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Chapter 2 — Getting Started

Resolution

1. Click My Computer/Control Panel/Display/Settings. Click the

Settings tab. The dialog box indicates the monitor resolution.

2. Use the slide bar to adjust the resolution. Normally, you should

use the resolution the LCD or monitor was designed for.

Note: Using a lower resolution than the screen was

designed for will reduce the area of the display.

Using the computer in DOS mode may produce the same

effect, because it uses a 640 by 480 resolution by

default. You can stretch these low resolution

displays to full screen size by selecting either the

Expanded Display or Display Expansion Mode features

in the BIOS utility. However, the stretching may

cause distortion, especially to fonts.

High Resolution with an external monitor

Higher resolution modes may be used, as long as the monitor supports

them.

Connecting to an External Monitor

The notebook has a VGA monitor port to connect your computer to an

external monitor.

Using the VGA monitor port

1. Locate the 15-pin VGA monitor port on the left side of your

notebook and connect the video signal cable from the external

monitor (or the VGA adapter) to the monitor port.

2. Connect the power cable from the external monitor to a power

outlet and turn on the monitor.

3. On your notebook, click the right touchpad button on the

Windows desktop to open the desktop menu. Click Properties to

open the Display Properties window.

4. In the Display Properties window, click Advanced in the Settings

tab. Click the Display Modes tab.

5. Under Driver mode, you can select the appropriate options to

change the display to an external monitor.

6. Adjustments to screen resolution and color depth can also be

made in this dialog box.