Suubie Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I bought a Dell Insprion E1505 its technical specs are 2.0 ghz core duo 256 ge force 7300 graphics card 1 gb ram 100 GB 7200rpm SATA HD Sound blaster advanced audio I found OSX to work great but I have a problem with the resolution, my laptops standard is 1680x1050. How can I get my OSX to run on this resolution given my graphics card. I am have OSX version 10.4.6 and the 10.4.7 upgrade. btw, im also very new at all of this, any help would be apprecated Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25788-getting-the-right-resolution-w-nvidia-ge-force-7300/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirtualGuitarist Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 1°) Before doing anything, you should try to test if this resolution really works with your installation : - When you boot into osx, hit quickly (without waiting) the "F8" key. - The Darwin prompt appear. Then try to type this : -f "Graphics Mode"="1680x1050x32" (i don't know if the "-f" is really required, you can't try without it also) and hit the "Enter" key. 1°) If you think it's working, you should try to edit the following file : /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.boot.plist search for the string : "Graphics Mode" If it's not there, you should try to add the following 2 lines, or change them if they are already there to : <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1680x1050x32</string> Be absolutely sure that your monitor support that resolution! Don't add a refresh rate ! One time i tried to replace this line by <string>1280x1024x32@75</string> and all i got was a lot of bugs! Of course you have to reboot once the .plist is modified and saved. Try this and tell me if it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25788-getting-the-right-resolution-w-nvidia-ge-force-7300/#findComment-175155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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