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Device Driver Installation

Driver installation for Windows 95 or Windows 98

This section must be
completed before
continuing with the
Windows 95 or Windows 98
Auto Setup on page 13
To use the Plug and Play feature in Microsoft® Windows® 95 or Windows 98,
files should be loaded from the IBM Monitor CD.
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 the system to boot
into Windows 95 or Windows 98.
Your computer’s Plug and Play code may warn you that your system
hardware has changed. This means that it has detected your new
monitor for the first time.
4. Open the DISPLAY PROPERTIES window by clicking START, SETTINGS,
CONTROL PANEL and then double - clicking on the DISPLAY icon.
On LCD monitors, unlike
CRTs, a faster refresh rate
does not improve display quality.
IBM recommends using either
1280 x 1024 at a refresh rate of
60Hz or 640 x 480 at a refresh
rate of 60Hz.
5. Click the SETTINGS tab.
• In case of Windows 95 :
6. 1. Click the CHANGE DISPLAY TYPE button.
2. Click the CHANGE MONITOR TYPE button.
• In case of Windows 98 :
6. 1. Click the ADVANCED button.
2. Click the MONITOR tab.
3. Open the UPGRADE DEVICE DRIVER WIZARD window by clicking
on CHANGE button and then select the NEXT button.
4. Click the “Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that
I can choose a specific driver” and then select the NEXT button.
7. Insert the Setup CD into the CD driver: and click the HAVE DISK button.
8. Click OK.
9. Ensure that the CD drive letter is selected.
10. Choose IBM ThinkVision L170 monitor and Click OK. The
files will be copied from the CD to your hard disk drive.
11. Close all open windows and remove the CD.
12. Restart the system.
The system will automatically select the maximum refresh rate and
corresponding Color Matching Profiles.
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