HELP! Driving me insane! Monitor Resolution.

Neoni

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Righto, here goes:

as of last night all was dandy, my macbookpro resolution is 1680x1080, running in clamshell mode, with a 24" monitor connected via DVI cable, mirrored display option checked.

all is good, so last night i unplugged all and went and watched tv and browsed the web.

Today i plug in, and it wont recognise my external monitor at all, so i think hmm, ok, so i elimate the problem by using a VGA cable instead, bravo back to normal, now here comes the anger, i cannot have the monitors resolution of 1680x1080 is just aint happening, no option for it all?

i've tryed the DVI cable again no luck, i dont have a spare either! ive tryed displayconfigX and tryed forcing 1680x1080 its giving me all kinds of wierd display glitching, it just aint happening!

anyone got any ideas on how to solve this?

p.s- also now its asking for the resolution of both monitors 1) the macbook pro 2) the external display, it never did this before it just mirrored the resolution and set it to its native resolution 1680x1080 whys it asking me now for both!?
-Neoni
 
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Nope still not allowing 1680x1050

i think its the VGA cable, gonna buy a new DVI cable i reckon, as mine is definately broken, as i tryed the monitors DVI port, with my xbox and it all works fine, and the DVI/VGA port is working on the macbook pro, just not giving the resolution i want :(

any other ideas?
 
try clicking the detect displays button in the displays section of system preferences, i often find it plays up when flicking between different screen/external monitor configurations...
 
MuGeN said:
try clicking the detect displays button in the displays section of system preferences, i often find it plays up when flicking between different screen/external monitor configurations...
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brand new cable still no luck gonna try latest osx update, this is very odd.
 
Could i suggest you try something? make a new user and log in as that one and tell us if the problem still exists?
 
MuGeN said:
Could i suggest you try something? make a new user and log in as that one and tell us if the problem still exists?
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still exists mate, been to apple today also and he tryed it on a dvi to dvi connection and it worked first time, but the dvi port on the monitor isnt duff, because my xbox connects to this and it shows up fine!
 
i had a simliar problem, it would say resolution not supported. un-install of screenresx and reinstall of it worked a charm.
 
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