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3. Select the Resolution for the primary display. 4. Click the Monitor-2 icon (for the secondary display, the external display). 5. Select the Resolution for the secondary display. 6. Place the icons for the monitors so that they touch. Note: You can set the monitors in any relative position, but the icons must touch each other. 7. Click OK to apply the changes. Note: To change the color settings, right-click on the desktop, and click Screen resolution. Click Advanced Settings, select the Monitor tab, then set Colors. For Windows XP: 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Connect the external monitor to the monitor connector; then connect the monitor to an electrical outlet. 3. Turn on the external monitor and the computer. 4. Right-click on the desktop, and click Properties to open the Display Properties window. 5. Click the Settings tab, and click the Monitor-2 icon. 6. Select the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box and click Apply. (If the Monitor Settings window opens, click Yes.) To change the resolution for each monitor, do as follows: 1. Click the Monitor-1 icon (for the primary display, the computer display). 2. Select the color quality and the screen resolution for the primary display. 3. Click the Monitor-2 icon (for the secondary display, the external display). 4. Select the color quality and the screen resolution for the secondary display. 5. Place the icons for the monitors so that they touch. Note: You can set the monitors in any relative position, but the icons must touch each other. 6. Click OK to apply the changes. Using the AMD PX 4.0 Dynamic Switchable Graphics feature Your ThinkPad computer suppors AMD PX 4.0 Dynamic Switchable Graphics. AMD PX 4.0 Switchable Graphics enables a dynamic switch, that is, a switch with no need to restart your computer, between High Performance and Energy Saving Graphics. Note: If your computer is running Windows XP, you cannot switch the GPU. Using the ThinkLight feature Because your computer can travel with you, you might need to use it in less than perfect lighting conditions. To illuminate the keyboard by turning on your computer, press Fn+Space. 48 User Guide

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3. Select the
Resolution
for the primary display.
4. Click the
Monitor-2
icon (for the secondary display, the external display).
5. Select the
Resolution
for the secondary display.
6. Place the icons for the monitors so that they touch.
Note:
You can set the monitors in any relative position, but the icons must touch each other.
7. Click
OK
to apply the changes.
Note:
To change the color settings, right-click on the desktop, and click
Screen resolution
. Click
Advanced
Settings
, select the
Monitor
tab, then set
Colors
.
For Windows XP:
1. Turn off the computer.
2. Connect the external monitor to the monitor connector; then connect the monitor to an electrical outlet.
3. Turn on the external monitor and the computer.
4. Right-click on the desktop, and click
Properties
to open the Display Properties window.
5. Click the
Settings
tab, and click the
Monitor-2
icon.
6. Select the
Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor
check box and click
Apply
. (If the Monitor
Settings window opens, click
Yes
.)
To change the resolution for each monitor, do as follows:
1. Click the
Monitor-1
icon (for the primary display, the computer display).
2. Select the
color quality
and the
screen resolution
for the primary display.
3. Click the
Monitor-2
icon (for the secondary display, the external display).
4. Select the
color quality
and the
screen resolution
for the secondary display.
5. Place the icons for the monitors so that they touch.
Note:
You can set the monitors in any relative position, but the icons must touch each other.
6. Click
OK
to apply the changes.
Using the AMD PX 4.0 Dynamic Switchable Graphics feature
Your ThinkPad computer suppors AMD PX 4.0 Dynamic Switchable Graphics. AMD PX 4.0 Switchable
Graphics enables a dynamic switch, that is, a switch with no need to restart your computer, between
High Performance and Energy Saving Graphics.
Note:
If your computer is running Windows XP, you cannot switch the GPU.
Using the ThinkLight feature
Because your computer can travel with you, you might need to use it in less than perfect lighting conditions.
To illuminate the keyboard by turning on your computer, press Fn+Space.
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