set up mac os9 with lower res monitor

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  1. NOV, Jan 13, 2005

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    hi,

    recently i gave away my 266mhz g3 minitower to a relative and tonight i tried to install it.

    problem is that when i used my own monitor it was capable of high resolution (1600*1200).
    But now i attach the mac to my relative's monitor that's only capable of 1280 * 1024. The monitor doesn't give a signal, but a notion that frequency is out of range...

    is there anyway to adjust this setting on the mac without having to take my Mac home?
    Or will I have to lower the resolution with my own monitor and then reinstall the low res monitor? :rolleyes:
     
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  2. Mechcozmo, Jan 13, 2005

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    The frequency is the Hz that the monitor refreshes at. 60 Hz, 85 Hz, etc, all are refresh rates. That doesn't have much to do with resolution. I think that by zapping the PRAM, you default it to 60 Hz and 640x480 which is supported by just about everything, but I'm not sure on that.
     
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  3. NOV, Jan 13, 2005

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    You're of course correct about the refresh rate vs. resolution :cool:

    I'll have a look at zapping the pram.
     
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