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<a accesskey="n" href="setupBootloader.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="headerlogo"><img src="mageia-2013-200p.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
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