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Alienware AW2518H Troubleshooting Manual

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Alienware AW2518H Liquid Crystal Display
(LCD) Monitor Troubleshooting Guide

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Setting up the Game Enhance Mode
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Setting up the Game Enhance Mode
AW2518H supports "Game Enhance Mode" which offers three available functions to enhance
your game play experience.
1. Timer:
Allows you to disable or enable the timer at the upper left corner of the display. The timer
shows the time elapsed since the game starts. Select an option from the time-interval list
to measure your target game rate. (Figure 1.)
Figure 1. - Timer enabled
2. Frame Rate:
Selecting On allows you to display the current frames per second when playing games.
The higher the rate, the smoother the motion appears. (Figure 2.)
Figure 2. - Frame Rate enabled.
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    (New article content 12 Sept 2017) Setting up the Game Enhance Mode AW2518H supports "Game Enhance Mode" which offers three available functions to enhance your game play experience. 1. Timer: Allows you to disable or enable the timer at the upper left corner of the display. The timer shows the time elapsed since the game starts.

  • Page 2: Alienfx Lighting Configuration (Auto & Manual)

    Figure 4. Selecting the option in the On-Screen Display (OSD) menu. AlienFX Lighting Configuration (Auto & Manual) AW2518HB provides "AlienFX Lighting" function for user to adjust the Alienware logo lighting and Triad lights on the back of the monitor. AlienFX Lighting offers following two different adjusting mode: 1.
  • Page 3 Figure 5. - Manual configuration of AlienFX Lighting To automatically set up AlienFX Lighting:  Go to the OSD menu ->AlienFX Lighting ->Spectrum ->Select "On". (Figure 6.) Figure 6. - Automatic configuration of AlienFX Lighting The location of Alienware logo lighting and Triad lights. (Figure 7.)

  • Page 4: Display Built-In Diagnostics (Bid) Self Test

    Figure 7. - Location of Alienware logo lighting and Triad lights Display Built-in Diagnostics (BID) Self Test AW2518HB has a built-in diagnostic tool that helps you determine if the screen abnormality you are experiencing is an inherent problem with your monitor, or with your computer and video card.

  • Page 5: Assembling The Cable Cover

    Check the video card and computer. Assembling the Cable Cover AW2518H has a cable cover to assemble with the back cover of monitor. If you want to assemble cable cover, please slide the cable cover till it snaps into place.

  • Page 6: Disassembling The Cable Cover (New Article Content 21 Aug 2017)

    Figure 10. - Cover installation NOTE: If any snap is not into place, it is difficult to put the cable cover well (the cable cover is slant) or damage the snaps of cable cover (Figure 11.) Figure 11. - Cover installation errors. Disassembling the Cable Cover...

  • Page 7: Nvidia G-Sync Setup Requirements

    AW2518HB has a cable cover to assemble with the back cover of monitor. If you want to disassemble cable cover, please gently slide off the cable cover from the back cover of monitor to prevent from breaking the snap of cable cover. To disassemble cable cover from the back cover of monitor: Using your thumbs, apply gentle pressure on the cable cover to horizontally slide it off from the monitor.

  • Page 8: Monitor Will Not Wake When The Monitor Is Set To Sleep Mode

    In order to meet the sleep mode power consumption of 0.5W, the NVidia G-sync module within the AW2518H display will be turned off after the monitor enters sleep mode. This state will ignore mouse movement.
  • Page 9 There is no issue when the PC is set for sleep mode. Both PC and monitor will wake from sleep with Mouse movement. Recommended Solution: Press any of the monitor front panel buttons once and the monitor will recover from sleep. Power cycling the monitor will also allow the monitor to wake from sleep.

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