Macbook Pro LCD Swap -

I have a 15" Macbook Pro (A1150) that has a destroyed screen. I had a similar 15.4 WXGA (not WXGA+) kicking around from a Dell that I swapped into the Mac. The only difference that I could find in the specs between the two screens was the resolution, 1280x768 rather than the original 1440x900 screen.
At boot up everything looked good with the apple logo displaying properly, as soon as the desktop loaded it wasn't displaying at the proper resolution, it was actually nothing but a few horizontal and vertical lines and a couple blocks of colors. I'm currently using an external display. Is there anything I can do to force the correct resolution at boot or otherwise?
Thanks

No, not without getting an exact replacement LCD. Go to iFixit: The free repair manual and look up your model. They have replacement LCDs for most Mac notebook computers.

Thanks for the reply. It looks like I found a way around the resolution issue. After booting up with the laptop closed with an external display I waited until I was at the desktop then I flipped up the screen, which stayed black, and then unplugged the external display. About 3-5 seconds later the laptop screen turned on and the resolution was spot on!

I raise the same question again, is there anything I can do using terminal to change the default resolution? It's apparent that the video card can drive the proper res when it's forced to.

bump....I still have the same issue, is there something that I can do with the cscreen app in terminal?

Try SwitchResX 4. Download from here.