MacBook Pro and Samsung 226BW Resolution problems

moosespeech · Feb 17, 2008, 08:58 PM

I have a Samsung 226Bw 22" monitor. When it's hooked up to my iMac the resolution is great. However hooked up to my MacBook Pro the text is almost unreadable and there is a red color cast. Suggestions?

DocSmitty · Feb 18, 2008, 09:39 AM

Are you using desktop mirroring (same thing shows up on laptop monitor and external monitor) or spreading (can move the mouse off of laptop screen onto the external)

If you are using mirroring, it will be attempting to give the samsung the same resolution as your laptop monitor which may be causing problems.

It's also possible that you have a bad connector on the MBP. Are you connected with VGA or DVI? Have you tried connecting the MBP to any other external monitors to see if the problem happens no matter what is connected to it?

Feb 17, 2008, 08:58 PM	#1
moosespeech macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2008	MacBook Pro and Samsung 226BW Resolution problems I have a Samsung 226Bw 22" monitor. When it's hooked up to my iMac the resolution is great. However hooked up to my MacBook Pro the text is almost unreadable and there is a red color cast. Suggestions?

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Feb 18, 2008, 09:39 AM	#2
DocSmitty macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lincoln, NE	Are you using desktop mirroring (same thing shows up on laptop monitor and external monitor) or spreading (can move the mouse off of laptop screen onto the external) If you are using mirroring, it will be attempting to give the samsung the same resolution as your laptop monitor which may be causing problems. It's also possible that you have a bad connector on the MBP. Are you connected with VGA or DVI? Have you tried connecting the MBP to any other external monitors to see if the problem happens no matter what is connected to it?