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PX Windows 8 Installation

Installation Steps

  1. Insert the PX CD into your laptop.

  2. Insert the PX card into an available ExpressCard slot on your laptop.

  3. You will now see the below window appear. Click on it and a menu will appear.

    Windows 8 desktop with toast notification for Brainboxes Boost.PCIe CD prompting Tap to choose what happens with this disc

  4. Now select the "Open folder to view files" option from the below window:

    Windows 8 autoplay menu for Boost.PCIe CD with Open folder to view files option

  5. Go to the bottom of the list of files and select the setup.exe file. This file will install the PX drivers.

    File Explorer showing Boost.PCIe 4.0 CD contents with Setup.exe application file at the bottom of the file list

  6. Now that you have selected the setup.exe file, you will now see a window as shown below, click Next.

    Brainboxes Boost.PCIe Installation wizard welcome screen with Next button to begin PX driver installation

  7. When the drivers are installing, the window will look like the one below.

    Brainboxes Boost.PCIe Installation wizard showing Installing Boost.PCIe Driver Package progress with file copy animation

  8. When the drivers have been installed, you will then see a similar window as shown.

    Brainboxes Boost.PCIe Installation wizard showing Installation process completed with Finish button

  9. When the drivers have installed, Device Manager will now look like the below image. If there are any yellow exclamation marks over the Brainboxes products, please right click the device and then update the driver pointing to the files on the CD-ROM.

    Windows 8 Device Manager showing Brainboxes PCIe RS232 Serial Port PX-235/246 on COM3 under Ports