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Setting Display Resolution, Accessing the User's Guide Online or via CD, Troubleshooting Tips - monitor driver

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Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Operating System To manually install or update the driver, perform the following steps: 1. Click StartÆSettingsÆControl Panel and then double-click Display. 2. In the Display Properties window, click the Settings tab, and then click Advanced. 3. Click the Monitor tab, and then click PropertiesÆ DriverÆ Update Driver. 4. When the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box appears, choose "Search for a suitable driver for my device," and click Next>. 5. Insert the monitor CD into the CD-ROM drive, type d:\ (change the drive letter to match your CD-ROM drive if it is not drive D) in the Copy manufacturer's files from: box, and click Next> and then Finish to complete the installation. 6. Close the Display Properties window. Microsoft® Windows® 98 Operating System W indows 98 autom atically detects the new m onitor and displays the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box if the m onitor driver is not already installed. 1. Insert the monitor CD into the CD-ROM drive, and click Next> twice when the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. 2. Click the CD-ROM drive box to install the drivers from the CD and then click Next>. 3. Confirm that the driver was found on the CD, and click Next> twice to install the driver. 4. Click Finish to exit the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box. To manually install or update the driver, perform the following steps: 1. Click StartÆSettingsÆControl Panel and then double-click Display. 2. In the Display Properties window, click the Settings tab, and then click Advanced. 3. Click the Monitor tab, and then click Change. 4. When the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box appears, follow the steps in the previous paragraph. Setting Display Resolution For optimal monitor performance while using Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows® Millennium, Windows® 2000, Windows 98 or Windows NT, set the display resolution to 1024 x 768 as follows: 1. Click StartÆSettingsÆControl Panel. 2. Double-click the Display icon in the Control Panel window, and the click the Settings tab. 3. In the Desktop area, move the slidebar to 1024 by 768 pixels. Then click OK. Accessing the User's Guide Online or via CD To view the latest monitor User's Guide, access the SUPPORT section of the Dell Web site (http://support.dell.com). If you do not have Internet access, you can access the guide on the monitor CD: 1. Insert the monitor CD into your CD-ROM drive. A start-up docum ent should launch autom atically; how ever, if the start-up docum ent does not launch autom atically, click StartÆRun, type D :\m onitor.htm , and click O K. (S ubstitute the correct C D -R O M drive letter if it is not the D drive.) 2. Click the appropriate icon to open the User's Guide in the desired language. NOTE: All applicable warranty and regulatory information regarding your monitor is contained in the User's Guide on your CD. Troubleshooting Tips Monitor Has No Power If the monitor's power indicator is off and no image appears on the display, perform the following checks: • Ensure that the power cable is fully inserted in the monitor's power port and the electrical outlet. • Test the electrical outlet by plugging in a working electrical device such as a lamp. • Ensure that the power button has been depressed, and wait for the power indicator to light. • Try another power cable on the monitor. Use the computer's power cable and turn on the monitor with the signal cable disconnected. If the monitor is working correctly, a self-test pattern appears. No Image Is Displayed on the Monitor If the monitor power indicator is on but no image appears on the display, perform the following checks: • Ensure that the video connector is seated properly. Tighten the connector screws securely with your fingers. • Ensure that the computer is on. • Increase brightness and contrast controls. • Turn off the monitor and unplug the signal cable. Check the cable connector for bent or broken pins. • With the signal cable still disconnected, turn on the monitor. If the monitor is working correctly, a self-test pattern appears. • Perform a monitor reset or recall. Dell™ 1504FP Flat Panel Color Monitor Quick Setup Guide 3

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Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 Operating System
To manually install or update the driver, perform the following steps:
1.
Click
Start
Æ
Settings
Æ
Control Panel
and then double-click
Display
.
2.
In the
Display Properties
window, click the
Settings
tab, and then click
Advanced
.
3.
Click the
Monitor
tab, and then click
Properties
Æ
Driver
Æ
Update Driver
.
4.
When the
Update Device Driver Wizard
dialog box appears, choose "Search for a suitable driver for my device,"
and click
Next>
.
5.
Insert the monitor CD into the CD-ROM drive, type d:\ (change the drive letter to match your CD-ROM drive if it is
not drive D) in the
Copy manufacturer's files from
: box, and click
Next>
and then
Finish
to complete the
installation.
6.
Close the
Display Properties
window.
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
98 Operating System
Windows 98 automatically detects the new monitor and displays the
Add New Hardware Wizard
dialog box if the monitor driver
is not already installed.
1.
Insert the monitor CD into the CD-ROM drive, and click
Next>
twice when the
Add New Hardware Wizard
dialog
box appears.
2.
Click the
CD-ROM drive
box to install the drivers from the CD and then click
Next>
.
3.
Confirm that the driver was found on the CD, and click
Next>
twice to install the driver.
4.
Click Finish to exit the
Add New Hardware Wizard
dialog box.
To manually install or update the driver, perform the following steps:
1.
Click
Start
Æ
Settings
Æ
Control Panel
and then double-click
Display
.
2.
In the
Display Properties
window, click the
Settings
tab, and then click
Advanced
.
3.
Click the
Monitor
tab, and then click
Change
.
4.
When the
Update Device Driver Wizard
dialog box appears, follow the steps in the previous paragraph.
Setting Display Resolution
For optimal monitor performance while using Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP, Windows
®
Millennium, Windows
®
2000, Win-
dows 98 or Windows NT, set the display resolution to 1024 x 768 as follows:
1.
Click
Start
Æ
Settings
Æ
Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click the
Display
icon in the
Control Panel
window, and the click the
Settings
tab.
3.
In the Desktop area, move the slidebar to 1024 by 768 pixels. Then click
OK
.
Accessing the User's Guide Online or via CD
To view the latest monitor
User's Guide
, access the SUPPORT section of the Dell Web site (
).
If you do not have Internet access, you can access the guide on the monitor CD:
1.
Insert the monitor CD into your CD-ROM drive.
A start-up document should launch automatically; however, if the start-up document does not launch automatically,
click
Start
Æ
Run
, type D:\monitor.htm, and click
OK
. (Substitute the correct CD-ROM drive letter if it is not the D
drive.)
2.
Click the appropriate icon to open the
User's Guide
in the desired language.
NOTE: All applicable warranty and regulatory information regarding your monitor is contained in the User's Guide on
your CD.
Troubleshooting Tips
Monitor Has No Power
If the monitor's power indicator is off and no image appears on the display, perform the following checks:
Ensure that the power cable is fully inserted in the monitor's power port and the electrical outlet.
Test the electrical outlet by plugging in a working electrical device such as a lamp.
Ensure that the power button has been depressed, and wait for the power indicator to light.
Try another power cable on the monitor. Use the computer's power cable and turn on the monitor with the signal
cable disconnected. If the monitor is working correctly, a self-test pattern appears.
No Image Is Displayed on the Monitor
If the monitor power indicator is on but no image appears on the display, perform the following checks:
Ensure that the video connector is seated properly. Tighten the connector screws securely with your fingers.
Ensure that the computer is on.
Increase brightness and contrast controls.
Turn off the monitor and unplug the signal cable. Check the cable connector for bent or broken pins.
With the signal cable still disconnected, turn on the monitor. If the monitor is working correctly, a self-test pattern
appears.
Perform a monitor reset or recall.