Windows 8 drivers for HP notebooks with switchable graphics.

[adrynalyne]

Unbelievable.

HP couldn't even get the official Windows 8 drivers right for my laptop.

Brightness controls work once after install and never again after reboot.

I even tried Dynamic Mode and a clean install.

Pathetic.

[MalarKeY007]

Well, at least they leaked the drivers.

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@adrynalyne wrote:

Unbelievable.

HP couldn't even get the official Windows 8 drivers right for my laptop.

Brightness controls work once after install and never again after reboot.

I even tried Dynamic Mode and a clean install.

Pathetic.

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For me nothing yet. HP was not tested this product...

These switchable thing is the worst thing they ever imagined to make. And we don't have an option on BIOS setup to use Fixed mode...

This sucks.

[sonofabit]

None of these work with HP Envy 14 1xxx that I could see. I could only get that working with Leshcats drivers. 

[tbink]

OK... EVERYTHING WORKS on my Dv7t 6c00 ... The link I posted up above (earlier) is the right one.

I DID HAVE TO DO SOME SPECIFIC TWEAKS IN BIOS TO GET IT TO WORK RIGHT for Visual Studio10 Windows Phone development with the WP Emulator!!

First. Do NOT install the AMD Catalyst control center which allows DYNAMIC switching of the video graphics between AMD graphics and the Intel graphics.  The dynamic switching screws up Windows Phone emulator (and probably other applications as well!

(NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Catalyst 12.10)

ONLY install>

dv6-6XXX (6490M/6770M/7470M/7690M XT)
dv7-6XXX (6490M/6770M/7470M/7690M XT)
ENVY 14-2XXX (6630M)

Then you have to go to the system bios at bootup and do this

1 - disable dynamic graphics!! (NOT the default)

2 -  make sure that Virtual Technology is disabled (default)

After doing that EVERYTHING WORKS FINE!

This is the SOLUTION for the Dv7t 6c00 laptop

and BTW, the graphics performance improved from 5.3 to 6.9!!! in the Windows Experience Index.  This is the REAL Solution.  Don't squirrel around with the Catalyst control center it destabilizes the system and screws up performance.  But the drivers WORK in Win8

[HOODY]

For cryin out loud! So **bleep** you mean these "NEW" "HP" drivers still can't be trusted to "just" install!!??? You still have to "tweak" around to have a working driver?........... Man this is really nuts now........... Well I haven't had the need to use the downloaded driver Igot for "MY" 7690M XT, yet, as I still haven't got my MS email on howto pay and get the damned W8, but holy crap, if it starts out like this than there IS something wrong if HP HAD a working driver in 2011 and now can't get it right with their own hardware config.

[adrynalyne]

Not for me!

I installed the drivers clean.

Woot! I have switchable graphics.  Of course, I am getting radiation burns from the screen because its max brightness.

I reboot a couple times, no joy.  Switch to onboard and discreet, no joy.  I manually reinstall the Intel driver from HP and brightness controls work!

I reboot and once again I lose brightness controls.

I tried installing each driver manually, tried dynamic vs. fixed mode and installing.

It was totally awesome when my laptop would give a BSOD when I tried to uninstall them too.  Every.Time.

Nothing makes it work right and HP lists these for my device.  It really is ridiculous.

They have been testing these for A MONTH at least.  Nobody thought to check the brightness controls?  Seriously?

You know HP isn't going to fix these drivers.

Never again will I purchase HP.  I've turned away at least 6 sales for HP as well in the last month alone.  There is no excuse for this.

If anyone else wants to try them, feel free:

http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp58501-59000/sp58815.exe

They are garbage drivers anyway, based off of Catalyst 12.8.  Enduro fixes didn't come until 12.9, 12.10 and ultimately 12.11.

Leshcat can get it right with unofficial drivers, yet HP cannot with official.  Pretty ridiculous.

[HOODY]

Groan!! yeah I bet that's why they "leaked" the drivers on that notebook review site, cause they know they were crap and didn't want them showing up on the HP download site. As I can see when I go to the driver support page for my dv7t-6c00 I see the same old Nov 2011 driver for W7x64, and nothing under W8 for graphics drivers. dv7t-6c00 Radeon 7690M XT (sucks) Intel 3000 (sucks) HP offer me a new MB, I'll install myself!! (Gforce 650/680)

[adrynalyne]

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@HOODY wrote:
Groan!! yeah I bet that's why they "leaked" the drivers on that notebook review site, cause they know they were crap and didn't want them showing up on the HP download site. As I can see when I go to the driver support page for my dv7t-6c00 I see the same old Nov 2011 driver for W7x64, and nothing under W8 for graphics drivers. dv7t-6c00 Radeon 7690M XT (sucks) Intel 3000 (sucks) HP offer me a new MB, I'll install myself!! (Gforce 650/680)

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Don't even give them that credit.

They aren't leaked.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4132&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=5223...

Officially posted.

[HOODY]

Yeah but what GPU/APU do you have installed on your system? Under my setup there's no W8 driver at all listed.

[adrynalyne]

Intel HD 3000/ 7690m. The link I gave is specifically for my laptop model.