Chapter 3.
3-5
Manually installing the monitor driver
Below are steps for manually installing the monitor driver in Microsoft Windows 7,
Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP.
Installing the monitor driver in Windows 7
To use the Plug and Play feature in Microsoft Windows 7, do the following:
Note:
You must download file from the Reference and Driver CD to use the Plug and
Play feature in Windows 7.
1. Turn off the computer, 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 7 operating system.
4. Open the
Display Properties
window by clicking
Start,
Control Panel and
Hardware and Sound
icon. and then clicking the
Display
icon.
5. Click the
Change the display settings
tab.
6. Click the
Advanced
Settings
icon.
7. Click the
Monitor
tab.
8. Click the
Properties
button.
9. Click the
Driver
tab.
10. Click
Update Driver,
then click
Browse my computer for driver software
.
11. Select
Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
12. Click the
Have Disk
button. Click the
Browse
button and navigate to the
following directory:
X:\Monitor Drivers
(where
X
is the drive letter designator for the
CD-ROM
drive).
13. Select the
"LEN LS2421pwA.inf"
file and click the
Open
button. Click the
OK
button.
14. Select
LEN LS2421pwA
and click
Next
. The files will be copied from the CD to
your hard disk drive.
15. Close all open windows and remove the CD.
16. 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 1920 x 1080 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 640
x 480 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz.
