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Boot Console Handler
Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type
8. Select the action Modify Monitor Type from the Actions menu. You will see a
window with a list of monitor type selections in it. Here is an example of a monitor type
entry you may see:
Entry Width Height Hz Font Description
1 1280 1024 75 10x20 VESA
9. Select an entry from the list in the Modify Monitor window. In that same window,
select the check box labeled Make monitor type ‘n’ the default where n is the
number of the entry you selected. To finish the monitor type selection, select the
Modify Monitor window’s OK button. A pop-up window will appear to confirm the
monitor type selection. Press the Yes button in that pop-up window. This causes the
monitor to reset, possibly hiding existing windows. You will then be given 15 seconds
after the monitor type changes to configure this setting. Press the OK button to
configure the setting. This completes the process for setting the monitor type. Note that
this change takes effect immediately.
10.Connect the monitor cable to the graphics card you selected, and the screen contents
will appear. You are now done selecting the monitor type.
Setting the Monitor Type at Power On
If you replace the workstation’s monitor with a different monitor type, you need to let the
workstation’s firmware know you made this change. To do this, reboot the system and use
either the automatic monitor selection process or the Boot Console Handler’s
monitor
command. The monitor command is described in the section “Setting the Monitor Type” in
this chapter. The automatic monitor selection process is described in this section.
Once you have rebooted the system by turning it off, wait for a short time for the hard disk
drive’s disk to stop spinning. Next, turn the workstation on and watch for the Num Lock
light to come on.
NOTE
It takes a short amount of time (approximately 40 seconds) after powering on
the workstation before the Num Lock light comes on.
Wait two seconds after the Num Lock light comes on, which is near the end of the boot
sequence, then press
Tab
to initiate the automatic monitor selection process. If the screen
remains blank after two minutes of waiting for something to be displayed, see the section
“Troubleshooting Monitor Problems” in this chapter. Otherwise, if you see information
similar to the following displayed on the screen and it is the correct monitor type, press the
Enter
key to select it.
Path Slot Head Type Size Freq Class
---------- ---- ---- ---- ------------ ---- -----
GRAPHICS(0) 0 1 n
nnnn
x
nnnn nn
Hz VESA
Press [Return] to select this monitor type (type
n
of
n
types).
Note that if you do not select this monitor type, the system cycles through a limited
number of monitor types one at a time until you find one that meets your needs.