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TP General - How to setup an external monitor with your ThinkPad .
Applicable to: World-Wide
Hints, if having problems:
1. Set system to CRT only. LCD & CRT (Both) mode is more restrictive in the resolutions, color depth and refresh rates available.
2. If the device being attached support DDC (Display Data Channel), disable the DDC capability on the device, if possible.
3. Try using 640 X 480 X 16 or 256 Colors @ 60 Hz Refresh Rate (Typical VGA / SVGA modes).
4. Try using one of the IBM displays listed in ThinkPad announcement letter, if available.
5. Many LCD projection panels only support 640 X 480 resolution, ThinkPads with SVGA or XGA LCD displays must be set to CRT ONLY mode for 640 X 480 external video to be produced.
ThinkPad 355,360,750,755C/CS
VESA is not part of BIOS and must be loaded in the CONFIG.SYS
Windows 3.1x
1. Get the Video Features Diskette (Currently VFTPS133.EXE)
2. Boot up your ThinkPad and start Windows
3. Exit Windows to a DOS prompt
4. Insert the Video Features Diskette
5. Type A:\VINSTALL and press Enter
6. From the Display Device List choose your preference.
NOTE: You need to know what Refresh rate and Resolution you want to display.
Refer to the documentation that came with your CRT for Refresh rates and Resolutions that your CRT will accept.
7. Press Enter on the desired choice
8. Press Enter on the "Installation Target drive" screen (leave it at [C])
9. Press Enter at the "Information" screen and F3 to exit the install
10. Reboot your ThinkPad and exit to DOS
11. Type CD\Windows and press Enter
12. Type setup and press Enter
13. Use your down arrow to highlight the Display setting
14. Press Enter
15. Arrow all the way to the bottom (Other (Requires....)) and press Enter
16. At the A:\ type WIN31 and press Enter
17. Choose the desired driver (default is SVGA(WD90C24) 640X480 256 Colors Small Fonts)
18. Press Enter and verify the correct driver is listed
19. Press Enter
20. If you get a message that says your driver is already installed press ESC to replace the driver
b) You will have to give the path of the driver (Type A:\WIN31 and press Enter)
21. It will copy the necessary files to your hard drive You will be prompted again for the path.
b) At the A:\ type WIN31 and press Enter. The install will complete and leave you at the C:\WINDOWS prompt.
Windows 95
1. Get the Video Features Diskette (Currently VFTPS133.EXE)
2. Boot up your ThinkPad and start Windows 95
3. Click Start + Programs + MS-DOS Prompt
4. Insert the Video Features Diskette
5. Type A:\VINSTALL and press Enter
6. From the "Display Device List", choose your preference.
NOTE: You need to know what Refresh rate and Resolution you want to display.
Refer to the documentation that came with your CRT for Refresh rates and Resolutions that your CRT will accept.
7. Press Enter on the desired choice
8. Press Enter on the "Installation Target drive" screen (leave it at [C])
9. Press Enter at the "Information" screen and F3 to exit the install
10. Turn off your ThinkPad and Reboot it into Windows 95
OS/2 Warp
1. Start OS/2 and open an OS/2 full screen session.
2. Insert the Video Features Disk into the a: drive.
3. At the command prompt type A:\INSTALL C and press ENTER. Follow the instructions on the screen. (C is the drive on which the device driver is to be installed, it may be something different)
4. Follow the directions on the screen, when the display selection menu appears, select your display type and press ENTER.
5. Press F3 when returned to the menu to exit that selection menu, then follow the instructions on the screen.
6. Remove the diskette from the drive, then shut down OS/2.
7. Restart OS/2
8. Open the Selective Install Icon from the System Setup folder. a) Select "OS/2 System"
b) Select "System Setup"
c) Select "Selective Install"
d) Select (check the box) "Primary Display SVGA"
e) Go to the next step.
9. When prompted to select a monitor type, select the default monitor.
10. Follow the instructions on the screen, feeding disks as prompted.
11. Shut down OS/2 and restart the computer.
ThinkPad 755CD,CE,CSE,CDV,CV,CX
Windows 3.1x
The following steps may NOT be exactly the same unless you are running the latest ThinkPad Utilities. UTTPG101.EXE was used for the following steps.
1. Turn the ThinkPad on and boot into Windows
2. Double click on the ThinkPad Group icon
3. Double click on the Display icon
4. Click the desired Display Device (choosing CRT only will allow higher than 640X480 resolutions)
5. Restart the ThinkPad
6. Click on the Advanced Button
7. Choose your Resolution
8. Under the SVGA monitor box choose your Resolution and Refresh rate
Note: You need to know what Refresh rate and Resolution you want to display.
Refer to the documentation that came with your CRT for Refresh rates and Resolutions that your CRT will accept.
9. Click on OK (the screen will flash and come back on)
10. Click on Restart Windows
Windows 95
1. Turn on the ThinkPad and start Windows 95
2. Click on Start + Settings + Control Panel
3. Double click on the Display icon
4. Click on the Settings Tab
5. Click on Change Display Type
6. Under the "Adapter Type" you want to have "Western Digital"
a) To change it click Change
b) Click on Show all devices
c) Click on Western Digital under Manufacturers:
d) Click on Western Digital under Models:
e) Click on OK
7. Pick your specific Monitor under Monitor Type.
Note: If your monitor is not listed try (Standard monitor types) under Manufacturers: and Laptop Display Panel (1024X768) under Models:
8. Click on Close from the Change Display Type box
9. Select your desired number of colors from the Color Palette and the desired Resolution from the Desktop area
10. Click on Apply NOTE: To change the Refresh rate use the steps outlined in the above section "For Windows 3.1x"
OS/2 Warp
1. Turn on the ThinkPad and go into OS/2 Warp
2. Double click on the ThinkPad Features Group icon
3. Double click on the Display icon
4. Click the desired Display Device (choosing CRT only will allow higher than 640X480 resolutions)
5. Click on the Advanced Button
6. Under the SVGA monitor box choose your Resolution and Refresh rate
Note: You need to know what Refresh rate and Resolution you want to display.
Refer to the documentation that came with your CRT for Refresh rates and Resolutions that your CRT will accept.
7. Click on OK (the screen will flash and come back on)
8. Close all open applications and shutdown the ThinkPad
9. Turn on the ThinkPad
Note: To change the Resolution in OS/2 do the following:
Double click on the OS/2 System icon
Double click on the System Setup icon
Double click on the System icon
Change the resolution from the first Tab
ThinkPad 365X/XD,380,385,560,760,765
Windows 3.1x
1. Turn the ThinkPad on and start Windows 3.1x
2. Double click on the ThinkPad Group icon
3. Double click on the ThinkPad Features icon
4. Choose the desired Display Device
This can be done several ways. One is to use Fn+F7. It will toggle in 3 separate settings. LCD, CRT, BOTH ( choosing CRT only will allow higher than 800X600 resolutions)
5. Click on the Display button (it looks like a monitor)
6. Click on the Advanced button
7. Select your Resolution, Number of Colors and Refresh Rate desired
Note: You need to know what Refresh rate and Resolution you want to display.
Refer to the documentation that came with your CRT for Refresh rates and Resolutions that your CRT will accept
8. Click on OK to Save the changes
9. Restart the ThinkPad (Click File+Exit+Yes. At DOS prompt turn off the ThinkPad with power switch)
10. Turn the ThinkPad back on
Windows 95
1. Turn on the ThinkPad and start Windows 95
2. Click on Start + Settings + Control Panel
3. Double click on the Display icon
4. Click on the Settings Tab
5. Click on Change Display Type
For 760L/LD/C/CD you want to have IBM ThinkPad Cyber 9320 VL
For 365X/XD,760E/EL(except U4G,U4T,U4K,U9B) you want to have IBM ThinkPad Cyber 9320 PCI
For 560,760ED/XL/XD,760E/EL(U4G,U4T,U4K,U9B) you want to have IBM ThinkPad Cyber 9385/82 PCI
For the 380/385 you want to have NeoMagic MagicGraph 128ZV
a) To change it click Change
b) Click on Show all devices
c) Click on the appropriate Manufacturers (shown in #4 above)
d) Click on the appropriate Model (shown on #4 above)
e) If the particular driver is not listed use the Have Disk option and insert the Video Features Diskette for Windows 95
f) Click on OK
6. Pick your specific Monitor under Monitor Type.
Note: If your monitor is not listed try (Standard monitor types) under Manufacturers: and Laptop Display Panel (1024X768) under Models:
7. Click on Close from the Change Display Type box
8. Select your desired number of colors from the Color Palette and the desired Resolution from the Desktop area
9. Click on Apply
10. Restart the Computer (Start+Shutdown+Restart the Computer+Yes)
11. Choose the desired Display Device
This can be done several ways. One is to use Fn+F7. It will toggle in 3 separate settings. LCD, CRT, BOTH (choosing CRT only will allow higher than 800X600 resolutions)
12. Restart the ThinkPad (Start+Shutdown+Restart the Computer+Yes)
13. Now you can change to the desired Refresh rate a) To change this you will use ThinkPad Features
b) Click Start+Programs+ThinkPad+Thinkpad Features
c) Click on the Display button (it looks like a monitor)
d) Click on the Advanced button
e) Select your desired Refresh Rate
NOTE: You need to know what Refresh rate you want to display.
Refer to the documentation that came with your CRT for Refresh rates and Resolutions that your CRT will accept.
14. Close all applications and restart the ThinkPad (Start+Shutdown+Restart the Computer+Yes)
OS/2 Warp
1. Turn the ThinkPad on and start OS/2 Warp
2. Double click on the ThinkPad Group icon
3. Double click on the ThinkPad Features icon
4. Choose the desired Display Device
This can be done several ways. One is to use Fn+F7. It will toggle in 3 separate settings. LCD, CRT, BOTH (choosing CRT only will allow higher than 800X600 resolutions)
5. Click on the Display button (it looks like a monitor)
6. Click on the Advanced button
7. Choose the Refresh Rate desired
Note: You need to know what Refresh rate and Resolution you want to display.
Refer to the documentation that came with your CRT for Refresh rates and Resolutions that your CRT will accept
8. Close all open applications and shutdown the ThinkPad
9. Turn on the ThinkPad NOTE: To change the Resolution in OS/2 do the following:
Double click on the OS/2 System icon
Double click on the System Setup icon
Double click on the System icon
Change the resolution from the first Tab
10. Close all open applications and shut off the ThinkPad
11. Turn on the ThinkPad
ThinkPad 365C/CS/CSD/CD,365E/ED
Windows 3.1x
1. Turn on the ThinkPad and start Windows 3.1X
2. Click on File and Exit
3. Click Yes to Exit Windows
4. Type CD\WINDOWS and press Enter
5. Type Setup and press Enter
6. Highlight the Display setting. You should have: * Chips 655DGX-VL/ISA 640x480x256
7. To change it (if needed) press Enter
a) Arrow up/down to the desired driver and press Enter
b) Press Enter to "Accept the configuration shown above"
c) When prompted that the driver already exists press Enter to Keep driver. The install will complete and exit to DOS
8. Shut off the ThinkPad
9. Restart the ThinkPad
10. Choose the desired Display Device
Use Fn+F7. It will toggle in 3 separate settings. LCD, CRT, BOTH (choosing CRT only will allow higher than 800X600 resolutions)
11. Restart the ThinkPad (Click File+Exit+Yes. At DOS prompt turn off the ThinkPad with power switch)
12. Turn the ThinkPad back on
13. To change the refresh rate you must do several things:
a) Get the latest video driver and install it. (Currently VF36BW31.EXE)
To install it you:
1. Turn the ThinkPad on and start Windows 3.1x
2. Insert the Video Features for Windows 3.1 diskette
3. Click on File+Run+A:\winsetup and follow the on-screen instructions
4. Restart Windows (Click on File+Exit+Yes) At the C:\ prompt type WIN and press Enter
b) Double click on the Main Group icon
c) Double click on the Control Panel icon
d) Double click on the ChipsCPL icon
e) Change to the desired Refresh rate (You must reboot for changes to take effect)
Note: You must have a CRT attached and be in CRT or Both mode to change the Refresh rate.
Another thing to keep in mind is the color palette you are using.
Refresh Rate Chart
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Color Palette |
Refresh Rate (Hz) |
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16 |
Interlaced 60,72,75 |
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256 |
Interlaced 60,72,75 |
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32K |
60 Only |
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64K |
60 Only |
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16M |
60 Only |
Windows 95
1. Turn on the ThinkPad and start Windows 95
2. Click on Start + Settings + Control Panel
3. Double click on the Display icon
4. Click on the Settings Tab
5. Click on Change Display Type
6. Under the "Adapter Type" you want to have "Chips and Tech Accelerator"
a) To change it click Change
b) Click on Show all devices
c) Click on Chips and Technologies under Manufacturers:
d) Click on Chips and Tech Accelerator" under Models:
e) Click on OK
7. Pick your specific Monitor under Monitor Type.
Note: If your monitor is not listed try (Standard monitor types) under Manufacturers: and Laptop Display Panel (1024X768) under Models:
8. Click on Close from the Change Display Type box
9. Select your desired number of colors from the Color Palette and the desired Resolution from the Desktop area
10. Click on Apply
11. Restart the Computer (Start+Shutdown+Restart the Computer+Yes)
12. Choose the desired Display Device
Use Fn+F7. It will toggle in 3 separate settings. LCD, CRT, BOTH (choosing CRT only will allow higher than 800X600 resolutions)
13. To change the refresh rate you must do several things:
a) Get the latest video driver and install it. (Currently VF36BW95.EXE)
To install it you:
1. Turn the ThinkPad on and start Windows 95
2. Click on Start + Settings + Control Panel
3. Double click on the Display icon
4. Click on the Settings Tab
5. Click on Change Display Type
6. Next to Adapter Type click on Change
7. Click on Have Disk
8. Put your Video Features for Windows 95 in and Click on OK
9. You should only see one choice. Click OK and Click on Close after the files have been copied.
10. Click on Close again and Click Yes to have the ThinkPad Restart.
b) Click on Start + Settings + Control Panel c) Double click on the Display icon d) You should now have a Refresh Tab. Click on it.
Note: You must have a CRT attached and be in CRT or Both mode to change the Refresh rate.
Another thing to keep in mind is the color palette you are using.
Refresh Rate Chart
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Color Palette |
Refresh Rate (Hz) |
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16 |
Interlaced 60,72,75 |
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256 |
Interlaced 60,72,75 |
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32K |
60 Only |
|
64K |
60 Only |
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16M |
60 Only |
OS/2 Warp
1. Choose the desired Display Device U se Fn+F7. It will toggle in 3 separate settings. LCD, CRT, BOTH (choosing CRT only will allow higher than 800X600 resolutions)
2. To change the resolution you must do several things:
1. Get the latest video driver and install it. (Currently VF36BOS2.EXE)
To install it you:
2. Turn the ThinkPad on and watch closely. When the small OS/2 appears in the top left press Alt+F1.
3. On the Recovery Choices screen Reset the Video to VGA ("V" or "F3")
4. Double click on OS/2 System icon
5. Double click on Command Prompts icon
6. Double click on OS/2 Window icon
7. Insert the Video Features for OS/2 diskette
8. Type Label A:\ and press Enter
9. Type CTDISP 1 and press Enter
10. Type A:\INSTALL A: C: and press Enter
11. After the install shutdown and reboot the ThinkPad
12. Double click on OS/2 System icon
13. Double click on System Setup icon
14. Double click on Selective Install icon
15. Click on the Primary Display icon
16. Chips and Technologies 65545 should be highlighted. Click OK.
17. Click OK. Click Install. Change Source drive to A:\ and click Install
18. Click on Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type and click OK.
19. The installation will now copy files to your hard drive
20. Restart OS/2
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Display/Monitor | |
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Date Created |
27-03-98 | |
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Last Updated |
29-04-99 | |
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Revision Date |
06-05-2000 | |
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IBM ThinkPad | |
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Product Family |
ThinkPad 355, ThinkPad 360, ThinkPad 365X/XD, ThinkPad 365C/CS, ThinkPad 365CD/CSD, ThinkPad 365E/ED, ThinkPad 380, ThinkPad 380D, ThinkPad 380E, ThinkPad 380ED, ThinkPad 380XD, ThinkPad 385D, ThinkPad 385ED, ThinkPad 385XD, ThinkPad 560, ThinkPad 560E, ThinkPad 560X, ThinkPad 750, ThinkPad 755C/CS, ThinkPad 755CE/CSE, ThinkPad 755CX, ThinkPad 755CV, ThinkPad 755CD, ThinkPad 755CDV, ThinkPad 760C, ThinkPad 760E, ThinkPad 760CD, ThinkPad 760L/LD, ThinkPad 760ED, ThinkPad 760XD, ThinkPad 760EL/ELD, ThinkPad 760XL, ThinkPad 765L, ThinkPad 765D | |
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2619, 2620, 2625, 2635, 2640, 9545, 9546, 9547 | |
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