Using MBP with Viewsonic LCD

Hi, I am trying to use a ViewSonic Monitor (1680X1050, dynamic contrast 4000:1) with my MBP (leapord 10.5.2). I cannot get the colors to look normal - any suggestions?

Sure. If I am showing a slide from a presentation, the whole slide is displayed on the MBP screen but only a portion of the slide is displayed thru the LCD projector onto the screen. It looks as if the MBP display settings need to be adjusted for the presentation. I am thinking that is the problem, because I can actually click on the presentation slide displayed on the MBP and move it around the computer screen so that it is correctly displayed thru the LCD projector onto the display screen. I am just not sue which display setting I should use when projecting thru an LCD projector.

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2. I frequently have to restart the G4 several times to get the monitor to respond
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Read here:
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the display occasionally functioning perfectly;
(ii) the external display working perfectly; and
(iii) the graphics card passing Apple's diagnostic test
I can assume that the motherboard is ok - for the moment. (I realize that every time I reopen the case to change wires, disassemble the display, etc. I'm increasing the likelihood that one day the motherboard won't be ok.)
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