Can i add the 1400x1050 resolution manually? (Intel 810 onboard - W2K)?

Question

I can't select a 1400x1050 resolution.
I installed the newest monitor drivers from the internet and tried the supplied CDROM. Both monitor drivers don't help.
I also just installed the newest available drivers for the 810 videochip from the intel-website. Doesn't help, the 1400x1050 resolution is not available.
The 1600x1200 resolution IS available.
But my monitor is a 1400x1050 one.
I have 2 PC's. On my P4 with Nvidia card (and WinXP), i succeeded with using PowerStrip (add 'Custom Resolution').
The other computer, is a P3 with intel 810 onboard. The 810 is NOT supported in PowerStrip: http://forums.entechtaiwan.net/viewtopic.php?t=18

So, my basic question is: is there a general method to add the 1400x1050 resolution to Windows (like with regedit)?

I don't think it will work (because i think the problem is with the VGA driver, not with the monitor driver), but does anyone know a 1400x1050 monitor which is supported by W2K per default?

Why would i want that? What do you think! Obviously, because i have a 1400x1050 TFT monitor! Other resolutions look (very) blurry or aren't in 4/3 aspect ratio (and thus malformed).
1600x1200 is supported, so why shouldn't i try to get the LOWER native 1400x1050 resolution to work??

I really don't see what the oldness of the GPU has to do with it, as long as it has enough memory.
And, i will connect other computers too to the 1400x1050 monitor, so a general method to add 1400x1050 would be very handy.

The speed is a non-issue too; the 1600x1200 mode runs fine (be it blurry, because the native resolution is1400x1050).

Answer 1

1400x1050 or SXGA+ is a relatively new setting that is NOT supported by old hardware such as the i810 chipset.

Answer 2

Not really, the options you receive for resolutions settings are based on the graphics drivers and the monitor installed. Why would you want to set the resolution up so high on such a bad integrated GPU chances are anything over 1024x768 is probably going to effect your gpu speed considerably and anything over what you already mentioned may crash the machine (its happened to me before)