 15 minutes moving the mouse blindly trying to change the resolution. I finally managed to luck out on a resolution that did work, it's an ugly and stretched 1344 x 1008 @ 75 hz. System preferences doesn't seem to recognize the monitor, and gives me a bunch of different resolutions (but not the recommend 1680 x 1050!). What do I do? Anyone experience this problem? I need to get it to a resolution that isn't so stretched out, it's giving me a headache... BTW, I'm also running the LCD through a KVM switch so I can switch between my PC and my Mac. Essentially, how do I get System Preferences to display wide-screen mode resolutions??
Any hlep would be greatly appreciated!!
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Essentially I just need to figure out how to make Display Preferences realize that I'm running a wide-screen monitor. Right now it doesn't understand that for some reason.
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Ah ok, fixed it. I just had to remove it from the KVM switch, and connect it directly to the mac. Once I did that I was able to plug it back in.
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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Are you using DVI or VGA for input to the monitor? DVI should detect the proper resolution right away, but VGA...does it support wide-screen?
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MBP C2D 2.16Ghz 15" Matte, 2GB RAM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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i suppose if the video card supports the WS resolution then it should be able to display on either vga or dvi. great to hear it's working!
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MBP C2D 2.16Ghz 15" Matte, 2GB RAM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Richmond,Va
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I would try unhooking it from the KVM first. Then try resetting the PRAM to see that will help. It might not but it is worth a shot. Also, make sure that your video card can handle the required resolution. I don't know anything about the 9000 but I don't see it not being able to handle it.
Edit: Well, it looks like my idea would have worked 
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