Chapter 3.
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Manually installing the monitor driver
Below are steps for manually installing the monitor driver in Microsoft Windows 7 and
Windows 10.
Installing the monitor driver in Windows 7
To use the Plug and Play feature in Microsoft Windows 7, do the following:
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. From the Lenovo website http://support.lenovo.com/docs/Y27gq_25, find the
corresponding monitor driver and download it to a PC to which this monitor is connected
(such as a desktop).
5. Open the Display Properties window by clicking Start, Control Panel, Hardware and
Sound icon, and then click the Display icon.
6. Click the Change the display settings tab.
7. Click the Advanced Settings icon.
8. Click the Monitor tab.
9. Click the Properties button.
10. Click the Driver tab.
11. Click
Update Driver,
then click
Browse the computer to find the driver program
.
12. Select
Pick from the list of device driver program on the computer
.
13. Click the
Hard Disk
button. By clicking the
Browse
button, browse and point to the
following path:
X:\Monitor Drivers\Windows 7
(where X indicates "the folder in which the downloaded driver is located" (such as a
desktop)).
14. Select the
"leny27gq-25.inf"
file and click the
Open
button. Click the
OK
button.
15. In the new window, select
LEN Y27gq-25
and click
Next.
16. After the installation is complete, delete all downloaded files and close all windows.
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 2560 x 1440 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 640 x 480 at a
refresh rate of 60 Hz.
