Registering Your Computer; Creating An Emergency Diskette; Using Video Features; Video Device Drivers - IBM IntelliStation E Pro Type 6216 User Manual

Registering your computer

Registering your computer helps IBM provide better service to you. When IBM
receives your registration information, it is placed into a central technical support
database. If you need technical assistance, the technical support representative will
have information about your computer. In addition, comments about your computer
are reviewed by a team dedicated to customer satisfaction and are taken into
consideration in making improvements to IBM computers. To register your computer,
use one of the following methods:
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Creating an emergency diskette

At your earliest opportunity, create a recovery-repair diskette and an IBM Enhanced
Diagnostics diskette, and store them in a safe place. Use the following instructions to
create a recovery-repair diskette. See "Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
diskette" on page 90 for information about how to create an IBM Enhanced
Diagnostics diskette.
Complete the following steps to create the recovery-repair diskette:
1. In Access IBM, click How do I...; then, click Protect data.
2. Click Creating emergency diskettes.
3. Click Recovery Repair diskette.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
In the unlikely event that your desktop becomes unusable, the recovery-repair diskette
will enable you to access the Product Recovery program. Additional information about
the diskette is in Access IBM. For more information about using this diskette, see
"Using the recovery-repair diskette" on page 91.

Using video features

Your computer has an accelerated graphics port (AGP) graphics adapter that renders
2D or 3D image quality and that uses a standard video protocol for displaying text and
graphic images on a monitor screen. The adapter supports a variety of video modes.
Video modes are different combinations of resolution, refresh rate, and color defined
by a video standard for displaying text or graphics.

Video device drivers

To take full advantage of the graphics adapter in your computer, some operating
systems and application programs require custom software, called video device
drivers. These device drivers provide greater speed, higher resolution, more available
colors, and flicker-free images.
Device drivers for the graphics adapter and a README file with instructions for
installing the device drivers are provided on the Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced
Diagnostics CD that comes with your computer and in the ibmtools\drivers directory
on the hard disk drive.
You can use the device-driver installation instructions if you need to reinstall the
device drivers or if you need information on obtaining and installing updated device
Click IBM PC Registration on the desktop, and then follow the instructions in the
window. You can print the registration information and provide a mailing address if
you have no Internet access.
Register your computer at http://www.ibm.com/pc/register/ on the World Wide
Web.
Chapter 2. Operating your computer
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