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    LS50a Video Driver - Need 1280x768 Resolution on External Monitor

    Discussion in 'LG' started by sbuckingham, Jan 10, 2006.

  1. sbuckingham

    sbuckingham Newbie

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    Hey all,
    I bought an LS50a (Canadian) a few months ago and have been impressed ever since. It's a great looking machine and it's been good to me so far.

    I was using it in the office with a 17" LCD, but recently upgraded to a 26" Digimate LCD TV. It's actually a downgrade in resolution, but it's great for showing clients websites and watching DVDs on my lunch hour.

    The problem: The TV is widescreen, but the laptop only spits out 4:3 aspect ratios, leaving me with a slightly stretched image.

    I tried upgrading the driver (Intel® 82852/82855) but still don't get any other resolutions. Is there a way I can get 1280x768 on this laptop without any hardware upgrades?

    Any help would be appreciated,
    Scott


    Edit: Please help! A client actually mentioned the "stretchiness" today...
     
    sbuckingham, Jan 10, 2006
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  2. davotoula

    davotoula Newbie

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    The Intel website states:

    "The manufacturer of the laptop may have disabled the video modes in the BIOS. The chipset supports those modes, but the manufacturer has chosen not to support them."

    http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-004685.htm

    Does not look good, anyone else had any luck?
     
    davotoula, Jan 18, 2006
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  3. Saphier

    Saphier Newbie

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    You can use another program like power strip which allows you to do custom resolutions.

    Have fun.
     
    Saphier, Jan 29, 2006
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  4. sbuckingham

    sbuckingham Newbie

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    Hey Saphier - thanks for the help, I got the resolution up to 1280x1024, but still can't use anything widescreen... I'm gonna have a look at the BIOS and see what I can do.
     
    sbuckingham, Jan 29, 2006
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  5. Saphier

    Saphier Newbie

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    Hey just a follow up, Powerstrip should allow you to enter any custom resolution (so any wacky number you want), not just a preset "locked resolution". Maybe you looked in the wrong place? If you didn't then, maybe it is just the video card's weird limitation. But I included the steps below just in case.

    Here are the steps:
    http://saphier.ath.cx:8012/1.jpg
    http://saphier.ath.cx:8012/2.jpg
    http://saphier.ath.cx:8012/3.jpg
    http://saphier.ath.cx:8012/4.jpg

    Cheers.
     
    Saphier, Jan 30, 2006
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  6. urxtream

    urxtream Notebook Consultant

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    Did you have any luck in getting the widescreen output from your laptop to an LCD TV to work? If you did, I'd certainly like to hear about it because I'm faced with the exact same situation.

    Thanks
     
    urxtream, Mar 25, 2007
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