Displaying And Setting The Monitor Type; The Monitor Command - HP Visualize c160 Owner's Manual

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NOTICE:

Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type

Your system ships from the factory preset to use a monitor with a specific
resolution and frequency. If you replace your workstation's monitor with a
different type of monitor, you must reconfigure your workstation to support
the new monitor.

The Monitor Command

The monitor command lets you change your workstation's graphics config-
uration. This command is available in Configuration Menu of the boot con-
sole interface.
The monitor command lets you change your workstation's graphics
configuration before you replace your monitor. For information
about changing the configuration after you replace your monitor,
refer to "Changing Your Monitor Type" in Appendix B.
To display the current graphics and console information, enter the following
command;
monitor
The correct usage for setting the graphics configuration is:
monitor graphics_path type
where valid graphics_path parameters are:
graphics(0) - The built-in 8-plane graphics adapter.
graphics(1) through graphics(4) - Graphics adapters installed in option slots
1 through 4.
and type is the numerical monitor type
The Boot Console Interface
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