If you haven't found a fix yet, try turning the computer and monitor off, unplugging the monitor for 5 minutes, to let its capacitors drain, and then plugging it in and turning everything back on. I just fixed a similar issue that way. It may not be the same issue, though, because my monitor actually is 4:3, but I was being restricted to 1024x768.
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