Changing the resolution of a laptop attached to a monitor 2

[onlyshiza]

Hi everyone,

Maybe it's a dum question but when it comes to the hardware I am an absolute dummy

I have a sony laptop with "ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2X(A21/2)" video card, the default lcd screen is broken(can't afford to fix it:-( ) so I use my laptop as a desktop and attach it to a 19" monitor. The max resolution I can get is 1024*768; if I set the resolution higher the screen goes out of the boundaries of the monitor. Is usually the resolution that laptop video cards provide fixed? Is there anyway that I can get a higher resolution, it's pretty awkward to look at a 19" monitor with such a resolution.
Thanks,

 

[Lammbock]

Have you have looked for newer drivers on ati's website?
Your graphics chipset is rather old anyway, so I'd guess 1024*768 is the best you can get.

 

[onlyshiza]

thanks for the reply,

Actually the ATI doesn't provide drivers for notebooks and it says get the drivers from the manufacturer of the notebook. Eventually I couldn't find any driver update for my video card from manufacturer site(sony) either.

 

[8humhum8]

well since its ATI mobility, it probably can only support the resolution of the built in LCD.