External monitor issue

This is sort of a nebulous issue to describe. It would be easiest if I just had a camera to take a picture of it, but, alas, I do not.

I have an Acer 22" monitor that I attach via mini display --> VGA to my 13" MBP, but for some reason it isn't aligning correctly. The external monitor is set up to the right of the laptop. The native resolution of the monitor is 1680x1050, which is displaying correctly, but the entire image isn't showing up on the screen. I moved the horizontal position all the way to the 100 mark, but there is just a 1.5-2" black line going down the right side of the monitor. Also, normally if you drag an app between the laptop monitor and the external monitor it is "seamless," but right now you have to drag a little further until it shifts onto the next monitor... if that makes sense. Essentially, the whole image on the external monitor is shifted to the left about 1.5-2". The monitor seems to be fine... when I make the resolution lower, the image fills the entire screen (it's just all out of proportion and hurts my eyes).

I have tried reconnecting all the connections and resetting all the settings, but nothing is working. It's still workable right now, but it's annoying as heck.

 

There should be a button on your monitor that auto adjusts the image. Have you tried that? (Mine is the "enter" button).

 

You can try ScreenResX or others like it. It manually sets the display settings in OSX. The problem is that you are using VGA and some LCD info is not recognized correctly. Use DVI if you can makes your life much easier.