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Dell Widescreen resolution
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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i have a Dell 2007WFP widescreen moniter attached to a 533 MHz G4 running 10.4.8. The native resolution of the moniter is 1680x1050. For some reason, I cannot get the OS to give me any resolution choices other than the standard 4:3 aspect ratio standards.  I cannot find a way to set in a non-recommended resolution (unlike older mac OSes). Any ideas?
-Clif
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-Clif
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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does your mac support that resolution?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2003
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What video card do you have?
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The base video card. Even if it doesn't support that resolution, is there a way to set it as a non 4:3 ratio?
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-Clif
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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You're probably using the VGA connection, which can't detect your display resolution
Try SwitchResX
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MBP 1.83
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Well I own a similar dell model, and actually after restarting the machine, or possibly logging in and out, idk. it can detect the resolution as well as the type of display and model number etc. even in VGA. But the VGA may be the reason you are not getting proper resolutions, always connect to DVI when you can, or in my case, because the damn nuts broke off the connector on the display, so even if I use a rubber band to hold the dvi cable in place, it falls out, forcing me to use VGA...
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Thanks everyone for the info. I'll look into connecting via DVI
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-Clif
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I don't think the Rage pro (or whatever) will go that high. I think when I had the base video card from that model in a system it wouldn't even get up to the 1600x1200 resolution of my 2001FP (I think it maxed at 1152x whatever). I had to upgrade the video card.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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Yeah, your video card must not support 1680x1050. I have the same display connected to a final-revision iBook G4 (VGA connection, with the firmware hack) and it runs fine at full resolution, save for some choppiness when using Expose or Dashboard
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