N100 - External HD display works only max 1680 instead of 1920!

Hi,
I have lenovo N100 (0768-BPG) with Intel 945, which supports over 1920x1080 over VGA.
I have the most updated drivers for Bios and Viedo card.
The max resulotion I can set is something like 1680x900 instead of 1920x1080 (1080p).
I've understood that this resulotion is forbidden in the bios and there is a little trick (editing somehow an inf file) that suppose to work.
If anyone know how - I'll glad to know.
My external monitor is Benq E2200HD. Here it's raw info:
00,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,00,09,D1,0B,79,45,54,00,00,11,13,01,03,0E,2F,1A,78,2E,35,85,A6,56,48,9A,24,
12,50,54,A5,6B,BA,71,00,81,00,81,40,95,0F,81,80,95,00,B3,00,01,01,94,43,80,90,72,38,28,40,80,C8,
35,00,DC,0C,11,00,00,1E,00,00,00,FF,00,52,34,39,30,30,31,34,30,30,32,36,0A,20,00,00,00,FD,00,32,
4C,1E,5E,15,00,0A,20,20,20,20,20,20,00,00,00,FC,00,42,65,6E,51,20,45,32,32,30,30,48,44,0A,00,13
Thanks in advance,
Net

hi net,
please follow the link, it explains how to bypass the restriction and get 1912x1080 resolution on your HD display.
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/custom-resolutions-on-intel-graphics/
I did this on my lenovo n100-0768 byg and it works like a charm
regards,
Ozzi

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