iBook and 2005FPW

[mFC_]

im using an ibook g4 and wanted to hook it up with my dell 2005fpw, so i go into displays in system preferences and have it detect displays. so now, i have two windows for my lcd and the 2005fpw, but the highest resolution its showing for the 2005fpw is 1024x768, not the 1600x1050 im looking for.

so uh, do i need to disable the ibooks lcd in order to get the 2005 working at its native res? if so, how do i do that?

thanks

[+StevoFC MVC]

the ibook can't go above 1024x768. and without a hack you can only do mirroring on an ibook.

[mFC_]

well that kind of sucks

is the hack relatively easy/legal/etc to apply?

[PureEdit]

well that kind of sucks

is the hack relatively easy/legal/etc to apply?

585930605[/snapback]

Yep, very easy. Its just a matter of running an apple script of typing some commands in openfirmware.

This site has both methods of doing it:

http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/5779

I did the openfirmware patch two years ago and its been working great ever since.

[mFC_]

oops

[mFC_]

sorry about that earlier post, cant edit it now apparently

but this made the whole process a lot easier

http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html

[dougal.s]

I use a small app called Screen Spanning Doctor which allows you to run dual screen, and various resolutions from the iBook's VGA port.

Get it here: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15401

Dougal.