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the boot console interface displaying and setting the monitor type setting the monitor type at power on If you replace your computer's monitor with a different monitor type, you need to let the computer's firmware know you made this change. To do this, reboot the system and use either the automatic monitor selection process or the boot console interface's monitor command. The monitor command is described in the section "setting the monitor type" in this chapter. The automatic monitor selection process is described in this section. Once you have rebooted the system by turning it off, wait for a short time for the hard disk drive's disk to stop spinning. Next, turn the computer on and watch for the Num Lock light to come on. NOTE It takes a short amount of time (approximately 40 seconds) after powering on the computer before the Num Lock light comes on. Wait two seconds after the Num Lock light comes on, which is near the end of the boot sequence, then press Tab to initiate the automatic monitor selection process. If your screen remains blank after two minutes of waiting for something to be displayed, see the section "Troubleshooting Monitor Problems" in this chapter. Otherwise, if you see information similar to the following displayed on your screen and it is the correct monitor type, press the Enter key to select it. Path Slot Head Type Size Freq Class GRAPHICS(2) 2 1 n nnnnxnnnn nnHz PCI Press [Return] to select this monitor type (type n of n types). Note that if you do not select this monitor type, the system cycles through all of the available monitor types one at a time until you find one that meets your needs. 186 Chapter 6

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Chapter 6
the boot console interface
displaying and setting the monitor type
setting the monitor type at power on
If you replace your computer’s monitor with a different monitor type, you
need to let the computer’s firmware know you made this change. To do
this, reboot the system and use either the automatic monitor selection
process or the boot console interface’s
monitor
command. The monitor
command is described in the section “setting the monitor type” in this
chapter. The automatic monitor selection process is described in this
section.
Once you have rebooted the system by turning it off, wait for a short time
for the hard disk drive’s disk to stop spinning. Next, turn the computer
on and watch for the
Num Lock
light to come on.
NOTE
It
takes
a
short
amount
of
time
(approximately
40
seconds)
after
powering on the computer before the
Num Lock
light comes on.
Wait two seconds after the
Num Lock
light comes on, which is near the
end of the boot sequence, then press
Tab
to initiate the automatic monitor
selection process. If your screen remains blank after two minutes of
waiting for something to be displayed, see the section “Troubleshooting
Monitor Problems” in this chapter. Otherwise, if you see information
similar to the following displayed on your screen and it is the correct
monitor type, press the
Enter
key to select it.
Path
Slot
Head
Type
Size
Freq
Class
---------- ----
----
---- ------------ ----
-----
GRAPHICS(2)
2
1
n
nnnn
x
nnnn
nn
Hz
PCI
Press [Return] to select this monitor type (type
n
of
n
types).
Note that if you do not select this monitor type, the system cycles
through all of the available monitor types one at a time until you find one
that meets your needs.