Lost native resolution 1920x1200 mbp 17"

The native resolution on my mbp 17" of 1920x1200 is no longer on my resolution list and all of the remaining display settings are not good. Any ideas? Not sure why it is no longer available.

The native resolution of the new 17" MBP is not the same as yours. Your older model's resolution is less than the new model. This has nothing to do with version of OS X.

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Intel HD 4000 graphics driver is up to date.
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Lost native resolution!

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.
I run Bootcamp and switched back and forth with the stupid Windows XP. But yesterday when I reboot the machine to get back to Mac OS, the display went out of whack. I tried to reinstall Mac OS but still cannot get the desired resolution. The max I have as shown in the menu choices is 1600x1200, in which all displays are shown in distorted aspect ratio.
Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks for your feedback. Before reading your reply, I made several unsuccessful and frustrating attempts, including reinstalling the OS (I am a newbie with Mac OS). I finally installed SwitchResX, which helped considerably but the fonts (especially small ones) are still not displaying the same quality as I had before. With SwithResX installed I seem to get the aspect ratio fixed but the fonts are still having partial "fade section" (the color of the displaying character is not consistently solid). During the process of reinstalling the OS, I replaced the old system folder with a new one, the trashed the old system folder. Did this process effectively 'reset' (clean off) the corrupt display preference files?
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Unable to use external display native resolution

Dear all,
Here is the current setup I'm using :
MacbookPro 15", hi res, Mid 2010 with Mac OS 10.6.6, software up-to-date
Apple MiniDisplayPort to VGA Adapter Firmware 1.03
IIYAMA Prolite E2607WSD, a 26" monitor with native resolution of 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
When connecting the MiniDisplayPort to VGA adapter to the VGA cable, the MBP doesn't enable me to set the external native monitor resolution of 1920x1200 with extended desktop. The maximum available resolution the macbookpro is able to diaply is 1920x1080.
What I tried :
-using high performance graphics in the energy saver settings
-using clamshell mode
-using mirroring mode
-reset PRAM
-reset SCM
-delete com.windowserver.plist
-use SwitchResX.app and DisplayConfigX.app to force the native resolution
To make sure that the monitor was correctly behaving, I tried with a PC with WinXP, and I was able to get max resolution of 1920x1200 without an issue. I also tried with a Macbook 2008 with 10.5.6, and with it's own DisplayPort to VGA adapter (the "normal size" one, not the "mini" one I'm using with the MBP), and it worked as well with the native resolution of 1920x1200.
I 'm coming to the conclusion that either the minidisplayport to vga adapter doesn't accept any resolution higher than 1920x1080 or that the one I bought from Apple is not properly working, or that I should use the minidisplay port to DVI adapter (no HDMI here as an input for the monitor)...
I also browsed the forum and found a lot of similar issues, so I guess it's pretty common, but no workaround seems possible.
Does anybody in the community had the same issue and know how to solve it ?
Thanks in advance.
PolCls

Hello BSteely,
I actually tried to get the EDID information and to replicate them as much as possible but everytime I tried a custom resolution, after reboot, SRX will say " the system didn't accept this setup"... and the proper resolution is not available..
See below the data :
DDC block report generated by SwitchResX version 4.2 for display
PLE2607WSD
------------------- RAW DATA ------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 26 CD 03 66 21 02 00 00
1 | 0C 14 01 03 68 37 22 78 2A 7B 65 A5 55 48 99 26
2 | 12 50 54 BD EF 80 71 4F 81 80 81 8F 95 00 95 0F
3 | A9 40 B3 00 D1 C0 7D 4B 80 A0 72 B0 2D 40 88 C8
4 | 36 00 26 58 21 00 00 1C 00 00 00 FF 00 31 31 30
5 | 35 36 30 31 32 30 30 35 34 35 00 00 00 FD 00 37
6 | 4C 1D 51 14 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FC
7 | 00 50 4C 45 32 36 30 37 57 53 44 0A 20 20 00 11
< 00FFFFFF FFFFFF00 26CD0366 21020000 0C140103 68372278 2A7B65A5 55489926 125054BD EF80714F 8180818F 9500950F A940B300 D1C07D4B 80A072B0 2D4088C8 36002658 2100001C 000000FF 00313130 35363031 32303035 34350000 00FD0037 4C1D5114 000A2020 20202020 000000FC 00504C45 32363037 5753440A 20200011 >
{ 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x26, 0xCD, 0x03, 0x66, 0x21, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x14, 0x01, 0x03, 0x68, 0x37, 0x22, 0x78, 0x2A, 0x7B, 0x65, 0xA5, 0x55, 0x48, 0x99, 0x26, 0x12, 0x50, 0x54, 0xBD, 0xEF, 0x80, 0x71, 0x4F, 0x81, 0x80, 0x81, 0x8F, 0x95, 0x00, 0x95, 0x0F, 0xA9, 0x40, 0xB3, 0x00, 0xD1, 0xC0, 0x7D, 0x4B, 0x80, 0xA0, 0x72, 0xB0, 0x2D, 0x40, 0x88, 0xC8, 0x36, 0x00, 0x26, 0x58, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x31, 0x31, 0x30, 0x35, 0x36, 0x30, 0x31, 0x32, 0x30, 0x30, 0x35, 0x34, 0x35, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFD, 0x00, 0x37, 0x4C, 0x1D, 0x51, 0x14, 0x00, 0x0A, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFC, 0x00, 0x50, 0x4C, 0x45, 0x32, 0x36, 0x30, 0x37, 0x57, 0x53, 0x44, 0x0A, 0x20, 0x20, 0x00, 0x11, }
Valid EDID block: checksum passed
------------------- MAIN EDID BLOCK -----------------
EDID Version........1.3
Manufacturer........IVM
Product Code........870 (0366) (6603)
Serial Number.......00000221
Manufactured........Week 12 of year 2010
Max H Size..........55 cm
Max V Size..........34 cm
Gamma...............2,20
Display Supported Features:
Power Management: Active off
Display type:
RGB color display
Display is non continuous frequency
Default color space is not sRGB standard
Preferred timing mode includes Native Pixel Format
Input signal & sync:
Analog input with: 0.700V / 0.000V
Composite Sync
Color info:
Red x = 0,646 Green x = 0,283 Blue x = 0,149 White x = 0,313
Red y = 0,335 Green y = 0,601 Blue y = 0,072 White y = 0,329
Established Timings:
720 x 400 @ 70Hz
640 x 480 @ 60Hz
640 x 480 @ 67Hz
640 x 480 @ 72Hz
640 x 480 @ 75Hz
800 x 600 @ 60Hz
800 x 600 @ 72Hz
800 x 600 @ 75Hz
832 x 624 @ 75Hz
1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
1024 x 768 @ 70Hz
1024 x 768 @ 75Hz
1280 x 1024 @ 75Hz
Manufacturer Reserved Timings:
1152 x 870 @ 75Hz
Standard Timing Identification:
#0: 1152 x 864 @ 75Hz (714F)
#1: 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz (8180)
#2: 1280 x 1024 @ 75Hz (818F)
#3: 1440 x 900 @ 60Hz (9500)
#4: 1440 x 900 @ 75Hz (950F)
#5: 1600 x 1200 @ 60Hz (A940)
#6: 1680 x 1050 @ 60Hz (B300)
#7: 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz (D1C0)
Monitor Description blocks:
Descriptor #0 - Timing definition:
Mode = 1920 x 1200 @ 59,885Hz
Pixel Clock............. 193,25 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active.................. 1920 pixels 1200 lines
Front Porch............. 136 pixels 3 lines
Sync Width.............. 200 pixels 6 lines
Back Porch.............. 336 pixels 36 lines
Blanking................ 672 pixels 45 lines
Total................... 2592 pixels 1245 lines
Scan Rate............... 74,556 kHz 59,885 Hz
Image Size.............. 550 mm 344 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Positive vertical polarity
* Negative horizontal polarity
Descriptor #1 - Serial number:
1105601200545
Descriptor #2 - Monitor limits:
Horizontal frequency range.......29-81 kHz
Vertical frequency range.........55-76 Hz
Maximum bandwidth unspecified
Descriptor #3 - Monitor name:
PLE2607WSD
What do you think are the parameters I should use ?
Thanks in advance;
Paul

External Display native resolution suddenly not available

Hello,
I'm using a Westinghouse LCM-22w3 external monitor with my MBP, connected via a DVI-to VGA adapter. I've used this computer/monitor setup for quite some time with no problem. Yesterday, I hooked my computer up to my 46" Samsung HDTV with no problem.
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DDC block report generated by SwitchResX version 4.1.1 for display
LCM-22w3
------------------- RAW DATA ------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 | 00 FF FF FF FF 91 FF 00 5C 85 03 22 01 01 01 01
1 | 13 11 01 03 68 2F 1E 78 2E C5 85 A4 59 49 9A 24
2 | 12 50 54 BF EF 00 81 80 81 40 71 4F 95 00 95 0F
3 | B3 00 81 C0 81 00 21 39 90 30 62 1A 27 40 68 B0
4 | 36 00 D9 28 11 00 00 1C 00 00 00 FD 00 38 4C 1E
5 | 52 10 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FF 00 30
6 | 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FC
7 | 00 4C 43 4D 2D 32 32 77 33 0A 20 20 20 20 00 1D
< 00FFFFFF FF91FF00 5C850322 01010101 13110103 682F1E78 2EC585A4 59499A24 125054BF EF008180 8140714F 9500950F B30081C0 81002139 9030621A 274068B0 3600D928 1100001C 000000FD 00384C1E 5210000A 20202020 20200000 00FF0030 0A202020 20202020 20202020 000000FC 004C434D 2D323277 330A2020 2020001D >
Invalid EDID block: checksum failed. Last byte should be 8B
------------------- MAIN EDID BLOCK -----------------
EDID Version........1.3
Manufacturer........WDE
Product Code........802 (0322) (2203)
Serial Number.......01010101
Manufactured........Week 19 of year 2007
Max H Size..........47 cm
Max V Size..........30 cm
Gamma...............2.20
Display Supported Features:
Power Management: Active off
Display type:
RGB color display
Display is non continuous frequency
Default color space is sRGB standard
Preferred timing mode includes Native Pixel Format
Input signal & sync:
Analog input with: 0.700V / 0.000V
Composite Sync
Color info:
Red x = 0.644 Green x = 0.286 Blue x = 0.143 White x = 0.313
Red y = 0.348 Green y = 0.603 Blue y = 0.070 White y = 0.329
Established Timings:
720 x 400 @ 70Hz
640 x 480 @ 60Hz
640 x 480 @ 67Hz
640 x 480 @ 72Hz
640 x 480 @ 75Hz
800 x 600 @ 56Hz
800 x 600 @ 60Hz
800 x 600 @ 72Hz
800 x 600 @ 75Hz
832 x 624 @ 75Hz
1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
1024 x 768 @ 70Hz
1024 x 768 @ 75Hz
1280 x 1024 @ 75Hz
Manufacturer Reserved Timings:
Standard Timing Identification:
#0: 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz (8180)
#1: 1280 x 960 @ 60Hz (8140)
#2: 1152 x 864 @ 75Hz (714F)
#3: 1440 x 900 @ 60Hz (9500)
#4: 1440 x 900 @ 75Hz (950F)
#5: 1680 x 1050 @ 60Hz (B300)
#6: 1280 x 720 @ 60Hz (81C0)
#7: 1280 x 800 @ 60Hz (8100)
Monitor Description blocks:
Descriptor #0 - Timing definition:
Mode = 1680 x 1050 @ 59.954Hz
Pixel Clock............. 146.25 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active.................. 1680 pixels 1050 lines
Front Porch............. 104 pixels 3 lines
Sync Width.............. 176 pixels 6 lines
Back Porch.............. 280 pixels 30 lines
Blanking................ 560 pixels 39 lines
Total................... 2240 pixels 1089 lines
Scan Rate............... 65.290 kHz 59.954 Hz
Image Size.............. 473 mm 296 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Positive vertical polarity
* Negative horizontal polarity
Descriptor #1 - Monitor limits:
Horizontal frequency range.......30-82 kHz
Vertical frequency range.........56-76 Hz
Maximum bandwidth unspecified
Descriptor #2 - Serial number:
0
Descriptor #3 - Monitor name:
LCM-22w3
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