LCD Monitor Help

[jpetroz4]

Hey guys in a little bit of a bind again.

Since my old laptop was ravaged by the dog i have been using another laptop a Dell Inspiron 5100 (yuck) when i hook it up to my 47" monitor i have to basically scroll around the screen to get around the desktop because it is soo zoomed in, tried messing with all the tv menues and it didnt seem to work, i also checked some of the computer video settings but it wont let me change them. please help.

Thanks in advance,
John

 

[peterhuang913]

does the 47" have a native resolution?

 

[jpetroz4]

yep, its 1024 x 1024

 

[peterhuang913]

vga or video cable?

 

[jpetroz4]

hooked up through vga, if I tried hooking up through S-Video would that make a difference?

 

[jpetroz4]

aloso the vid card is an ATI mobil radeon 7500 agp

 

[jpetroz4]

bump, please help

 

[jpetroz4]

ahhh screw it im going out and building one today, ill be sure to let everyone know what the new setup is cuz im thinking i might go overboard today who knows!?