Manually installing the monitor driver, Installing the monitor driver in windows 7 – Lenovo Q27q-20 27" 1440p HDR Monitor User Manual

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Chapter 3. 

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Manually installing the monitor driver

Below are steps for manually installing the monitor driver in Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft

Windows 10�

Installing the monitor driver in Windows 7

To use the Plug and Play feature in Microsoft Windows 7, do the following:
1� Turn off the computer, all attached devices�
2� Ensure that the monitor is connected correctly�
3� Turn on the monitor and then the system unit� Allow your computer to start the Windows 7

operating system�

4�

From the Lenovo website https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/solutions/q27q_20, find the

corresponding monitor driver and download it to a PC to which this monitor is connected (such

as a desktop)�

5� Open the

Display Properties

window by clicking

Start, Control Panel

and

Hardware

and

Sound

icon� and then clicking the

Display

icon�

6� Click the

Change the display settings

tab�

7� Click the

Advanced Settings

icon�

8� Click the

Monitor

tab�

9� Click the

Properties

button�

10� Click the

Driver

tab�

11� Click

Update Driver

, then click

Browse the computer to find the driver program.

12� Select

Pick from the list of device driver program on the computer�

13� Click the

Hard Disk

button� By clicking the

Browse

button, browse and point to the following

path:

X:\Monitor Drivers\Windows 7

(where

X

indicates "the folder in which the downloaded driver is located" (such as a desktop))�

14� Select the "

Q27q-20�inf

" file and click the

Open

button� Click the

OK

button�

15� In the new window, select

Q27q-20

and click

Next

16�

After the installation is complete, delete all downloaded files and close all windows.

17� Restart the system� The system will automatically select the maximum refresh rate and

corresponding Color Matching Profiles.

Note:

On LCD monitors, unlike CRTs, a faster refresh rate does not improve display quality�

Lenovo recommends using either 2560 x 1440 at a refresh rate of 75 Hz, or 1920 x 1080 at a

refresh rate of 60 Hz�

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