Personal Computer User Manual

2.Adjusttheplacementofthemonitorandotherdevicessothattheyareatleast305mm(12inches)
apart.
3.Turnonthemonitor.
•YoucanresettherefreshratethroughyouroperatingsystemControlPanel.
OntheWindows7operatingsystem,clickStart➙ControlPanel➙HardwareandSound➙Adjust
screenresolution➙AdvancedSettings.ThenclicktheMonitortabandselectanewrefreshrate.
•Seeyouroperatingsystemdocumentationorhelpforfurtherinformationonmonitorsettings.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,yourmonitormightneedservice.SeeChapter12“Getting
information,help,andservice”onpage113fordetails.
Theimageisdiscolored
Symptom:Theimageisdiscolored.
Action:Themonitormightbeaffectedbyinterferencefromnearbyequipment.Magneticeldsaroundother
devices,suchastransformers,appliances,uorescentlights,andothermonitorsmightbecausingthe
problem.Moveuorescentdesklightingoranyequipmentthatproducesmagneticeldsfurtherawayfrom
themonitor.Ifthisdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthemonitor.(Movingacolormonitorwhileitisturnedonmightcausescreendiscoloration.)
2.Adjusttheplacementofthemonitorandotherdevicessothattheyareatleast305mm(12inches)apart.
3.Turnonthemonitor.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,yourmonitormightneedservice.SeeChapter12“Getting
information,help,andservice”onpage113fordetails.
Networkingproblems
Thefollowingarethemostcommonnetworkingproblems.Selectyournetworkingproblemfromthe
followinglist:
•“Ethernetproblems”onpage104
•“AwirelessLANproblem”onpage106
•“AwirelessWANproblem”onpage106
•“Bluetoothproblems”onpage106
Formoreinformation,see“HelpandSupport”onpage113.
Ethernetproblems
ForEthernetproblems,selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“Yourcomputercannotconnecttothenetwork”onpage104
•“Theadapterstopsworkingfornoapparentreason”onpage105
•“IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodelandyouuseaspeedof1000Mbps,theconnectionfails
orerrorsoccur”onpage105
•“IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodel,itcannotconnecttothenetworkat1000Mbps.Instead,it
connectsat100Mbps”onpage105
Yourcomputercannotconnecttothenetwork
Symptom:Yourcomputercannotconnecttothenetwork.
Actions:Makesurethat:
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