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eternalhaze21

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May 15, 2011
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Illinois
I have a late 2006 Macbook Pro hooked up to an Asus VE247 24" monitor.

I've been having problems with the monitor refreshing the screen. For example, when I am using photoshop, it takes a while for me to see the results of whatever button I pressed (aligning two photos as one example). Or, if I press "Undo," it doesn't show me what I undid until I click on another button to do something else. Also, in Firefox, when I open up a menu (the File menu for example) and mouse over a menu choice with an arrow next to it, the rest of the menu doesn't come up until I click on it.


I never had this problem until I hooked up the external display.


A little background about the monitor (from System Profiler on my Mac):

Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Mirror: On

Mirror Status: Hardware Mirror

Online: Yes

Rotation: Supported



And about my macbook pro:

Resolution: 1680 x 1050

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: On

Mirror Status: Master Mirror

Online: Yes

Built-In: Yes


Also, the refresh problem is also happening on my macbook pro screen when I have the external monitor plugged in.

How can I fix this? Please help. Thanks in advance.

Let me know if you have any questions or need any more information.
 
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