Confused with WiFi/BT/IntelPROSet Drivers for the Pavilion dv7-6c00TX, Need Guidance Pls.

[dv7-6c00TX]

Hi my pavilion is model dv7-6c00TX, i think circa 2011.
the processor is i7-2760QM and the chipset is hm65.

I have physically opened the back and i can visually see my WLAN adapter is intel centrino wireless n-1030.

At the Drivers Page, under 'Networking', there are 3 applicable drives for me, concerning wifi/bt :-

1. sp54841 (Intel Brand WLAN).

2. sp54901 (Intel Brand BT).

3. sp57090 (Intel Brand WLAN, Intel PROSet, and My WiFi).

Can a HP Official, or anyone, tell me which of these i should install, and in what order pls? Because to me, i read their descriptions, they all seem to overlap. I'm only interested in installing the exact drivers i need. I tested by installing all three 1 & 2 & 3 once and got that error query 'did the above program install correctly?'.

Looking forward to your response.

Regards.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I wouldn't install any of those.

I would install a newer version of the driver...

15.1.1.1   Jul 16, 2012

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp57501-58000/sp57976.exe

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[dv7-6c00TX]

Hi thx that is probably the better driver.

But if i wanted to keep to the older original oem drivers for this product, which sequence should i install the three? without overlapping each other?

should i skip sp54841 (wlan only)

and install just sp54901 (bt) & sp57090 (wlan/bt/intel proset)?

thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome.

Yes, skip sp54841, as sp57090 is the newer wifi driver, and for the bluetooth, install sp54901.

Install sp57090, restart the PC, and then install sp54901.

[dv7-6c00TX]

Hi Paul, (... regarding the bluetooth)

Installing 57090, i see Control Panel>List of Installed Programs to already include :-

-IntelPROSet Bluetooth

-IntelPROSet Wireless LAN

My question now is : sp54901 concerns only BT Drivers & BSOD Fix with BT headphones. It is dated October 14th, 2011. Would i Still need to install this, because 57090 IntelPROSet drivers & software is newer somewhere April 2012.

I mean, does 'IntelPROSet Bluetooth', in additon to PROSet software, also install BT drivers, and would these drivers superceed those offered by sp54901 (i can't tell the driver version number i only see softpaq version in readme). If so, i won't even install sp54901, just 57090 PROSet pack for all WLAN/BT devices.

What do you think. 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

If sp57090 contains both the wifi and bluetooth drivers, then that is all you need to install.

I was not under the impression that sp57090 contained both.

When I use the free 7-Zip file utility, and extract the sp57090.exe file into its driver folder, I do not see any files pertaining to blueooth, nor does the file description indicate that sp57090 is going to install anything else but the wifi driver.

So all I can say is this...if the BT does not work by installing sp57090 alone, then you also need sp54901.

[dv7-6c00TX]

Paul, i think you are right. I checked again, it would appear that under Device manager BT is still using Microsoft generic adapter & enumerator. sp57090 only introduces the SOFTWARE Intel PROSet/Wireless for Bluetooth ...

Because in a previous installation after installing sp54901 i remembered seeing "Bluetooth 3.0 + High Speed ... " at Device manager's  BT Adapter & Enumerator.

So i'll go ahead and install sp54901now, but i hope it won't clash with Intel PROSet already there because optimally i should have installed the BT drivers first before the software (sp57090).

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, if you see a generic bluetooth adapter, you need to install the Intel bluetooth driver.

I have always installed the wifi driver first, then the bluetooth driver, and I have never experienced any issues by installing in that order.