Manually installing the monitor driver
Below are steps for manually installing the monitor driver in Microsoft Windows Vista,
Microsoft. Windows XP. and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.
Installing the monitor driver in Windows Vista
To install the device driver in Microsoft® Windows Vista, do the following:
Note
: You must download files 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 sfotware"
button.
12.
Select “
Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
” .
13.
Click the
Have Disk
button. Click on 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 "
L1900p
A .inf
" file and click the
Open
button. Click the
OK
button.
15.
Select
Lenovo L1900p
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 computer.
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
280
x
1
0
24
at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 640 x 480 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz.
Installing the monitor driver in Windows XP
To use the Plug and Play feature in Windows XP, files should be loaded from the
Reference and Driver CD
.
Note: This section must be completed before continuing with the Windows XP automatic image setup.
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 the system to boot into Windows XP.
4.
Open the Display Properties window by clicking
Start
→
Settings
→
Control Panel,
and then
double-clicking the Display icon.
5.
Click the
Settings
tab.
6.
Click the
Advanced
button.
7.
Click the
Monitor
tab.
8.
Click the
Properties
button.
9.
Click the
Drivers
tab.
10.
Open the
Hardware Update Wizard
window by clicking on
Update Driver
, and then click
Next.
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