Chapter 3.
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Manually installing the monitor driver
Below are steps for manually installing the monitor driver in Microsoft Windows 7 and
Microsoft Windows 10.
Installing the monitor driver in Windows 7
To use the Plug and Play feature in Microsoft Windows 7, do the following:
Note:
You must download file from the Reference and Driver CD to use the Plug and Play
feature in Windows 7.
1. Turn off the computer, all attached devices.
2. Ensure that the monitor is connected correctly.
3. Turn on the monitor and then the system unit. Allow your computer to start the
Windows 7 operating system.
4. Open the
Display Properties
window by clicking
Start, Control Panel
,
Hardware and
Sound
icon.
5. Click the
Display
icon.
6. Click the
Adjust Resolution
button.
7. Click the
Advanced
Settings
icon.
8. Click the
Monitor
tab.
9. Click the
Properties
button.
10. Click the
Driver
tab.
11. Open the "
Update Driver Software-Generic PnP Monitor
" window by clicking on
Update Driver
and then click the "
Browse my computer for driver software
" button.
12. Select “
Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
”.
13. Insert the Lenovo Monitor CD into the CD drive and click the
Hard Disk
button.
14. Click on the
Browse
button and navigate to the following directory:
X:\Monitor Drivers\ (where X is the drive letter designator for the CD-ROM drive).
15. Select the “
tio27.inf
”file and click the
Open
button. Click the
OK
button.
16. Select
TIO27
and click
Next
. The files will be copied from the CD to your hard disk
drive.
17. Close all open windows and remove the CD.
18. Restart the computer.
The system will automatically select the maximum refresh rate and corresponding color
matching profiles.
Note:
On LCD monitors, unlike CRTs, a faster refresh rate does not improve display quality.
Lenovo recommends using either 2560 x 1440 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 640 x 480 at a
refresh rate of 60 Hz.
