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iChristopher · 03:32 AM

I'm pretty sure I meant, "MONITOR Spanning" not "MONITORING". However, the MacNN Forums don't allow me to delete the post or edit the subject so enjoy my goof.

I am of course assuming the hack I read about actually worked on the original 17" iMacs, as I never saw it for myself.

So the question is does it also work on the new model? That machine hooked up to a big fat display in spanning mode would be mighty tempting.

iChristopher · Feb 25, 2003, 04:27 AM

Some time has passed now since the 1GHz hit the streets. Anybody try the monitor spanning hack yet?

moowriece · Mar 13, 2003, 01:04 PM

I am hoping to get a new iMac soon and would also like to know if this iBook / iMac hack works on the new 17" iMac (it seemed it worked on the older one)? Go to
http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

or

http://www.applestyle.net/redmac/_hard/ibook_ex/

to see the instructions.

An 17" iMac with an extra monitor would be cool!!

Coxy · Mar 13, 2003, 09:43 PM

It's got the same 4MX that supports spanning, so I assume that it would.

Simon · Mar 14, 2003, 05:05 AM

Originally posted by Coxy:
It's got the same 4MX that supports spanning, so I assume that it would.

Well they both have a 4MX, but I don't think it's exactly the same.

The old 17" iMac had a GF4MX running on 2xAGP with 32MB whereas the new 17" iMac has a GF4MX running on 4xAGP with 64MB.

I don't know if this has any influence on the hack working and actually I don't think so, but for sure the video layout on these two 17" iMacs isn't identical.

Polopo43 · Apr 14, 2003, 05:30 PM

And what about the imac G4 15�(Geforce 2MX 32 DDR) ?