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Manually installing the monitor driver, Installing the monitor driver in Windows Vista

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Manually installing the monitor driver Below are steps for manually installing the monitor driver in Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP . Please see the Install Driver section of the Reference and Driver CD for automatic installation. Installing the monitor driver in Windows Vista To use the Plug and Play feature Microsoft Windows Vista, do the following: Note: You must download file from the Lenovo Monitor CD to use the Plug and Play feature in Windows Vista. 1. Turn off the computer and all attached devices. 2. Ensure that the monitor is connected correctly. 3. Turn on the monitor and then the system unit. Allow your computer to start the Windows Vista operating system. 4. Open the Display Properties window by clicking Start, Control Panel and then double-clicking the Hardware and Sound icon. 5. Click the Personalization icon. 6. Click the Display Settings icon. 7. Click the Advanced Settings button. 8. Click the Monitor tab. 9. Click the Properties button. 10. Click the Driver tab. 11. Open the "Update Driver Software-Generic PnP Monitor" window by clicking on Update Driver and then click the "Browse my computer for driver software" button. 12. Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer". 13. Click the Have Disk button. Click the Browse button and navigate to the following directory: X:\Monitor Drivers\Windows Vista (where X is the drive letter designator for the CD-ROM drive). 14. Select the "D185wA .inf" file and click theOpen button. Click theOK button. 15. Select D185wA and click Next. The files will be copied from the CD to your hard disk drive. 16. Close all open windows and remove the CD. 17. Restart the system. The system will automatically select the maximum refresh rate and corresponding Color Matching Profiles. Note: On LCD monitors, unlike CRTs, a faster refresh rate does not improve display quality. Lenovo recommends using either 1366x768 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 640 x 480 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz. Chapter 3. 3-5

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Chapter 3.
3-5
Manually installing the monitor driver
Below are steps for manually installing the monitor driver in Microsoft Windows
Vista and
Microsoft Windows
XP
. Please see the Install Driver section of
the
Reference a
nd Driver CD
for automatic installation.
Installing the monitor driver in Windows Vista
To use the Plug and Play feature Microsoft Windows Vista, do the following:
Note:
You must download file from the Lenovo Monitor CD to use the Plug and Play
feature in Windows Vista.
1.
Turn off the computer and all attached devices.
2.
Ensure that the monitor is connected correctly.
3.
Turn on the monitor and then the system unit. Allow your computer to start the
Windows Vista operating system.
4.
Open the
Display Properties
window by clicking
Start, Control Panel
and
then
double-clicking the
Hardware and Sound
icon.
5.
Click the
Personalization
icon.
6.
Click the
Display Settings
icon.
7.
Click the
Advanced Settings
button.
8.
Click the
Monitor
tab.
9.
Click the
Properties
button.
10.
Click the
Driver
tab.
11.
Open the "
Update Driver Software-Generic PnP Monitor
" window by clicking on
Update Driver
and then click the "
Browse my computer for driver software
"
button.
12.
Select "
Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
".
13.
Click the
Have Disk
button. Click the
Browse
button and navigate to the
following directory:
X:\Monitor Drivers\Windows Vista
(where X is the drive letter designator for the CD-ROM drive).
14.
Select the
"
D185wA
.inf"
file and click the
Open
button. Click the
OK
button.
15. Select
D
185
wA
and click
Next
. The files will be copied from the CD to
your
hard disk drive.
16.
Close all open windows and remove the CD.
17.
Restart the system. The system will automatically select the maximum refresh rate
and corresponding Color Matching Profiles.
Note:
On LCD monitors, unlike CRTs, a faster refresh rate does not improve display
quality. Lenovo recommends using either
1
366
x
768
at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 640
x 480 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz.