X61s, Video driver, Win 7, External Monitor, Low Res

I've seen this problem posted before or similar, but no solution mentioned so far has any effect. Replaced totally failed HDD last week and moved up to Win 7 Professional (so something good came of it). Now the X61s can't run external monitors at anything higher than 1280 x 1024. The old OS (Win XP) went to 1600 x 900 and 1900 x 1080 with no problems. Latest BIOS is in (2.21) and the 965 Express Driver is the latest Lenovo 8.15.10.1867. One monitor is Samsung P2250, the other an LG 19 inch. Intel says the driver is manufacturer-tweaked, so best not to move to a generic from them directly. Anyone any ideas? 1280 x 1024 is a waste...

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