have you tried changing the 2407 over to the primary display, then disabling the laptops screen, then try to adjust the resolution again.
i THINK? if the laptop is not a widescreen and having it as the primary display could force the 2407 to be a 4:3 aswell and also possibly force the 2407 to be the same resolution as itself (the laptop), if your laptop is a widescreen aswell then i have no idea, as ive never owned a laptop.


of course you have the latest drivers ?

ive had a few problems with running a 4:3 and a 16:10, then decided that you need 2 x widescreens. spewing coz i wanted a 20" 4:3 and a 24" 16:10 :|


my edit is not reading your post fully b4 posting myself but my comments still stand.

Message Edited by ArchAnge1 on 09-05-200603:40 AM

Thanks for your comments. Yeah i've got it set as my primary display and disabled the laptop's internal, also tried having both on (then its in mirror mode and both run at 1024x768, 2407 is stretched of course), also been trying to leave the laptop closed when I turn it on and only use the 2407 but it all makes no difference.

I can only get 4:3 resolutions up to 1600x1200.

Yes i've got the latest drivers, also tried with an older driver and still no good! I think my only option left is a possible bios update which would also update the video bios, or a new motherboard altogether. My laptop's still under factory warranty, so i'm hoping I might get it done for free (fingers crossed).

bizzare, hopefully someone has an answer here for you, and that the person with the answer shares it with you.

good luck with it, i failed my mission im aborting now :P

That's cool, thanks for trying anyway I appreciate your help. My time's running out, if I can't get it working in the next couple of days it has to go back, I can't live with a 1600 wide image on a 1920 screen, its just warped and everything looks out of proportion!

I don't believe the monitors at fault at all, I simple think your video card can't handle 1920x1200.

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-022544.htm - max res 1600x1200

Maybe you could switch the display for a 20" - or upgrade your laptop ;)

"...as well as a set of static modes (for non Plug and Play monitors that have no EDID). EDID information describes the display modes that are supported by the monitor. Only plug and play monitors can provide EDID information to a computer. The set of basic static display modes (at 60Hz and up to 32bpp colors) include 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1600x1200."



According to Intel, 1600x1200 is the max resolution for offered when a monitor does not provide EDID information, the 2407 does, so it should pick it up!

I've just plugged the 2407 into my 5 or 6 yr old Power Mac G4 which has been running with a 15" 1024x768 DVI monitor since day 1. Its always showed resolutions only up to 1024x768 but after starting up with the 2407 attached a whole heap of new resolutions are available, including the native 1920x1200!!!

Amazing, such an old Mac with a 16MB ATI card can run this monitor and a 2 yr old laptop with 64MB integrated Intel graphics can't!!

Just in case anyone else is still following this thread, i'm pretty sure its the integrated video card that can only go up to 1600*1200 as Ketec said. Although the chip itself can go higher, seems that Fujitsu have for some ungodly reason capped it at 1600*1200!!!

Looks like no hope for me and the monitor will have to go back :(

Excellent News!! I've got it working now! The Dell 2407WFP works with the integrated graphics card! After 3 weeks of trying everything i've finally got it!

If anyone else wants to know how please look at my other thread on Whirlpool:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=576377&p=-1#bottom

It was a long slog, but at least it does work now. I'm still not 100% happy, when switching active monitors I sometimes get a blue screen error and reboot, but I guess its a price i have to pay for running a resolution that's "not possible"!

Hopefully this will help others in my situation and save them 3 weeks of hair-pulling frustration!!

Thanks Kevin. I read countless forum posts, asked many questions and had a lot of very late nights but it seems to have paid off in the end!

After finding that my 5 year old Mac can run the monitor at native resolution, I thought there had to be a way for a 2 year old laptop to do so also, even if it did only have integrated graphics!

RE: Defaulting to the laptop's screen, in the code its set to primary in the port order, and anything displayed before the windows login screen appears on the internal screen. I'm still doing testing regarding switching screens, this can sometimes give a stop error (blue screen) and restart, but i think i'm getting there and will post back once i've tested enough times to be sure it is in fact working!

Sublo: you will have to insert the additional tags under the following:

[ssigd_SoftwareDeviceSettings_alm] (this is for the 82852/82855 integrated graphics chip.

Please note the limitations of this driver, most importantly that you cannot swap screens easily, you need to do this in 2 steps with a restart in between. First extend the display and set the "other" screen as primary. Then restart and then you can disable the first screen. After a restart you can swap screens without a further restart needed. But once you've shut down or restarted, you will again need to do the 2 step process.

A handy solution is that you can always extend the display before shutting down or restarting, that way you wont need to do another restart next time you use the laptop, if you don't want to use it with the monitor then you can easily disable the external monitor through the control panel.

Hope this helps, post back and let us know how you go and if you have anymore problems.