User Manual

34 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 (for models without
height adjustment stand) on page 17 or Assembling your monitor with a height adjustment
stand on page 26.
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
GW2280 GW2280 / GW2280E
GW2283 GW2283 / GW2283E
GW2381 GW2381 / GW2381E
GW2480 GW2480 / GW2480E / GW2480T
GL2480 GL2480 / GL2480E
GL2580 GL2580H / GL2580HE / GL2580HM / GL2580ME
GW2780 GW2780 / GW2780E
GL2780 GL2780 / GL2780E