General Windows 7 Upgrade Guide for HP Laptops

[shubhijk]

hey,

this is a very informative forum here....thaks for that.

i have a HP PAVILION TX2110us . i could not figure out which level i fit in...so which drivers i should download. i have recently upgraded to windows 7 32 bit. and my screen is stretched and i cant see anything in right proportions....i had the nvidia graphic driver before and now the standard VGa. please help.

thanks 

[CherylG]

Have you tried running Windows Update manually from Control Panel, choosing to see the Optional updates.Nvidia graphics is usually offered there.

You can try the one under Level 3 of the guide.

Nvidia Geforce go 7 and 6 series

179.48_32bit

[shubhijk]

hey,

sorry but this nividia driver didnt work. it says it is not compatible....then i tried the compatibility version with vista, sp1 and sp2...still didnt work! ;-(

shubhi

[Rakhmad]

In some models INF modified is needed, here or here

just download IND modified and paste it to installation file C:\Nvidia\...

or better try newer version

For GeForce Release 197.16, here 32bit and here 64bit

Run installer first, if it fail try 3-step process to install:

1. Download driver, double click and select extract,

2. Download modded INF and replace original INF in extracted folder,

3. Install & reboot.

[shubhijk]

hey thanks a lot!!!

this really solved the prob....the modded INF worked jus fine!!!

my screen rotation also works now...

thanks again!!!

[Rakhmad]

You are welcome

[shubhijk]

hey, the nvidia think really helped....but it resulted in my graphic card crashing!!! i spent 8000rs on it!! the engineer said the problem is with nvidia... should i try another driver with the nvidia card? is there a way to prevent this crashing of the graphic card in future.

i also was using the hibernation mode which proved fatal!

i dont want to replace the card agin after 1 year. please advise.

thanks

p.s. i am quite dissapointed with HP though for giving me a model like this. why did they even make a defective piece in the first place?

[Rakhmad]

So sorry about your notebook, Nvidia issue indeed toasted many Win7 upgraders.

This issue had been noted in our guide,

3. Notebooks with Nvidia GPU are highly recommend to check GPU temperature before doing Windows 7 upgrade since most  2 year old notebooks suffer dust that prevent proper cooling process by internal fan.

Nvidia GPUs/Chipsets are sensitive, it needs proper cooling process. HP has released BIOS update to prevent it but it wont fixed the issue if you already have it. Use your notebook always with cooling pad and NO GAMES at all.

About Nvidia driver, AFAIK, only 196.75 having problem, here

[rummytub]

Hi, I have a HP DV2 and is shipped in Vista Home Premium 32bit.

I have received the Windows 7 upgrade CD. I realized there's a recovery partition on my DV2 labelled D:\

My question is, will I be able to restore it back to Vista's image by hitting F11 on boot after I have done a clean installation into Win 7 via the upgrade CD?

Thanks!

[CherylG]

@rummytub

Burn your Vista Recovery Disk set using HP Recovery Manager_before installing W7:

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00809678