Why won't my 20" cinema display work with an HP laptop / Vista

I have my 20" cinema display connected to my hp laptop (using vista) under hardware, and a few other places it shows that the monitor is detected, but I can't get a picture to show on the monitor no matter what I do. It stays black, even though it is detected. Has anyone else had an experience with this?

the option(s) that it gives you are the recommended resolutions as determined by the "handshake" that happens between the monitor and computer (sort of a pre-UPnP standard). you can always press the advanced button and then manually select any resolution / display rate that your graphics card is capable of displaying.
what was the option, by the way? what resolution and display rate?
the resolution should be 1680x1050 and the refresh rate can probably be anything from 60 to 80 Hz.

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