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    IBM 9503 - T221 LCD monitor Updating the EDID settings for your monitor (R1.3) Page 1 of 4 Introduction Modern monitors internally store data on their performance characteristics and capabilities in an abbreviated format. The information is called the monitor Extended Display Identification Data or EDID and is read by operating systems and video gr[...]

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    IBM 9503 - T221 LCD monitor Updating the EDID settings for your monitor (R1.3) Page 2 of 4 2 . Enabling the special OS D (on - screen display) menu a. Press the leftmost OSD button (select/enter) and navigate to the (i) (information) icon by using the ‘< - ‘ (navigate left) or ‘ - >’ (navigate right) buttons. Press the ‘select/enter[...]

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    IBM 9503 - T221 LCD monitor Updating the EDID settings for your monitor (R1.3) Page 3 of 4 4. Changing the EDID setting a. From the table in the ‘Valid settings’ section, choose the number of the EDID setting you want to use. b. Set the brightness level to the number for the EDIDsetting you have chosen (see user’ s guide) , you can choose val[...]

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    IBM 9503 - T221 LCD monitor Updating the EDID settings for your monitor (R1.3) Page 4 of 4 Valid settings The DDC - CPU firmware that performs the EDID setting process within the monitor can only detect and update certain types of EDID setting. If it encounters a sett ing it does not recognize, it reads it as 000 (unknown). From the following table[...]