BenQ XL2540 User Manual - Page 28

How to install the monitor on a new computer, Found, New Hardware Wizard, Install Hardware

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How to install the monitor on a new computer This instruction details the procedure for selecting and installing the BenQ ZOWIE 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 ZOWIE LCD Monitor is the first ever monitor to be connected to it. If you are adding the BenQ ZOWIE 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 12. 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 ZOWIE 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 XL2536 XL2540 XL2546 XL2735 Suitable models XL2536 / XL2536E XL2540 / XL2540E XL2546 / XL2546E XL2735 / XL2735E 28 Getting the most from your BenQ ZOWIE monitor

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Getting the most from your BenQ ZOWIE monitor
How to install the monitor on a new computer
This instruction details the procedure for selecting and installing the BenQ ZOWIE 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 ZOWIE 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 12
.
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 ZOWIE 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 ZOWIE 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
XL2536
XL2536 / XL2536E
XL2540
XL2540 / XL2540E
XL2546
XL2546 / XL2546E
XL2735
XL2735 / XL2735E