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[ptdebate]

Dear all,

I have my PowerBook G4 Ti 1.0 GHz hooked up to an external monitor. I cannot for the life of me get OS 9.2.2 to fit both the resolution and aspect ratio of my 24" BenQ monitor. The only apparent 16:9 resolution available in the OS's display settings is 1920x1080, which is also the native resolution of my display. When I select this resolution, however, it squashes the image into a smaller viewing area (16:10 perhaps?). Does anyone know how to fix this?

[IIO]

use switchres for both, OS9 and OSX.

also, just in case: dont use 15 years old analog cables with new monitors or the communication might fail. if you connect analog, use the cables coming with your flat panel.

[DieHard]

Apple PowerBook G4 1.0 (Ti) Specs

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 with 64 MB DDR SDRAM (4X AGP).
15.2" color widescreen TFT active-matrix display with a 1280 by 854 native resolution. Apple reports that it also supports "1152 by 768, 896 by 600, 720 by 480, and 640 by 480 at 3:2 aspect ratio; [and] 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 at 4:3 aspect ratio".
External Max Resolution:
The maximum resolution supported on an external display is 2048x1536 at millions of colors.

1) Are you connecting the External using the the DVI Port (with no adapters) and a Stock DVI cable from the PowerBook to the LED ?

2) Areyou trying to use Both the external and the internal simultaneously ad an extended desktop (or mirrored) or are you using Just the external

[ptdebate]

Thanks for the advice, everyone. I was using a DVI to d-sub adapter. The problem was resolved when I switched to DVI to DVI.

[DieHard]

That is why I asked... I have seen that issue with video adapters