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Alienware AW2518H Liquid Crystal Display 
(LCD) Monitor Troubleshooting Guide  

 

Table of Contents:

 

1.

 

Setting up the Game Enhance Mode

 

2.

 

AlienFX Lighting Configuration (Auto & Manual)

 

3.

 

Display Built-in Diagnostics (BID) Self Test 

 

4.

 

Assembling the Cable Cover

 

5.

 

Disassembling the Cable Cover

 

(New article content 21 Aug 2017)

 

6.

 

NVIDIA G-SYNC setup requirements

 

7.

 

Monitor will not wake when the monitor is set to sleep mode. 

(New article content 12 

Sept 2017)

 

 

Setting up the Game Enhance Mode 

AW2518H supports "

Game Enhance Mode

" which offers three available functions to enhance 

your game play experience. 

1.

 

Timer:

 

Allows you to disable or enable the timer at the upper left corner of the display. The timer 
shows the time elapsed since the game starts. Select an option from the time-interval list 
to measure your target game rate. (Figure 1.) 

 

Figure 1. - Timer enabled

 

2.

 

Frame Rate:

 

Selecting On allows you to display the current frames per second when playing games. 
The higher the rate, the smoother the motion appears. (Figure 2.) 

 

Figure 2. - Frame Rate enabled.

 

Содержание AW2518H

Страница 1: ...rticle content 12 Sept 2017 Setting up the Game Enhance Mode AW2518H supports Game Enhance Mode which offers three available functions to enhance your game play experience 1 Timer Allows you to disabl...

Страница 2: ...or to select Timer Frame Rate or Display Alignment then press to confirm the setting Figure 4 Figure 4 Selecting the option in the On Screen Display OSD menu AlienFX Lighting Configuration Auto Manual...

Страница 3: ...colors Figure 5 Figure 5 Manual configuration of AlienFX Lighting To automatically set up AlienFX Lighting Go to the OSD menu AlienFX Lighting Spectrum Select On Figure 6 Figure 6 Automatic configura...

Страница 4: ...hat the screen is clean no dust particles on the surface of the screen 2 Unplug the video cable s from the back of the computer or monitor The monitor then goes into the self test mode 3 Press and hol...

Страница 5: ...able cover please slide the cable cover till it snaps into place NOTE Please check the 6 position of monitor back cover and cable cover Figure 9 Cable Cover To assemble cable cover with the back cover...

Страница 6: ...lation NOTE If any snap is not into place it is difficult to put the cable cover well the cable cover is slant or damage the snaps of cable cover Figure 11 Figure 11 Cover installation errors Disassem...

Страница 7: ...gure 12 Figure 12 Disassembling reassembling the Cable Cover NOTE Please don t pull cable cover directly Otherwise it may cause damage to cable cover Figure 13 Figure 13 Incorrect cover removal NVIDIA...

Страница 8: ...display 7 Click on Apply Figure 15 Figure 15 Enabling the Multiple Displays option NOTE NVidia G SYNC technology currently supports only DisplayPort video input Using DVI to DisplayPort or HDMI to Di...

Страница 9: ...ode Both PC and monitor will wake from sleep with Mouse movement Recommended Solution Press any of the monitor front panel buttons once and the monitor will recover from sleep Power cycling the monito...

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