Lenovo ThinkPad 560 Thinkpad 560 User's Guide - Page 61

Attaching a Monitor Attaching a Monitor Note: When installing an operating system, you must install the display driver before you can use an SVGA external monitor. The following is a summary of how to attach an external monitor: 1 Attach the external monitor to the computer. (See "Connecting an External Monitor to the Computer.") 2 Change the display output type to Both ( ). To install the display driver: (See "Display Output Type" on page 40.) Chapter 7. Attention: When you select Both, do not attach an external monitor that supports 3 Set your monitor type and display device driver. (See "Setting the Monitor Type and the Display Driver" on page 44.) only VGA mode (640-by-480 resolution). Otherwise, the external monitor screen is scrambled and the If you are attaching an SVGA monitor, refer to "Using SVGA Video Mode" on page 45 for information on the supported color depth or output is not displayed, or the screen resolution. might be damaged. Use CRT instead. Connecting an External Monitor to the Computer Attention: To attach an external monitor to the computer: Do not disconnect the external monitor while the computer is in suspend mode or hibernation mode. 1 Turn off the computer. If no external monitor is attached when the computer resumes, the LCD remains blank and the output is not displayed. This does not depend 2 Attach the external monitor to the external monitor connector on the rear of the computer; then to the electrical outlet. on the resolution value. 3 Turn on the external monitor and the computer. Chapter 3. Operating Your Computer 43