Windows 7 Upgrade Guide for dv6000/dv9000 models

[ck223]

Hey Daniel,

What Broadcom wireless adapter driver can I use for Windows 7 Pro 32 bit on a DV9000 ???  Not having much luck with all I have tried.

Thanks

CK

[CherylG]

@ck223

Try Broadcom Wireless, sp39911 or sp45524

[Dougal]

It appears it may have been a hardware issue. All of a suddent the mute and volume buttons got their glow back and started working, They have intermittantly since then stopped working, but not for some time now. I suspect (but no proof) that it may be a heat issue, if they do fail, then after a rest overnight when I reboot next day they come back. Does also seem to be something software though, as once they go off only a reboot will get them back, even if I hibernate it overnight so it is cool when I resume from hibernation it won't come back, but if I then reboot, they do. Anyway has worked fine for couple of months now.

Your guide has allowed me to keep my dv9615tx well past when I would probably have retired it if I couldn't get Windows 7 running. I have to say, the dv9 model (mine is a 9615) were/are a great machine. I have upgraded to 2 x 500GB drives and 4GB, and I would have to pay a fair bit to get a better spec machine even now nearly 4 years after I bought it! I have looked at the new Envy and dv7s, as I want USB3 onboard (currently using a USB3 express card) and more drive space, but really hard to justify the cost for the relatively small upgrade.

Cheers

[Caligirl71]

i am constantly being asked to upgrade to Window 8 and windows 9.  Is this a recomendation that i should do?

lynna

[Mani0101]

Hi Daniel

I upgraded to Win 7 Ultimate from Vista on my HP DV9500, which has nVidia 8600M graphics card.  i tried your suggestion of cleaning nVidia remnant files by Driver Cleaner, and tried your suggested drivers, and almost anything else I can lay hand on, including 267.76, 270.61, 270.51 (modded inf file from laptopvideo2go), HP's Vista driver for this card, and many others I cant even remember now.  Trouble is either immediately, or after 2-3 days, display gets stuck and can not restart.  I have to go in safe mode, remove the drivers, clean the laptop of residula files, and revert back to generic non-PNP VGA graphics driver from Miscrosoft, which is useless for many things, including inability to display on second monitor.  Many times, the blue screen refers to nvlddmkm file as a problem.  I dont care if I can not get the latest driver, is there a safe driver which will work in this situation?  Why none of these drivers not working?  I even tried to go back to Vista from my Recovery Discs, but even that does not work, since I get a message "This computer is not comatible with this recovery disc".  Could you point me to possible solutions, either in form of a safe driver, or even reverting back to original Vista? Only thing I can think of I may not have doen correctly is that I did not do clean install of Win 7.  In fact, I see two versions of Win 7 on 2 separate parititon drive.  I inactivated the boot from the second install, but I think it is still there. Could that be the problem?   I would really truly appreciate your help, it has been taking days and weeks of my time.

[suapster]

Witam,
Mam prblem z dźwiękiem w laptopie pavilion dv6116. Ten kłopot przewijał się na różnych forach jednak żadne rady u mnie nie skutkowały. Instalowałem na tym laptopie zarówno XP jaki i Viste i Win7. Obecnie jest Win7. Wsztsko niby ok. Sterowniki ze strony HP. Co prawda nie ma tam do wyboru Win7 tylko Vista i XP ale problem pojawiał się na każdym z ww. systemów. Tak więc do rzeczy. System WIn7 ze sterownikami do Visty. Wszystko niby ok ale jest jedno ale - komputer widzi tylko słuchawki (jako głośnik wewnętrzny/słuchawki) i Interfejs SPDIF. Po podpięciu słuchawek normalnie odtwarza dźwięki. Był jeszcze jeden problem mianowicie w menadżerze urządzeń był nieznany sprzęt który everest zidentyfikował jako "HP Quick Launch Buttons". Po zainstalowaniu tego pojawia się komunikat o niezgodności i czy mimo to uruchomić. Można również zaznaczyć opcję o niepowiadamianiu co też uczyniłem. Reasumując komputer w ogóle nie widzi głośników wbudowanych jednak w menadzerze urzadzen nie ma zadnych konfliktów oraz przy kazdym nwoycm uruchomieniu wyskakuje ww komunikat. W tym momencie jestem na swierzo postawionym Win7 i z zainstalowanymi sterownikami Visty do dv6116. Bardzo prosze o pomoc

[PigVomit]

For information on updating your fingerprint reader stuff (Digital Persona and AES2501A), you might want to review my post in this thread: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-systems-and/DigitalPersona-Personal-and-Internet-Exp...

[kevro2000]

What about win7 driver update for blu rays ? Mine is not light scribe.

Thanks,

Kevin

[pravinchn]

***Important:  Please reference the first post in this thread for the most up to date information.  It can be found here: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-systems-and/Windows-7-Upgrade-Guide-for-dv6000-dv900...

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@Daniel_Potyrala wrote:

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CHIPSET DRIVERS 

Solution on COPROCESSOR with yellow exclamation mark () 

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If you have Intel processor:

Intel Chipset (Install and reboot before other drivers) here (ver 9.1.1.1025 for 32/64 bit Win7)

Intel Rapid Storage Technology here (ver 9.6.0.1014 for 32/64 bit Win7)

If you have AMD processor:

For dv60xx, dv61xx, dv62xx, dv63xx, dv64xx, dv90xx, dv91xx, dv92xx, dv93xx and dv94xx models (example: dv6367am means that your model is dvx3xx, dv9421xw means that your model is dv94xx):

nVidia Chipset (Install and reboot before other drivers) here   (Vista)

For dv65xx, dv66xx, dv67xx, dv68xx, dv69xx, dv95xx, dv96xx, dv97xx, dv98xx and dv99xx models (example: dv6981tu means that your model is dv69xx, dv9721tu means that your model is dv97xx):

nVidia Chipset (Install and reboot before other drivers) here   (Vista)

Important information for users with nVidia chipset!

If you have 4GB of RAM or more then check Microsoft knowledge base article about solution on some problems which you may have here.

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GRAPHIC DRIVERS

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Intel Graphic:

    Intel 950 and Intel X3100 here (ver 15.12.75.4.1930 for Win7 32 bit) or here (ver 15.12.75.4.1930 for Win7 64 bit)

nVidia  Graphic:

  Important information!

   If you have installed any nVidia drivers for graphic card then before you will install other version you will need first to remove old drivers

    from your system. Check below guide how to do it (this is not standard uninstallation process):

   How to remove nVidia graphic drivers from Windows system.

   Drivers:

    nVidia GeForce 8400M GS and nVidia GeForce 8600M GS:

         OPTION 1

         Version 267.76 here for Windows 7 32 bit or here for Windows 7 64 bit.

         OPTION 2

         Version 197.16 here for Windows 7 32 bit or here for Windows 7 64 bit.

         Note:

         Remember to uninstall previous graphic card driver first.

    nVidia GeForce GO 6150M, 7150M, 7200M, 7400M or 7600M:

          OPTION 1

          First try to install original Vista drivers for your model.

          Resource:

          How to find all Vista audio and graphic drivers for specific model on HP sites?

           OPTION 2

           If original drivers will not work then try modded drivers ver 195.81.

        Note:

        Remember to uninstall previous graphic card driver first.

        How to install them under Windows 7?

           1. Download driver here (for Win7 32 bit) or here (for Win7 64 bit) double click and select extract,

           2. Download from this site with drivers also INF Modified and replace original INF in extracted folder,

           3. Install & reboot.

     OPTION 3

           Last thing which you may do is installing graphic driver from Windows Update.

        Note:

        Remember to uninstall previous graphic card driver first.

     1.Open Windows Update by clicking the Start button , clicking ' All Programs ', and then clicking ' Windows Update '.

     2.In the left pane, click ' Check for updates ' , and then wait while Windows looks for the latest updates for your computer.

     3.Select the ' Optional Updates ' and install from there only driver for your graphic card.

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AUDIO DRIVERS

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Conexant HD Audio

         Use original Vista drivers for your model.

         Resource:

         How to find all Vista audio and graphic drivers for specific model on HP sites?

Realtek HD Audio 

         Use original Vista drivers for your model.

         Resource:

         How to find all Vista audio and graphic drivers for specific model on HP sites?

         If Vista drivers will not work well for You then try to use official Realtek one from here (for 32/64 bit Win7). 

         When you will enter this link check there "I accept to the above." and after that click ' Next ' button.

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MODEM DRIVERS

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Conexant Modem here (ver 7.61.0.0 A)   (Vista) - If you have Conexant audio card

Motorola SM56 Modem here (ver 6.12.6.0 A)   (Vista) - If you have Realtek audio card

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HP QUICK PLAY 

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HP QuickPlay here (ver 3.7 v.6112 for 32/64 bit Win7)

Notes:

• It must be installed before HP Quick Launch Buttons.

• You've installed this software and it hangs while using?

      Uninstall your current HP QUICK PLAY version and install this which you had in Vista.

      Resource:

      Uninstalling Software in Windows 7

      Uninstall or change a program in Windows 7

      If you burned CD/DVD with C:\swsetup folder as suggested in guide then you will find it there.

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HP Quick Launch Buttons

Solution on KEYBOARD FILTER with yellow exclamation mark ()  

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HP Quick Launch Buttons here (ver 6.50.13.1 for 32/64 bit Win7)

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WIRELESS DRIVERS

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Intel Wireless here (ver 13.0.0.107 for 32/64 bit Win7)

Broadcom Wireless here (ver 5.60.48.35  for 32/64 bit Win7)

Atheros Wireless here (ver 8.0.0.316  for 32/64 bit Win7)

HP Wireless Assistant here (ver 3.50.12.1 for 32/64 bit Win7)

Bluetooth Wireless here (ver 6.2.1.500  for 32/64 bit Win7) Only for models with Bluetooth.

Note:

You do not know how to install Bluetooth driver?

Check below link:

How to install HP Bluetooth driver in Windows 7.

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ETHERNET DRIVERS

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Realtek RTL8101 Lan here  (for 32/64 bit Win7) Only for models with Intel processor.

Models with AMD processors don't need to install any extra file for ethernet., because drivers for it are in chipset package.

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CARD READER

Solution on  BASE SYSTEM DEVICE with yellow exclamation mark () 

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Ricoh 5-1 Card Reader Driver here (ver 6.10.01.03  for 32/64 bit Win7)

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TOUCHPAD DRIVER

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Synaptics TouchPad here (ver 15.0.17.4  for 32/64 bit Win7)

Notes:

• Synaptics TouchPad driver since version 15.0.9.0 enables multitouch gestures.

• By default Two - Finger Scrolling is enabled. If you want to use only one finger for scrolling then check the link below:

            How to change Two - Finger Scrolling on One - Finger Scrolling in Synaptics TouchPad software.

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ONLY IF YOUR MODEL HAS:  WEBCAM 

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Cyberlink YouCam here (ver 2.0.3115  for 32/64 bit Win7)

Note:

If you have any problem with your webcam then check below links to HP documents:

Fixing Webcam Problems in Windows

Testing a Webcam using Your Favorite Instant Messenger

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3VRX (optional software)

on-screen visuals and associated sounds that are displayed and heard when adjusting volume

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3VRX here (ver 2.5 for 32/64 bit Win7)

Note:

Here is YouTube video which shows what can be done with this software.

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ONLY IF YOUR MODEL HAS:  FINGERPRINT READER

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1. Uninstall all previous fingerprint reader drivers and software

       Check below guide how to do it (this is not standard uninstallation process😞

     How to uninstall AuthenTec fingerprint software and driver

2. You may install now correct fingeprint reader driver and software.

       There are available two applications to this device:

        - AuthenTec TrueSuite

       and

       - DigitalPersona Personal (recommended).

       Information on how to install both softwares you will find in below guides:

       AuthenTec TrueSuite, AuthenTec fingerprint and Windows 7

     DigitalPersona Personal, AuthenTec fingerprint and Windows 7

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ONLY IF YOUR MODEL HAS: DVD DRIVE WITH LIGHTSCRIBE

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How can you check is your DVD drive with Lightscribe?

On DVD panel there will be Lightscribe logo.

LightScribe Host Software here (ver 1.18.22.2   for 32/64 bit Win7)

Changes report:

Edited  16-01-2010  Updated Synaptics TouchPad driver to ver 14.0.3.1, Updated Broadcom driver to ver 5.60.18.41

Edited  18-01-2010  Updated nVidia Graphic section. Added drivers for nVidia GeForce 8400M GS and nVidia GeForce 8600M GS (ver 195.62)

Edited  19-01-2010  Updated LightScribe Host Software to ver 1.18.10.2

Edited  05-02-2010  Updated fingerprint drivers, software and added fingerprint guides.

Edited  27-02-2010  Updated LightScribe Host Software to ver 1.18.11.1

Edited  03-03-2010  Updated HP Quick Launch Buttons to ver 6.50.13.1

Edited  20-03-2010  Updated Synaptics TouchPad to ver 15.0.9.0 (this version enables multitouch gestures)

Edited  21-03-2010  Added two guides. How to remove nVidia graphic drivers from Windows system and How to install HP Bluetooth driver under Windows 7.

Edited  25-03-2010  Updated LightScribe Host Software to ver 1.18.12.1

Edited  26-03-2010  Changed Intel Matrix Storage Manager name to Intel Rapid Storage Technology, added Intel Rapid Storage Technology ver 9.6.0.1014

Edited  31-03-2010  Updated nVidia Graphic section with uninstallation guide, Updated drivers for nVidia GeForce 8400M GS and 8600M GS (ver 197.16)

Edited  10-04-2010  Updated LightScribe Host Software to ver 1.18.13.1

Edited  04-05-2010  Updated LightScribe Host Software to ver 1.18.14.1

Edited  05-05-2010  Updated Synaptics TouchPad driver to ver 15.0.13.0, Updated HP QuickPlay to ver 3.7 v.6112

Edited  21-05-2010  Updated Bradcom wireless to ver 5.60.48.35, Updated Atheros wireless to ver 8.0.0.316, Updated Synaptics touchpad to ver 15.0.13.3

Edited  24-05-2010  Updated HP Wireless Assistant to ver 3.50.11.2

Edited  24-06-2010  Updated Synaptics TouchPad to ver 15.0.17.4

Edited  30-07-2010  Updated Broadcom wireless - the same version but with some improvements, Updated HP Wireless Assistant to ver 3.50.12.1

Edited  01-04-2011  Added drivers for nVidia GeForce 8400M GS and nVidia GeForce 8600M GS (ver 267.76)

Edited  02-04-2011  Updated LightScribe Host Software to ver 1.18.22.2, Added one guide: How to change Two - Finger Scrolling on One - Finger Scrolling in Synaptics

                                TouchPad software.

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[Daniel_Potyrala]

@Dougal

Hi,

When you will have once again this problem then please perform a Hard Reset:
1. Disconnect all peripheral devices and remove all USB devices and media cards.
2. Disconnect the AC power adapter, remove the battery, and then press and hold the power button for at least 1 minute.
3. Reconnect the AC power adapter (do not connect the battery), press the Power button and check the results.