HP 744 - Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type; The Monitor Command

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The Boot Console Interface
Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type
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 the Configuration Menu of the boot
console interface.
To display the current graphics and console information, enter the following
command:
Configuration Menu: Enter command > monitor
The correct usage for setting the graphics configuration is:
Configuration Menu: Enter command > monitor graphics_path type
where valid graphics_path parameters are:
graphics(0) - The on-board 8-plane graphics adapter.
graphics(1) - Graphics adapter installed in option slot 1.
graphics(2) - Graphics adapter installed in option slot 2.
and type is the numerical monitor type as shown with the monitor list com-
mand.
NOTE: Standalone boards are shipped from the factory configured to monitor type 0
to force a monitor type polling loop on initial boot.