HP Pavilion 17-g115nd

[Mark_T1]

Hi,

I am trying to install either wireless or ethernet drivers on this laptop but on a partition which has windows 7 pro x64 installed. The laptop comes with windows 10 so on the support page it only offers drivers for windows 10 which I all tried and none of them worked. I have installed hwinfo, which tells me the laptop has a Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n Wireless network adapter and the motherboard is a Hewlett-Packard 80B3. I've already installed the latest BIOS from 09/19/2016 F.41 and i've tried to install a couple of drivers by googling for the wireless card model and windows 7 but haven't been able to get it to work yet. All I need is to get either that or the ethernet working so I can install a driver install program and automatically get all other drivers. I hope someone can lead me in the right direction.

I've already tried installing the driver on this page: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=ob_133353_1 but I get an error while running the setup and then it fails to install.

Maybe I have to install some other drivers first before this can work, but I can't find them for this specific laptop and windows 7.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

If your notebook has the Broadcom wlan card, you need this driver.

Unfortunately, since you already tried the wrong version, the Windows registry has been corrupted, and the only way the wireless driver I posted will work is if you reinstall W7.

Of course you can try installing the driver now, but I am almost 100% sure it won't work.

The package contains the Broadcom wireless LAN drivers and utility that are required to enable the integrated Broadcom Wireless LAN Adapter in supported notebooks that are running a supported operating system.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp72501-73000/sp72879.exe

This package contains the Broadcom Bluetooth driver and software for supported models that are running a supported operating system. Broadcom Bluetooth 4.0 Driver is required to enable Broadcom Bluetooth 4.0 devices and is compatible with Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 and earlier versions.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp72501-73000/sp72617.exe

 Ethernet:

This package provides the Realtek Local Area Network (LAN) Driver that enables the Realtek Network Interface Card (NIC) Chip in supported notebook models that are running a supported operating system.

http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71001-71500/sp71191.exe

You should be able to get the other W7 drivers you need from the 17-g000 model except the BIOS and firmware files.

http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-Pavilion-17-g000-Notebook-PC-series/7771368

[mdklassen]

According to: http://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c04951413

your computer was shipped with Windows 10 preinstalled.

Note that Microsoft will stop issuing security-fixes for Windows 7 in January 2020 -- less than 3 years from today.

At that time, you will need to re-install Windows 10, to continue to be "safe" on the Internet.

So, please tell us why you are trying to "downgrade" to Windows 7.

If your USB ports are working, purchase: http://ca.dlink.com/products/connect/wireless-n300-usb-adapter/

Then, see: http://ca.dlink.com/products/connect/wireless-n300-usb-adapter/

DWA-130

- Rev E- Plug and Play- Click for instructions

- Rev F- Install D-Link Driver- Click for instructions

- Click to download the latest driver- DWA-130_REVF_DRIVER_6.01_WIN.ZIP

Now, you have a working "wireless" connection, and can access the Internet, and Windows Update.

[Mark_T1]

Thanks for your quick reply. I'm currently reinstalling windows 7 and when that's done, the first thing after I boot into windows 7 is run the .exe you linked to for the networking drivers.

[Mark_T1]

I didn't remove the windows 10 partition, just shrunk it so I can use both. I need windows 7 for legacy software for my work.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

If you need any help finding additional drivers, just let me know.

[Mark_T1]

And it's working! thanks Paul.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.

[mdklassen]

>  I need windows 7 for legacy software for my work.

See:   https://www.google.ca/q=legacy+applications+in+windows+10

for articles like:

* Is Windows 10 Backwards Compatible With Your Existing Software?

* How to Make Old Programs Work on Windows 10

* How to make older desktop apps run again on Windows 10

* How to run old programs on Windows 10

* The trick to running legacy web apps on Windows 10

* How to Enable 16-bit Application Support in Windows 10

You should be able to run your "legacy" software under Windows 10 Pro.

[Mark_T1]

I have the wifi controller working so now I am going to install other drivers over wifi. However, the ethernet driver gives this error duing installation: 'The Realtek Network Controller was not found. If Deep Sleep Mode is enabled Please Plug the Cable.' I've tried running the setup a couple of times with the networking cable attached and not attached and also plugging it in after this message pops up but nothing changed.  I'll be installing other drivers first. if you have an idea about how to fix this i'd like to hear them.