Notebook Graphics Drivers Impossible to get!

[Jack and Calumon]

How can they stop you? Care to enlighten me please?

Calumon: That's mean! They're big MEANIES!

 

[Wolfram23]

The worst part is, I bet those HP bastards didn't give you a Windows install CD. Possibly if you have the CD Key you can download an image and install it, then authenticate it with your key. With a fresh install it should have none of the stupid ass HP-ware that is apparently wrecking your shit.

 

[xxcloud417xx]

Try flashing the Bios or the Vbios. That might help. I'm sure you can find a guide on how to do it on HP's website, unless they're absolutely useless. I had to flash my Vbios for my ATI 5850 Mobility to be able to upgrade the software. It was a pain, but it runs perfect now.

EDIT: Be careful though, flashing a BIOS can have its drawbacks.

what does Flashing my Vbios mean exactly? I've never heard of this before now.

 

[Boneasse]

Try flashing the Bios or the Vbios. That might help. I'm sure you can find a guide on how to do it on HP's website, unless they're absolutely useless. I had to flash my Vbios for my ATI 5850 Mobility to be able to upgrade the software. It was a pain, but it runs perfect now.

EDIT: Be careful though, flashing a BIOS can have its drawbacks.

what does Flashing my Vbios mean exactly? I've never heard of this before now.

Well, flashing the BIOS means upgrading from what you currently have, to the latest firmware released by the Motherboard-company. Flashing the VBIOS means doing the same thing, but to your graphics card instead. I had to flash my VBIOS because the firmware in my GFX wasn't compatible with the newest driver from ATI, because MSI (my laptop manufactorer) had fucked up somehow.

It's a bit tricky. To get it to work, you need to find the newest VBIOS firmware release. Put it on a bootable USB pen, boot up, run the USB pin, and then type the commands in WIN DOS. You can find guides all over the interwebs. Google is your friend

 

[bawkbawkboo1]

HP fucking sucks like that. If you go the route of trying to flash the VBIOS, note that it's quite risky if you don't know what your doing. For instance, a power failure during the actual update could brick the system permanently. Just be cautious. I'd reccomend using the UNETBOOTIN software to make the bootable ODS USB drive (just choose the "distribution" FreeDOS, which is MSDOS compatible). Then, after you have a bootable USB stick, put the VBIOS file on it. Then boot to the USB stick and run the VBIOS update file (write down the name somewhere)

UNETBOOTIN is here:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Hasn't been updated for a long time, but it works and it's free.

 

[radarbsm]

I had bought the same laptop about two weeks ago and returned it a week later, because the graphics card could not handle Battlefield 1942 (made in 2002). Why would I keep a laptop that can not handle such a low powered game. That and the touch mouse pissed me off.