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Configuring your Monitor
Setup Diskette for Windows 95 or Windows 98
This section must be completed before continuing with the Windows 95 or Windows 98
Auto Setup.
To use the Plug and Play feature in Windows 95 or Windows 98, files should
be loaded from the IBM Flat Panel Monitor Installation diskette:
1.Turn off the computer and all attached devices.
On LCD monitors, unlike CRTs, a faster
refresh rate does not improve display quality. IBM recommends using either 1024 x 768 at a refresh rate of 60Hz.
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 probably means that it has detected your new monitor for the first time.
4.Open the DISPLAY PROPERTIES window by clicking on START, SETTINGS, CONTROL PANEL and then double clicking on the DISPLAY icon.
5.Select the SETTINGS tab.
• In case of Windows 95:
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2.Select the Change Monitor Type button.
• In case of Windows 98:
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2.Select the MONITOR tab.
3.Open the UPGRADE DEVICE WIZARD windows by clicking on Change button and then select the NEXT button.
If the UPGRADE DEVICE WIZARD is open go step
4.Select 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 diskette into drive A: and select the HAVE DISK button.
8.Select OK.
9.Choose IBM T50 monitor and select OK. The files will be copied from the diskette to your hard drive.
10.Close all open windows and remove the diskette.
11.Reboot the system.
The system will automatically select the maximum refresh rate and corresponding Color Matching Profiles.
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