[Drivers] HP ENVY 15-1XXX (INTEL)

Which driver version do you have installed? And which version(s) are you trying to install?


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Maybe give this option a try:
AMD Catalyst

This utility on Win 8 64-bit prompted me to download a "reference" Mobility Radeon driver (Catalyst 12.10, including CCC)

I did a before and after Windows Experience Index (default WDDM 1.2 driver vs. Catalyst 12.10), but there was no change in either of the two graphics metrics across runs (6.7). I did take screen grabs of the drivers-installed list before and after. The driver version did change from 8.87 to 9.2, also different INF name.


Edit: attached screens of CCC software info from envy along with my desktop with a 6870. Looks good to me!


Edit: just so it's clear, I have a 5830.

On a side note, the rating of the SSD went from 6.8 to 7.3 after switching power modes (balanced to performance, not pictured). Could be random/coincidental difference or could be a power setting.

 

Hi guys there's finally salvation with the conflict b/w some lackluster custom HP ATI catalyst drivers and Windows 8 BSOD'ing on install:

Windows 8 on HP Envy 15-1050nr « Marcelo Azuma

I can confirm this works!

On another note, I will not be buying another HP laptop in a long time seeing how they treat their customers. Especially those who dropped the kind of money we did for their highest end model at the time.

 

I tried this.. 'no go for me on my 1050nr. The machine faults on the first reboot (after base-fresh install) before I can even get to the point to load the HP driver.

 

This worked for me:

Ezra Scotts' Life Stuffs: Upgrading to / Installing Windows 8 on an HP Envy 15

When i restored onto my laptop I had to boot into safe mode and manually 'update driver' and point to the HP-versions before it would really start up. 'PITA, but I'm on Win8 now... 'definitely much faster startup.

 

12/14/2012

• Updated: Intel Rapid Storage Technology, version 11.7.0.1013.
• Updated: IDT High Definition Audio driver, version 6.10.6433.0.

 

I have been searching for the right thread to post in, most are old, but anyway. I have been able to update my video drivers for the 5830M to version 12.10, but the only issue I have is soon as I try and overclock, it even just overclocked slightly the screen flickers with blank horizontal lines.

The only way I can have an overclock if to use the drivers from HP which are really old now, like about 2.5 years old.

Is there anyway to have the latest official AMD drivers for the 5830M and sustain a overclock with any graphical errors on the screen?

BTW. The same thing happened when I tried to run 12.11 beta on my Alienware 6970M

 

Hey, so is this thread still alive? it's been almost 3 months since the last post...

 

Hi

This thread has helped me so much much since I purchased my HP Envy. Looks like the thread is now dead. A big thank you to all that have contributed.

Thanks to all the issues on the Envy (slow, expensive, propriety, lack of HP support etc) I have vowed to never buy any other HP product/service!

 

04/25/2013

• Updated: Intel Chipset Device Software, version 9.4.0.1017.
• Updated: Intel Rapid Storage Technology, version 12.0.0.1083.
• Updated: Intel Rapid Storage Technology, version 12.5.0.1066.
• Updated: Intel WiFi driver (and software), version 15.4.0.11 for Windows 7 and Windows 8.
• Updated: Intel WiFi driver (and software), version 15.4.1.1 for Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Will be adding some more updated drivers shortly...

Driver thread updates have slowed down significantly (this is partially due to my lack of available time unfortunately). I will be decommissioning some of the older driver threads soon, as the support and popularity of these notebooks have been waning for some time now - this thread alone has been up since 2009! It's great to see that some of you are still expressing an interest though, and I'd like to similarly thank everyone here for their continuous support.

 

Thanks Justinkw1--this thread has also been very helpful to me. Using your drivers and Windows 8, Hp envy 15 1xxx still running strong!

 

Updated Softpaqs are now posted!

06/01/2013

• Updated: Broadcom Wireless LAN driver, version 5.100.82.143 for Windows 7 (sp60504).
• Updated: Synaptics TouchPad / ClickPad driver, version 16.2.17.0 (sp60197).
• Updated: HP Mobile Data Protection Sensor driver, version 4.2.9.1 (sp61037).
• Updated: IDT High Definition Audio driver, version 6.10.6448.0 (sp60984).
• Updated: Synaptics TouchPad / ClickPad driver, version 16.3.9.0 (sp61030).
• Updated: Synaptics TouchPad / ClickPad driver, version 16.3.12.1 (sp61169).
• Updated: IDT High Definition Audio driver, version 6.10.6454.0 (sp61258).
• Updated: Broadcom Wireless LAN driver, version 6.30.59.82 for Windows 8 (sp61629).
• Updated: Broadcom 2070 / 20702 Bluetooth driver package, version 6.5.1.3700 for Windows 7 (sp61617).
• Updated: Broadcom 2070 / 20702 Bluetooth driver package, version 12.0.0.6000 for Windows 8 (sp61627).

06/02/2013

• Updated: Synaptics TouchPad / ClickPad driver, version 16.5.3.3 (sp61819).

 

Qualcomm Atheros :: Corporate :: Customer Portal
Atheros ar8131 gigabit ethernet controller Version 2.1.0.17 2013-04-19
Above seems to work for hp envy-15 1195eo win7 home premium 64bit.

 

Thanks JustinKW
because of this thread my envy has been running like a rock since the last three years (touchwood).

BTW did any one on this thread manage to dual boot Linux with win7 using current version of bios (F 2B) ?
Last i heard (which was back in 2010) , that the bios was not ACPI compliant and the laptop itself was having no temperature control when running Linux.
Can anybody confirm if these problem are overcome now with latest linux distros (or even with that F 2B update)?

In short Is any one running linux happily on this model ?
If yes, i wish to start on the lines of below tut this weekend.
Dual Boot - Windows 7 and Linux - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

07/04/2013

• Updated: IDT High Definition Audio driver, version 6.10.6466.0 (sp61802).
• Updated: Intel Rapid Storage Technology, version 12.5.3.1004 (sp61947).
• Updated: Synaptics TouchPad / ClickPad driver, version 16.6.1.3 (sp61999).

Thanks for finding this! Atheros used to have their own dedicated driver portal, and it seemingly disappeared with the acquisition. Glad to see that Qualcomm Atheros has re-introduced it!

 

More updates...

07/05/2013

• Updated: Broadcom Wireless LAN driver, version 5.100.82.147 for Windows 7 (sp62339) - (thanks ricktendo64).
• Updated: Broadcom Wireless LAN driver, version 6.30.59.139 for Windows 8 (sp62226).

07/06/2013

• Updated: Intel WiFi driver (and software), version 15.7.0.3.
• Updated: Broadcom 2070 / 20702 Bluetooth driver package, version 12.0.0.6950 for Windows 8 (sp62225) - (thanks bandora).
• Updated: IDT High Definition Audio driver, version 6.10.6469.0 (sp62037) - (thanks ricktendo64).
• Updated: IDT High Definition Audio driver, version 6.10.6479.0 (sp62316) - (thanks ricktendo64).

 

Thanks so much for updating! Upgraded my 1107tx with a 480GB SSD, 16GB RAM and Windows 8 and 'your' drivers -> running as speedy as ever!

 

Thanks for all the updated drivers--the new synaptics drivers are great. The Synaptics touchpad drivers work great on my first gen HP envy 15 running windows 8, but I cannot get the left edge swipe to work. Anyone figure out how to change the settings to allow left edge swipes on the touchpad to change apps in windows 8? Thanks, N123

 

02/08/2014

• Updated: Intel Chipset Device Software, version 9.4.0.1026.
• Updated: Intel Chipset Device Software, version 9.4.0.1027.
• Updated: Intel Rapid Storage Technology, version 12.8.0.1016.
• Updated: Intel Rapid Storage Technology, version 12.9.0.1001.
• Updated: IDT High Definition Audio driver, version 6.10.6493.0.
• Updated: IDT High Definition Audio driver, version 6.10.6495.0.
• Updated: IDT High Definition Audio driver, version 6.10.6498.0.

More to come.....

 

02/15/2014

• Updated: Synaptics TouchPad / ClickPad driver, version 17.0.2.4 (sp62794).
• Updated: Synaptics TouchPad / ClickPad driver, version 17.0.6.2 (sp63353).
• Updated: Synaptics TouchPad / ClickPad driver, version 17.0.8.0 (sp63417).
• Updated: HP Mobile Data Protection Sensor driver, version 4.2.9.1 (sp64144).

02/17/2014

• Updated: Synaptics TouchPad / ClickPad driver, version 17.0.16.1 (sp64520) - (thanks TheBigOne).
• Updated: Synaptics TouchPad / ClickPad driver, version 18.0.1.32 (sp64975) - (thanks ricktendo64).

 

Can you please update the original post; it's all distorted. Thanks!

 

I'm working on it - we just implemented an add-on which allows HTML code to be formatted properly (again), and in the process of checking/updating any posts that have HTML in them.

 

I have been referencing this thread for a long time every time I reformat. This resource is truly invaluable; thank you for doing this.

 

For anyone still interested. I decided to resurrect my HP envy 15 1xxx recently to run some security camera surveillance software. I updated it from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 without any problems/special tricks . . . I didn't run into any problems with the video card driver like I experienced with the very difficult upgrade from Windows 7 to 8. Now if you're upgrading from Windows 7 directly to 10--can't say if that would be as easy as it was from 8 to 10...

 

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I Just upgraded from Win 7(64 bit) to Win 10(64 bit) after installing a new motherboard(580125-001 old factory seconds from aliexpress) - the old one gave out finally after 6 years.
Every thing is fine except below few niggles
1)Cant adjust brightness anymore - its always running on max (iam using the latest beta AMD crimson driver) - have to wait for a driver update from microsoft or AMD - as this is not a concern for me i didnt check to rollback to WHQL certified older AMD driver in win 10 - maybe it doesnt have this brightness adjustment problem.
2)Manually needed to download and install the latest intel raid driver https://downloadcenter.intel.com/do...echnology-Intel-RST-RAID-Driver?product=55005
to prevent a BSOD while using speedfan utility.
3)Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 wifi in my Envy (model 15t -1100) doesnt have an official intel driver yet http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking/000005559.html
but the win 7 driver might have persisted into win 10 and i have no problem in my wifi connectivity ( i didnt do a clean install of win 10 , i upgraded it - i suggest to not do cleaninstall as finding drivers for these old laptops can be a pain).

Finally my review of this machine is largely positive after 6 years of usage.
I changed AC adapter(due to unreliable earthing it died after 3 years in a small display of pyrotechnics),battery(became bloated after 3years and finally died),harddrive(300GB drive started making sounds (4th year) - so replaced 1st with a OCZ 120 GB SSD (after it failed after 2 years cameback to a 1TB old fashined spinning drive - sata ones give adequate notice before they fail and your data wont be unrecoverable!) finally the motherboard itself (the laptop was not turning on for few days when ever it was shutdown(powerbutton used to give a single LED blink), the new mobo from china costed 100 USD shipping included) in that particular order over the 6 years.
During the 6 years,I ran the machine more or less 24x7 as a primary desktop machine (didnt lug it around much) - internet browsing,downloading torrents and as a media server for others.

Other maintenance in the 6 years of ownership
1)Reseated the cooling fans with thermal paste (i think 4 times in 6 years)
2)Changed the trackpad ribbon cable once (after it lost its edge due to pulling it out from mobo during maintenance) - anyway i use the wireless mouse now as i find it more handy.
3)Trimmed the edges of the keyboard ribbon cable twice (whenever the backspace and g keys stopped working) - again probably due to more than the design number of pulls (while opening the laptop inside).
4)Dusted the brushless motor casing of the fan once when it was making some noise during spinning - put a drop of lubricant in it.
5)Generally cleaned the laptop and fans by opening case maybe 6 times during the 6 years.

Most of my student life was without air conditioning in a tropical hot and humid country so the laptop is pretty much a beast in taking heat damage more so as it was 24x7 on (albeit it was seated on a
Cooler Master U3 cooling pad)

I find Win 10 is not bad at the core once you disable all the garbage "features" like cortana,built in apps etc.
I suggest to upgrade to it before the final date of July 31st.
For those who still kept this machine lying around but not using it due to mobo dying out - i think installing a new mobo is not such a bad option.
Laptops dont come in such serviceable by amateurs designs (technical service costs a bomb for macbooks )anymore , especially these thinner by day ultrabooks - every laptop(including the macbooks) will die due to mobo failure without cleaning and maintenance unless you have a dustfree airconditioned room.
So envy 15 is still worth to keep around.

 

Have and update on the brightness fix for this model.
Those who have updated to Windows 10basic/creators/creators fall would have faced with the brightness struck at max - and unable to reduce it.

The fix I found on net which worked for me is :
>Open regedit and in the edit menu use find to search for the key "KMD_EnableBrightnessInterface2"
It will be found some where inside this key path Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\......
Change value of "KMD_EnableBrightnessInterface2" to 1 from 0.
Sometimes you may also find a key "MD_EnableBrightnesslf2" in the same location, if u find it change its value also to 1 from 0.That's it.

Open device manager to disable and then reenable the graphics adapter AMD 5800 once and restart. The brightness control will start working from then on.
I am running AMD crimson edition beta driver on Win 10 fall creators version.
One benefit of creators update is all the niggles with Bluetooth were gone.