ThinkPad x60s with a Samsung 205BW 20" Widescreen Monitor

Shap! · 09-10-2006, 01:46 PM

Hi,

I've just bought a Samsung 205BW 20" Widescreen 1680x1050 monitor to server as an external display for my ThinkPad x60s.

No matter what I try I can't seem to make it show me widescreen resolutions in the display control panel. It just gives me the regular 800x600 and 1024x768 choices.

Obviously the x60s is connected via a VGA cable since it doesn't have DVI.

I'd really appreciate any help with this!

Lots of thanks to all the helpful gurus,
Shap!

ScifiMike12 · 09-10-2006, 02:38 PM

Sounds like a video card driver issue. Make sure you have the latest video card driver.

Shap! · 09-10-2006, 02:46 PM

Nope, using the latest drivers from Lenovo's site.

EagleDevil · 09-10-2006, 02:50 PM

I just read about this somewhere. I believe you have to go into your monitor control panel settings and set the 20-incher as your "primary" monitor, then set the resolution to whatever you want. The person who posted this said he had to set this manually every time, alas.

Chris

paqtrick22 · 09-11-2006, 08:50 AM

maybe its because of the widescreen display and the standard display notebook.. or am i just hungry?

i once tried the same thing...only kind of in reverse... connecting a toshiba satellite(widescreen) into a dlp projector (standard aspect).

Joeycyw · 09-11-2006, 09:14 AM

You can not set the external monitor's resolution because of the VGA connection. It will do it automatically when you have a DVI out put.