Trouble connecting mbpro to dell monitor??

i am conneting a macbook pro to a dell st2220l monitor with hmdmi to mini dvi cable. am having trouble getting full screen on the monitor??
am sure this is an easy one so appreciate the help!!!

Hi there,
I would recommend taking a look at some of the troubleshooting steps found in the article below.
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
Hopet that helps,
Griff W.

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Message was edited by: Dave B.

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And also, which cable would you recommend?
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My problem is that i still want to run two monitors from my mac and still be able to switch channel sources from the Dells source button allowing me to switch from TV to Mac. Since I took up the dvi port on one of my monitors to connect to the cable box via HDMI, I have a free DVI cable. I purchased a tiny converter that allowed to change one end of the free DVI cable to VGA. I used this method to connect the cable to my g5's dvi port and the configured end to the VGA port on the monitor with no luck.
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