Satellite Pro P300: external resolution 1024x768 instead of 1680x1050

Hi,
I run my Sat P300 on XP, and the screen on this laptop is just fine (1440x900 pixels on radeon HD 3650).
Now I want to connect the laptop to an external flatscreen monitor, a Samsung, that asks for a optimal resolution of 1680x1050 pixels.
The samsung monitor works fine on my older laptop: I close the lid of the laptop,and the screen switches to the Samsung with the correct 1680x1050 resolution.
Now, when I connect the P300 and close the lid, the screen switches to the Samsung, but the actual resolution on the monitor is 1024x768, despite the fact that the 1680x1050 setting is set in the screen properties windows.
In fact, the screen probably is 1680x1050, but the monitor only sees 1024x768 (i.e. the desktop is bigger than the monitor can show, and I can push the desktop left/right or up/down with the mouse.
So it appears (hey, this is just a guess) that the radeon sends a 1680x1050 screen with the wrong frequency (48.2 KHz instead of 64,4 KHz as my monitor shows) !?
The Samsung drivers are installed, and I updated the BIOS to 3.40 win, but no solution.
Anyone an idea ?

Hi
I posted my assumption in other thread but I would like to post it here too.
If you are not able to choose your favorite resolution on external monitor then this two reasons might be responsible for that:
1 the graphic card driver does not contain and does not support this resolution
2 the graphic card chip does not support the external resolution
In both cases the resolution will be not listed in the settings!
However, Lars posted a useful information which can be found in the user manual and you can see that your favorite resolution is not listed.

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> {quote:title=Eldorado wrote:}{quote}
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> {quote:title=Eldorado wrote:}{quote}
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