Mini Safe Mode Resolution is Out of Range

Hi everyone,
I just bought a second-hand Mac Mini 1.86 and am using it as a media server. I set everything up on my Samsung 940mw and then hooked it up to my girlfriend's LN-T4065F Samsung. I made the foolish mistake of working with SwitchResX instead of DisplayConfigX which I am much more familiar with. I set a Custom profile in SwitchResX and upon reboot, the TV says that the signal is out of range.
I now know the exact refresh and H/V settings so I should be in the clear if I can just see what I'm doing!
Here's what I've tried so far, without success:
1) Safe mode. Safe resolution appears to be out of range.
2) Deleted both windowserver .plist files.
3) Deleted the latest folder in /System/Library/Displays/Overrides/ which was created by SwitchResX.
4) Reset the PRAM after each of these steps.
Is it time to reinstall Leopard? Maybe reconnect the Mini to the 940mw and try Safe Mode with that display? I'm stuck here. Luckily, all of my media is on an external, so if we reinstall, I'll just need to download a few choice programs again.
Thanks for your help.

Booted into safe mode using the 940mw, which worked, turned on VNC and used my Powerbook to edit the display settings. However, no amount of fooling around in DisplayConfigX would let me get true 1080p out of the Mini. I went and bought a DVI-HDMI cable and it worked on the spot.

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    This thing is driving me crazy. Please tell me there's a fix, OTHER than replacing the logic board ?!?! It just doesn't seem like it should be so complicated considering that it runs in safe mode.
    It's rare I can't figure out a Mac problem - please help !
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    Very strange, and getting stranger !
    Ok... so, from safe boot mode, I installed Windows XP Pro using the boot camp assistant.
    Everything installed perfectly. I started up from Windows, and put in the Mac Mini recovery disc, in order to load the drivers. The Boot Camp software started with Auto Run, and I clicked through to install everything. The drivers start loading...Windows reacts positively, with the system tray announcing "new hardware installed" every 30 seconds or so. Airport/WiFi IS working (in Windows), as it detected my router/network...this is where it gets F'ed up - when the installer gets through with the drivers, and installs the boot camp software for Windows - the system reboots, goes through the usual Windows startup...the desktop background appears, but no icons or start menu - then it reboots again...same thing, again, over and over in a loop.
    Went back into OS X (safe boot mode). Installed reEFIt (a bootloader utility), to see if maybe I can bypass the Mac OS/Boot Camp bootloader. No luck. Install worked, but still had the same issues.
    For the heck of it, I try installing Linux Mint 8. The live CD starts up OK, but only as far as the boot menu. I tried the installer first - after the splash screen, it hangs on a plain gray screen (w/o the normal linux installer language selection menu - just solid grey).
    I tried running the live CD w/o the installer - the actual OS. Same thing - after the splash screen, it hangs, only it's a black screen this time. If I use verbose mode, it still seems to hang on the WiFi card.
    Here's the strangest thing yet - Ok, remember, it wouldn't boot normally into ANY Mac OS volume - including the installer DVDs - only in safe boot mode...
    So, I try the "hackintosh" IPC osX86 10.5.6 DVD - it boots into the installer with NO problem, WITHOUT safe boot mode ! I tried installing it unsuccessfully. I forget now which options I choose, if any, though I may try it again later and pretend it's just a non-apple PC with the same specs as the Mini (or try just the "base system", and the bootloader - then run the official Apple updates)
    This last thing really makes me think it has something to do with the EFI/bios - however, I've only been able to find info on how to update it, not replace or restore it - and it's only from a working install, not forced from a flash drive or CD (plus when I do try the installer from safe boot mode, it says it's current and unneeded).
    I still haven't changed the hard drive. After almost successfully installing Windows, I made the assumption the -hardware- was OK, and reassembled everything.
    Currently, I'm trying a direct installation of Windows XP Pro SP2 with which I'll try installing the drivers WITHOUT the boot camp software, to see if the WiFi (Airport card) and everything else is indeed working OK (remember too that the system passed ALL the ASD 3S116 tests).
    So anyway, that's the current status. Any new ideas anyone ?
    Thanks.
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