BenQ GL2055A GL Series User Manual - Page 16

How to install the monitor on a new computer, Found New, Hardware Wizard, Install Hardware Device - gl2055 driver

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How to install the monitor on a new computer This instruction details the procedure for selecting and installing the BenQ LCD Monitor driver software on a new computer which has never had a monitor driver installed before. This instruction is only suitable for a computer which has never been used before, and for which the BenQ LCD Monitor is the first ever monitor to be connected to it. If you are adding the BenQ LCD Monitor to an existing computer that has already had another monitor connected to it (and has monitor driver software installed), you should not be following these instructions. You should instead be following the instructions for How to upgrade the monitor on an existing computer. 1. Follow the instructions in How to assemble your monitor hardware on page 9. When Windows starts, it will automatically detect the new monitor and launch the Found New Hardware Wizard. Follow the prompts until it displays the option to Install Hardware Device Drivers. 2. Insert the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM into a CD drive on the computer. 3. Check Search for a suitable driver for my device option, and click Next. 4. Check the option for CD-ROM drives (uncheck all others) and click Next. 5. Look to confirm that the wizard has selected the correct name of your monitor and click Next. 6. Click Finish. 7. Restart the computer. To find the suitable driver files for the purchased model, refer to the following table. Driver files GL950A G950A GL951A G951A G955A GL2055 GL2250 GL2250H G2250 G2250H G2251 G2255A G2255 GL2450 GL2450H G2450 Suitable models GL950A / GL950AM G950A / G950AM GL951A / GL951AM G951A G955A GL2055 / GL2055M / GL2055A GL2250 / GL2250M / GL2250TM GL2250HM G2250 G2250HM G2251M / G2251TM G2255A G2255 GL2450 / GL2450M GL2450HM G2450 16 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor

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Getting the most from your BenQ monitor
How to install the monitor on a new computer
This instruction details the procedure for selecting and installing the BenQ LCD Monitor driver
software on a new computer which has never had a monitor driver installed before. This
instruction is only suitable for a computer which has never been used before, and for which the
BenQ LCD Monitor is the first ever monitor to be connected to it.
1.
Follow the instructions in
How to assemble your monitor hardware on page 9
.
When Windows starts, it will automatically detect the new monitor and launch the
Found New
Hardware Wizard
. Follow the prompts until it displays the option to
Install Hardware Device
Drivers
.
2.
Insert the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM into a CD drive on the computer.
3.
Check
Search for a suitable driver for my device
option, and click
Next
.
4.
Check the option for CD-ROM drives (uncheck all others) and click
Next
.
5.
Look to confirm that the wizard has selected the correct name of your monitor and click
Next
.
6.
Click
Finish
.
7.
Restart the computer.
If you are adding the BenQ LCD Monitor to an existing computer that has already had another monitor
connected to it (and has monitor driver software installed), you should not be following these instructions. You
should instead be following the instructions for How to upgrade the monitor on an existing computer.
To find the suitable driver files for the purchased model, refer to the following table.
Driver files
Suitable models
GL950A
GL950A / GL950AM
G950A
G950A / G950AM
GL951A
GL951A / GL951AM
G951A
G951A
G955A
G955A
GL2055
GL2055 / GL2055M / GL2055A
GL2250
GL2250 / GL2250M / GL2250TM
GL2250H
GL2250HM
G2250
G2250
G2250H
G2250HM
G2251
G2251M / G2251TM
G2255A
G2255A
G2255
G2255
GL2450
GL2450 / GL2450M
GL2450H
GL2450HM
G2450
G2450