BenQ GW2255 GW50 Series User Manual - Page 16

How to install the monitor on a new computer, Found New, Hardware Wizard, Install Hardware Device - 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 GW2250 GW2250H GW2255 GW2450 GW2450H GW2750 GW2750H Suitable models GW2250 / GW2250E /GW2250M GW2250HM GW2255 / GW2255E / GW2255M / GW2255HM GW2450 / GW2450M GW2450HM GW2750 GW2750HM 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
GW2250
GW2250 / GW2250E /GW2250M
GW2250H
GW2250HM
GW2255
GW2255 / GW2255E / GW2255M / GW2255HM
GW2450
GW2450 / GW2450M
GW2450H
GW2450HM
GW2750
GW2750
GW2750H
GW2750HM