– Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.Toimprove
signalstrength,moveyoursystemclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.
•Wirelessstatusiconstates:wirelessWAN
–PowertotheWANradioisoff
–Noassociation
–Nosignal
–Signallevel1
–Signallevel2
–Signallevel3
Note:Ifyouhavetr oubleinmakingaconnection,trymovingyourcomputerclosertoyourwirelessaccess
point.

Enablingordisablingthewirelessfeatures

Toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures,dooneofthefollowing:
•PressF9tobringupthewirelessfeaturelist,suchaswirelessLANandBluetooth.Selectafeature
toenableordisableit.
•ClicktheAccessConnectionswirelessstatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.Then,clickPower
OnWirelessRadiotoenablethewirelessfeaturesorclickPowerOffWirelessRadiotodisablethe
wirelessfeatures.
Note:ClickShowhiddeniconsonthetaskbarandtheAccessConnectionswirelessstatusiconis
displayed.Toaddittothetaskbarpermanently,clickCustomizeandproceedtocustomizethesettings.For
moreinformationabouttheicon,seetheAccessConnectionshelpinformationsystem.
Attachinganexternalmonitor
Youcanattachanexternalmonitortoyourcomputertoe xpandyourcomputercapabilities.
Note:Ifyouattachanexternalmonitor,avideointerfacecablewithaferrit ecoreinstalledonthecable
isrequired.
Yourcomputersupportsamaximumvideor esolutionofupto2560x1600,providedthattheexternal
monitoralsosupportsthatresolution.F ormoredetails,refertothemanualsprovidedwithyourmonitor .
Youcansetanyresolutionforeitherthecomputerdisplayortheext ernalmonitor .Whenyouusebothatthe
sametime,theresolutionofbothisthesame.Ifyousetahigherresolutionforthecomputerdisplay,you
canseeonlypartofthescr eenatatime.Y oucanseeotherpartsbymovingtheimagewiththeTrackPoint
pointingdeviceoranotherpointingdevice.
Youcanmovethedisplayoutputtothecomputerdisplay,theexternalmonitor,orbothbyconguring
settingsintheDisplaySettingswindow.
Connectinganexternalmonitor
Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternalmonitor,right-clickonthedesktop,thenselectScreen
resolution.ClicktheDetectbutton.Toattachanexternalmonitor ,dothefollowing:
1.ConnecttheexternalmonitortotheMiniDisplayPortconnectororThunderboltconnector;thenconnect
themonitortoanelectricaloutlet.
2.T urnontheexternalmonitor.
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