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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
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Connect the DVI or VGA connector of your monitor to the appropriate connector on the computer’s
primary graphics card:
To connect a monitor with a DVI connector, use the (white) DVI port on the primary graphics card.
To connect a monitor with a VGA connector, use the (blue) VGA port on the primary graphics card.
NOTE:
When connecting a single monitor to a graphics card with two DVI ports, use the left DVI port.
Connecting Two or More Monitors
CAUTION:
Before you perform any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the Product
Information Guide .
NOTE:
In order to connect and use two or more monitors in a dual graphics card configuration, multi-GPU
technology must be disabled. To disable multi-GPU, see "Changing the Display Settings to Support Two or More
Monitors" on page 25.
NOTE:
Depending on the options selected when you purchased your computer, your video card may have two DVI
ports, or one DVI and one VGA port.
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Turn off the computer and all attached devices:
a
Click Start , then click Turn Off Computer .
b
In the Turn off computer window, click Turn off .
The computer performs a shutdown of the operating system, and then turns off.
NOTE:
Ensure that the computer is off and not in a power management mode. If you cannot shut down the
computer using the operating system, press and hold the power button for 4 seconds.
1 primary monitor
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