On Aug 21, 5:49 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 21, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote:
> If the cable is a VGA cable, and you have a DVI-to-VGA at the Mini, > then you're stuck unless you buy a DVI cable, which should give a > slightly crisper image on the monitor, as well as different sets of > resolution/refresh rates. I have VGA cable with DVI-to-VGA at the Mini. But, I think I've stumbled on a fix. First, POI: I'm booting from an external drive Firewired to the Mini. Lately, after reconfiguring the daisy connections of my Mini and 4 external drive, when I "Shutdown" and then restart, the Mini drive boots (not sure why). OK, so, I shut down to check the DVI ports to make sure I need a male to male DVI cable. I disconnect the VGA/DVI adapter at the Mini and replug. Reboot and the Mini drive boots, AND there's FULL SCREEN. In fact I have to reduce the horizontal size to fit. A check of the MenuBar Display menu and the selected resolution is 1400x1050 There were three options showing 1400x1050 , 1600x1200 and 1920x1080. The image is kind of stretched and the fonts a bit too large. So, I select 1920x1080. Voila. full screen (no front or back doors). some adjustment required. Then I go to System Preferences/Displays and select 1920x1980 and we're back to "doors" I repeat the above, get full screen and reboot to my external drive. Now I have three options in the MenuBar Display menu: 1600x1200, 1920x1080 and another 1920x1080. One 1920x1080. options gives be partial screen, the other full screen. Go figure. I wonder Kris, if this has to do with the VGA selection. Anyway, the font issue isn't resolved, but I can live with it and I have full screen. Cliff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
