Drivers missing

[ottobrumm]

I recently installed a fresh version of Windows 7 Pro on this laptop that came with windows 10. But when I check my device mananger, the network work controller driver and many others were not installed and had a caution icons next to them. If someone could possibly point me in the right direction.

I know Widows 7 is dying but need to run it for a while before upgrading again to Windows 10.

if I could possibly just get the network or wifi driver

Many thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Below is the link to the W7 wifi driver you need...

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp87501-88000/sp87628.exe

Then install the Intel chipset driver and restart the PC.

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/20775/Intel-Chipset-Device-Software-INF-Update-Utility-?pr...

See if these graphics drivers work for you...Bruce BTS's post for the Intel one. Install first and restart the PC. This is a modded W10 driver as Intel only developed W10 graphics drivers for PC's with the Kaby Lake chipsets.

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Video-Display-and-Touch/Windows-7-VGA-drivers-Probook-450-G4/...

Then install the nVidia graphics driver and restart the PC.

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/144364/en-us

USB3:  Download, unzip and run the setup application...

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22824/Intel-USB-3-0-eXtensible-Host-Controller-Driver-for-...

Ethernet:  Download, unzip and run the setup application from the W7 driver at the link below...

https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/network-interface-controllers-10-100-1000m-gigabit...

SD card reader:  Download, unzip and run the setup application from the 1st file listed at the link below...

https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/card-reader-solutions-card-reader-controllers-soft...

[ottobrumm]

awesome thank you very much

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.