Laptop screen problems

[d34th]

I'm trying to use ubuntu 8.04 on an Asus X50gl with a

But I have some problems with the screen, ubuntu sets the resolution to 800x600 instead of 1280x800

The I try to install the nvidia drivers (ubuntu detects that I need restricted drivers for a nvidia card (windows says it is a nvidia MCP79MVL))

When drivers are installed, when I start the system (when the nvidia logo should appear), the screen goes completely black, as it turns off

Any idea?

[teaker1s]

maybe envy needed to install binary drivers direct from nvidia. to restore your display at grub boot safe mode and
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

should this not work then
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
change driver to nv or failing that vesa

sudo reboot

[d34th]

I've managet to get display working properly.

I installed ubuntu 8.10(rc) and the installed the nvidia drivers that provided me the restricted driver manager.

I think nvidia binary drivers should work for 8.04.
I've noticed that the X config is much shorter than I was used to (maybe X server didn't detect the display)