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Connecting External Devices
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Note
Before you connect any device, check its documentation to see if you need to make any
settings or adjustments to the equipment before using it. This might include setting
switches to configure the equipment so that it will operate properly with your computer
and the software you plan to use.
To use an external monitor
Connecting an external monitor
1. Click Start, Shut Down, Shut down.
2. Connect the monitor cable from the monitor to the VGA port on the rear of the
computer.
3. Connect the monitor to a power source and turn it on.
4. Press the blue sleep button to turn on the computer.
Switching the display to the external monitor
• Press Fn+F5 (or CTRL+ALT+F5 on an external keyboard) to cycle through the
display options: notebook display, external monitor, both.
• If you need to use both displays at once, press Fn+F5 repeatedly until the image
shows on both displays. However, by default, the image is limited by the internal
display to 1024 × 768 or 1400 × 1050 pixels, so at a higher resolution you will see
only part of the desktop on both displays. This doesn’t happen if you use only the
external monitor. If you need to increase the refresh rate on the external monitor, you
can switch to only the external monitor, or make the internal or external display a
“secondary” display—you make this setting on the Display tab (in Windows ME, 98
or 2000, click Advanced on the Settings tab first).
Adjusting monitor resolution and other settings
1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, then double-click Display.
2. On the Settings tab, adjust the Screen area. Other settings are also available.
The internal display supports settings of up to 1024 × 768 or 1400 × 1050 resolution with
16M colors (24-or 32-bit).
For a high-resolution external monitor, the computer supports 1280 × 1024 resolution
with 16M colors (24-bit for Celeron models, 32-bit for Pentium models) at 85 Hz max.
refresh rate. It supports 1600 × 1200 resolution with 64K colors for Celeron models and
16M colors (24-bit) for Pentium models at 60 Hz max. refresh rate.