Lost 1680x1050 resolution

Clean install of SL last week with zero issues. Today used bootcamp to install XP. No problems noted. Boot into OS X, using my Westinghouse monitor as I have for many months now as my indoor display and the resolution is all messed up. I go into system preferences/Display and discover there is no 1680x1050 resolution setting anymore!!!
I reboot and it's still not there. Stuff is looking crappy and I'd like to get things back to the way they were. Help!!!!

i have a similar problem; I also lost my 1680x1050 resolution option. Have been looking around for solution but haven't found any yet. Could someone please help me?

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Uninstall Genieo:
http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-genieo/
See if that makes a difference.
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Also is Safeboot ok to use?
Yes, it will do no harm, but it is meant for trouble shooting and you should not have to use it all the time.
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I can't get my ati card to display 1680x1050 resolution in xorg. I'm running xorg 7.1 and the newest ati drivers. but I only get 1600x854 (or something) when trying to set it to 1680x1050. My video card is ATI Radeon Mobility 9700. Do I need to update the firmware of the card, or is there a setup issue?
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Here it is:
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
Section "ServerLayout"
# Serial Mouse not detected
# USB Mouse not detected
#InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Identifier "Xorg Configured"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
# FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option    "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option    "CoreKeyboard"
Option    "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option    "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option    "XkbLayout" ""
Option    "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "synaptics"
Option    "Protocol" "auto"
Option    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option    "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option    "SendCoreEvents" "true"
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Option    "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option    "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
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Option    "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"
Option    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
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EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
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Option    "EnableMonitor" "crt1"
Option    "ForceMonitors" "crt1,lvds"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[1]"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[1]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[1]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

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I had been very satisfied using an external LCD (22-in) monitor for months. For some unknown reasons, I can't seem to get the external monitor to display its native maximum resolution (1680x1050) any more.
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