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Attaching an external monitor
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Do | not disconnect the external monitor | while the | computer is in | |||
suspend mode or hibernation mode. If no external | monitor is | |||||
attached when | the computer resumes, | the LCD remains blank | ||||
and | output is not displayed. This restriction does not depend o | |||||
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The DOS Screen Image on the LCD
If you use a DOS application that supports only VGA mode (640x48 resolution) with your computer, the screen image might appear smaller than the display size, as shown:
This | is to | maintain compatibility with DOS | applications. To expand | |||
the | screen | image to the same size as | the | actual | screen, | you |
the screen | expansionfunction. You can expand | the | screen | image | by |
clicking on the LCD button )( in the ThinkPad Configuration
program and enabling the radio ScreenbuttonExpansionfor and
clicking onOK . However, the image might look slightly distorted.
Display modes
The ThinkPad 240 computer has an | LCD that supports | SVGA |
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(800x600 resolution) video mode. The | following | table | shows | the |
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various display | modes | (resolution |
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your computer or external monitor. | Use | this | table | to | set | the di | |||||
output LCD( , External | Display | orLCD+External |
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Note: When installing | an | operating | system, | you | must | install | the |
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display driver | supplied with | the | computer | to | use | SVGA | mode. |
Chapter 2. Extending the features of 65 your computer