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#1 onfire23
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why is the 'hide the modes this monitor cannot display' checkbox in the advanced display properties greyed out in notebook panels

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#2 GTR12
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why is the 'hide the modes this monitor cannot display' checkbox in the advanced display properties greyed out in notebook panels

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A very simple way of telling u not to change the resolution, because the monitor cannot display it.

eg; u can force a desktop monitor to run at a higher than recommended resoulution and refresh rate. But this can be dangerous if u dont know what ur doing. So the Nvidia panel or ATI has purposely disabled it, so u dont make a stupid mistake, or experiment with something which could render the laptop unusuable.