Is it possible to MANUALLY change Display Resolution (screen size) HELP!!

Forgive me if this has been covered already, but I have tried to look here and
there for an answer
My screen for my iMac-G4 blew out long ago, I had a another screen (a Dell CRT-
flatscreen) hooked up and IT blew out a few days ago, I just bought an LCD
flat screen, but it needs a 1680 x 1050 resolution (WIDE screen(?)and my
iMac-G4 only goes to 1024 x 768 in the "Display" controls. So all my desktop
images are "scrunched" or "stretched".
So is there a "MANUAL" way of configuring the screen size to a "standard"
size within this Mac? or do I need to find a standard size screen?
. . . HELP!!!
You can also write me (preferably at) at:
[email protected]
I VERY MUCH appreciate any help- please realize too, that I am an IDIOT when it
comes to computers, I just paint on this thing (as part of my job as a freelancer
on the side), and WAS in the middle of a job for a client
Thanks again,
-MAVIII

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Apple limited the graphics cards in iMac G4s to the native resolution of the built-in LCD i.e:
15" iMac G4 - 1024 x 768
17" iMac G4 - 1440 x 900
20" iMac G4 - 1680 x 1050.
Even when connecting a second display this could only mirror the internal at the same resolution. For the following iMac G4's it's possible to install a firmware hack to open up the full capabilities of the graphics cards:
17" 800MHz
17" 1GHz
15" 1GHz
17" 1.25GHz
20" 1.25GHz
using an application called Screen Spanning Doctor. This is risky but I guess you haven't got much to lose at this point. I've only ever heard of one Mac user actually failing to do the process right though.
You can always use Firewire Target Disk Mode to recover you client's files to another Mac.
I'd be interested if SwitchResX works too. I only have external displays much smaller than my iMacs so can't test it from that perspective.
cheers
mrtotes

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