Poor Resolution - Help

Hi guys,
I bought a Lenovo THinkpad T500 (model 20810CTO) like 8 months ago. Since this time, I have been "dealing" with a terrible resolution that I cna't figure out how to make better. I hope this is not normal, or the best it can get because I cannot tolerate it anymore.
ANyway, my laptop has an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650. It only allows me the max respolution of 1380X800. I can't imagine this card can't do better than that.
Can someone help me make my resolutio better? I ave tried installing the driver again, but it didn't help. I downloaded and installed from Lenovo's site.
PLEASE HELP!!! Thank you so much in advance.

Hi caminator,
Your graphics card is probably capable of higher resolution, but your LCD may not be.
I can't tell from your model number (which has too many digits BTW) since it is a CTO (configure to order, IIRC) machine, but one of the graphics options on the T500 was a 1280x800 LCD. If that's what your machine has installed, that's all you are going to get.
There were some other options for that machine, so please check your model number, order paperwork, and specs and figure out for sure what you have.
BTW, I'm with you - 800 vertical pixels is just too low. My t400 is 1440x900 and that's the absolute minimum I can stand.
Z.
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