Chapter 2: Installing the monitor

6.Select OK.

7.If your ET unit has a display power management system (DPMS), that is configurable from the display’s on-screen menu options, make sure that it is turned on. For details on how to check DPMS, see “Utility menu” on page 22.

Safe touch for Windows 9X operating system

To apply a safe touch setting with a Windows 9X operating system, follow these steps:

1.Close all Windows operating system applications, then open the Display Properties dialog box (for instructions on how to open Display Properties, refer to your operating system’s help file).

2.Select the Screen Saver tab.

3.In the screen saver section of the dialog box, enter in the “Wait” box the number of minutes that you want to elapse from the last time the screen is touched to when the screen saver is activated.

4.In the energy saver section of the dialog box, select Settings. The power management dialog box appears.

5.In the “Turn off monitor” pull-down menu, set the number of minutes that will elapse from the last time the screen is touched to when the energy saver is activated. The period chosen must be at least one minute greater than the time you set (in step 3, above) for the screen saver.

Warning

To reduce the risk of electric shock or mechanical impact which could result in serious personal injury or death, set the “safe touch” setting correctly, with the number of minutes entered for the Windows operating system energy saver being at least one minute greater than the time entered for the Windows operating system screen saver.

6.Select OK.

7.If your ET unit has a display power management system (DPMS), that is configurable from the display’s on-screen menu options, make sure that it is turned on. For details on how to check DPMS, see “Utility menu” on page 22.

Safe touch for Windows NT 4.0 operating system

Windows NT 4.0 operating system does not have an energy saver, so it is not necessary to apply a safe touch setting with this operating system.

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