The Old Monk

I got a new widescreen LCD for using with my Eee. Everything went on fine, but the default resolution of 1024x768 kinda sucked. The monitor (Acer AL1516W) supports a max of 1280x800, so I tried that, but I needed a custom modeline to get it working. The monitor specs say that it supports "1280x800@60Hz", but a lot of modeline generation tools don't support that odd widescreen resolution. This one does. The catch is the 60Hz - which is more like 59.91, which goes in as 59.73 in the textbox on that page. It does tell you the different values ("actually 59.91"), but you have to keep an eye. Another important thing is the monitor's 'Dot Clock' frequency. If you're exceeding that (and the tool will warn you if you are), it's most probably a mistake. Go re-read the specs of the monitor again.

FWIW, here's the modeline for the Acer AL1516W that I generated for the Eee :

"1280x800@59" 83.44 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841