Chapter 3.
3-5
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.
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
” .
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.
8
10. Click the
Driver
tab.
Note:
On LCD monitors, unlike CRTs, a faster refresh rate does not improve display quality. Lenovo
recommends
using
either 1
44
0
x
9
00
at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 640 x 480 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz.
.
.
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 "
L
197 Wide
.inf
" file and click the
Open
button. Click the
OK
button.
15. Select
L
197 Wide
and click
Next
. The files will be copied from the CD to your
hard disk drive.
