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+ <a accesskey="n" href="setupBootloader.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="headerlogo"><img src="t-mageia-2011.png" alt="Company Logo"/></div><h1 id="pagetitle">Choosing your Monitor<br/> </h1></div><div id="content"><!----><div xml:lang="" class="section" title="Choosing your Monitor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="configureX_monitor"><!----></a>Choosing your Monitor</h2></div></div></div><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa1"><!----></a>DrakX has a very
+ comprehensive database of monitors and will usually correctly identify
+ yours.</p><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa1w"><!----></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Selecting a
+ monitor with different characteristics could damage your monitor or video
+ hardware. Please don't try something without knowing what you are
+ doing.</em></span> If in doubt you should consult your monitor
+ documentation</p></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx2-configureX_monitor.png" align="middle"/></div><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa2"><!----></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Custom</em></span></p><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa3"><!----></a>This option allows you to
+ set two critical parameters, the vertical refresh rate and the horizontal
+ sync rate. Vertical refresh determines how often the screen is refreshed and
+ horizontal sync is the rate at which scan lines are displayed.</p><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa4"><!----></a>It is <span class="emphasis"><em>VERY
+ IMPORTANT</em></span> that you do not specify a monitor type with a sync
+ range that is beyond the capabilities of your monitor: you may damage your
+ monitor. If in doubt, choose a conservative setting and consult your monitor
+ documentation.</p><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa5"><!----></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Plug 'n
+ Play</em></span></p><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa6"><!----></a>This is the default
+ option and tries to determine the monitor type from the monitor
+ database.</p><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa7"><!----></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Vendor</em></span></p><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa8"><!----></a>If the installer has not
+ correctly detected your monitor and you know which one you have, you can
+ select it from the tree by selecting: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>vendor</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>the monitor manufacturers name</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>the monitor description</p></li></ul></div><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa9"><!----></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Generic</em></span></p><p><a id="configureX_monitor-pa10"><!----></a>selecting this group
+ displays nearly 30 display configurations such as 1024x768 @ 60Hz and
+ includes Flat panel displays as used in laptops. This is often a good
+ monitor selection group if you need to use the Vesa card driver when your
+ video hardware cannot be determined automatically. Once again it may be wise
+ to be conservative in your selections.</p></div><script type="text/javascript" src="main.js"><!----></script><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="configureX_card_list.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="setupBootloader.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr></table></div></div><div><div id="leftnavigation"><div id="tabs"><ul><li><a href="#treeDiv"><em>Contents</em></a></li><li><a href="#searchDiv"><em>Search</em></a></li></ul><div id="treeDiv"><img src="../common/images/loading.gif" alt="loading table of contents..." id="tocLoading" style="display:block;"/><div id="ulTreeDiv" style="display:none"><ul id="tree" class="filetree"><li><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html">DrakX, the Mageia Installer</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html#installationSteps">The installation steps</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html#installationOptions">Installation options</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html#installationProblems">Installation Problems and
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