System hangs on the external display connection

I just bought a MacBook Pro 13 "mid 2012 version because I travel a lot." I do a lot of coding on my main PC. I didn't mind having a smaller screen and the retina no since I had to plug my monitor 27 "HD for the majority of my work. This is the problem...

Two things happen when I try to connect it via Apple's Thunderbolt at the VGA connector. Or the other

1. the external screen but the MBP 2012 (1200 x 800) native resolution and I can't change it at all

or

2. all of the gray system out and crashes and the second monitor turns off say there is no entry. Then I pressed the power button to turn off completely it.

Nothing wrong with the display or the adapter I tested them both on another laptop that my wife and my main development office (two PCs). I guess that something is wrong with the MacBook or the underlying software. I'm running El Capitan and the MBP is maxed out in RAM and a 500 GB SSD. I tried a lot of things I've seen online already, but none of them worked. Is this what can I do to get the 2nd screen to work on its 1920 x 1080 resolution?

Have you tried the PRAM reset?

How to reset the NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

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