Synchronizing a Samsung widescreen TFT BW 205 with a Powerbook G4

I recently bought a Samsung Syncmaster BW 205 (widescreen) to work on my Powerbook G4. Problem is I can not get it right (my apple screen is 1280x840 and the Samsung is 1650x1080 (or something like that). The Powerbook recognizes the Syncmaster but somehow it does not match. How do I solve this problem?

Possibly your PowerBook is running in mirror mode. This means both screens will be set to 1280 x 854. Try turning mirror mode off in Display Preferences and see if that helps.

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