Cinema HD 30" + PowerBook G4 1.33 = Max Resolution 1280 x 800?

Hi,
I have a PowerBook G4 17" 1.33 MHz and a recently purchased Apple Cinema HD Display 30" and the max resolution I can display is 1280 x 800. The specs for the PB are (from the Apple support area (L29922A_EN.pdf))
Video and graphics support
• ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 graphics processor
with AGP 4X support and 64MB of DDR SDRAM
for 2D/3D graphics acceleration
• Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously
supports up to 1440 by 900 pixels on the built-in
display and up to 2048 by 1536 pixels on an
external display, both at millions of colors.
I restarted the PowerBook and done Detect Displays from the Displays prefs pane.
Can anyone offer any ideas?
TIA,
Jason Wiggins

Hi-
The 2048 x 1536 is analog (VGA) resolution. This does not apply to digital monitors.
The inability to support 1920 x 1200 would be due to the requirements of the 30" being far greater than the 9600Mobility with only 64MB of VRAM can provide.
The max advertised resolution of the Powerbook will only apply to the three displays listed (17", 20", 23" ADC Cinema Displays).
Note 5 stipulates that not all resolutions will be available for all displays (third party).
The supported resolutions in the 30" are:
2560 x 1600 pixels (optimum resolution)
2048 x 1280
1920 x 1200
1280 x 800
1024 x 640
The 9600 Mobility is giving all that it can. To achieve the 1920 x 1200 resolution on the 30" will require a single link DVI equipped card with more VRAM than you have.

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