Chapter 3.
3-5
Manually installing the monitor driver
Below are steps for manually installing the monitor driver in Microsoft
®
Windows
XP
®
Microsoft Windows Vista. 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 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
"LEN
6522
.inf"
file and click the
Open
button. Click the
OK
button.
15. Select
LEN L215pwA
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 1920 x 1080 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 640
x 480 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz.
