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‎11-07-2020 10:57 AM - edited ‎11-07-2020 11:07 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion dv6z-7000 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC
Operating System: Other

Sometime ago, I upgraded my HP Pavilion dv6z-7000 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC (64-bit) from Windows 7 Home Edition to Windows 8 Pro and now would like to upgrade it to Windows 8.1.

 

My hardware includes:

 

  • AMD A6-4400M APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) @ 2.70 GHz
  • AMD Radeon HD 7520G - Adatper Ram (VRAM): 512MB
  • 6.00 GB of RAM

I did run the Windows 8.1 Upgrade Assistant & says that 7 of my devices ARE compatible, well as looking up various resources that confirm most machines with Windows 7, pre-installed, should be able to run the OS with no issues.

 

However, the only drivers I see listed, for my specific model, are Windows 7 & Windows 8 ONLY!

 

So would my PC NOT be compatible with Windows 8.1?


Many thanks in advance for an explanation.

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‎11-07-2020 11:55 AM

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Hi:

 

Your PC should be able to run W8.1 just fine.

 

You should be able to use the W8.1 drivers and software from the newer dv6z-7200 notebook.

 

It should have the same hardware as your model.

 

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-ENVY-dv6-Notebook-PC-series/5296055/model/532791...

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