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

New driver for "Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader".

2010/4/2
V6.1.7600.30117

Same download link as the one on the first page.

 

04/05/2010

• Updated Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader driver to version 6.1.7600.30117 (thanks SebbesApa).
• Reverted the IDT High Definition Codec driver to version 6.10.6255.0.

 

New ATI Beta driver 10.5 available at strags.com

Installed without issues and running it now. So far:

Good:

3DmarkVantage default up a little to P5040 (from P4995)
3DmarkV max OC 650 / 1133 up to P6575
Temps slighlty lower running above (68C max)
Now have full Hydravision control in CCC
Added video converter to new CCC
Running completely stable so far

Bad:

Not signed
No openGL support in Photoshop CS4 due to above
3Dmark06 default and max OC scores dropped slightly

Keeping it for now and will report any issues that come up.

@Justinkw1

Strags now has an 'uninstall guide' link at the top of there page which is similar to what I posted but it has screen shot images to follow. You may want to include it with the drivers link in place mine. It does not include the info about driversweeper or drivercleaner though...

 

@JJB

As you seem to be the go to man for knowledge around here, i would like to ask you a question. I have been having blue screen crashes lately says it is caused by my video card. I have gen2 i7 720 w/ 10.3 ati driver, what is the best method to clean your system of the ATI driver for reinstall.

I am wondering if the older driver and the 10.3 driver are conflicting do to poor uninstall.

 

My suggested uninstall / install method was actually posted on page 1 by justinkw1 under the readme notes in the 5830 driver links. For what it's worth I just used the same method to uninstall 10.3 (final) and install the new 10.5 beta and so far all has worked well. Here is a direct link: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=6059955&postcount=2019

 

New BIOS release is now up!

04/07/2010

• Updated BIOS to version F.1B A.

 

Where did that new BIOS come from???

I was just told by an HP Envy tech support person, who actually seemed to know what they were talking about, that that numbering format " F .1B A" means it's a beta or non final version. They strongly advised against trying to flash it. There is no update when the new version will be posted but they should always have an " F .##a" format, # = numerical digit and a = lower case revision letter. They say that all new computer models have a unique BIOS numbering format that does not change, this is in order to keep a chronological record of revisions and changes to the BIOS.

EDIT: Sorry I was wrong. Apparently the HP tech person did not know what they were talking about. The same BIOS # has been posted on the HP site and looks like it is working for people so far (except the one issue bleow which I think has been resolved).

 

I don't see the BIOS listed on the HP Envy Support site either. I guess its not official yet. I'll wait for the release especially if they will be releasing different BIOS for Gen1/Gen2 and Core i5 models.

Does anyone have archives of the old BIOS version namely F.18A? I would really like to download that version just to see if it gives better temps.

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I Just downloaded the new BIOS and my computer won't boot! FFFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFFUFUFUF

Ahhh meeen, why did I even bothered with this s**t. Can anyone throw me a good advice of what to do now?

 

It won't even power cycle? Or does Win7 blue screen? This would distinguish if the BIOS failed to initialize itself or if Microsoft was incompatible with the BIOS changes. I believe the later reason this is why HP pulled previous BIOS releases.

The only way to recover a broken BIOS is to connect the motherboard to the appropriate EEPROM programmer or JTAG. HP can do this for you, and charge you an outrageous fee (or do it for free to be nice, it was their broken BIOS after all).

 

Can someone link me to a workin HP Envy 15 i5 BIOS? I'm trying to do BIOS recovery. Thanx.

 

It's an older bios but its worth a shot. let us know how it goes...

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=471064&page=2

good luck!

 

BIOS recovery? Then the BIOS isn't really broken I bet. The only way you can boot an external device with that firmware is if the BIOS makes it all the way through initialization.

If it still "actually boots" (which it appears to) then try going into the BIOS and doing a "load defaults". Save changes and see if it is fixed.

 

JJB, I think you got bad info. The new F1.B A Bios is now posted on HP's drive support page.

 

So, i've just installed the F.1B.A bios and so far it's working fine. The first time i tried to install it, the installer just quit and locked up the computer. That really freaked me out, because i have tried bricking a computer when updating a bios before.

Luckily the computer booted when i restarted it.

 

my f19 is working for me. i'm just gonna wait until people stop having these kind of issues before flashing

 

I flashed from company bios to F.18 than to F.19 and now to the latest with no issues at all.

 

Can any of the people that upgraded their BIOS please let me know, when you run the Insyde BIOS installer, there are two text fields: "Old BIOS", "New BIOS". What System ID does the installer display in both fields? Is it 1522?

I've been trying to run the Insyde Crisis Recovery through Win Key+B with my flash drive, but I can't seem to be able to find the correct name for the recovery BIOS file.

 

@AnXioZ:

Yep, my ID says "1522". Hope you get your computer running again.

 

Already answered.

 

Does linux work with the new bios?

 

Don't know if this will help....

The whole Winflash BIOS 'softpaq file' is saved to the SWsetup folder. The new one is named SP48005 Not sure if you can actually try to reflash it from this file or not....

 

did you have any luck? My machine won't boot either. Blank screen when powering on. No HP logo, no way to enter BIOS.

 

For anyone who is having trouble. I've upload the older BIOS to Rapid Share.

F18A - http://rapidshare.com/files/373684747/sp47206.exe.html

F19A - http://www.MegaShare.com/1980890

 

Thanks. I just don't know what to do with these, unfortunately (the machine won't boot).

 

Here is what I have been trying. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=304332.

Unfortunately I have had no success as of yet. The files that I have been putting on the thumb drive are 1522.fd, 1522.rom, 1522.bin. But non of them work. I also tried with the 7100 one but with no luck.

I have found a way to determine the correct name of the filename to be used with the method presented above, however I believe that HP did something with the Insyde BIOS and the default crisis restore BIOS filename is no longer [system_id].bin.

bigcat if you make any progress on this one please let me know. Good luck.

 

Have either of you tried calling the HP Envy support number??

Could be worth a try, OEM's sometimes have a 'backdoor' way to recover from a BIOS crash. A similar thing happened to me with my old dell on a BIOS update, forget what they had me do but managed to recover without sending it in...

 

JJB I did call them and they gave me the standard reset the memory modules/hard drive routine and that was it. I don't think that any of the phone tech support has any idea of Insyde BIOS recovery. After I spoke to the tech rep they opened a warranty ticket and I will probably send the laptop for repair tomorrow. The bad thing is that I need my laptop so badly since its the end of the semester.

 

Sorry to hear that, I feel your pain, now that I have mine all set up the last thing I want is HP messing around with it.

Since most others who updated to the BIOS had no issues I installed it on my envy and so far so good. I feel lucky that it installed problem free since now it appears Bigcat400 has the same trouble as you... That makes it something common to both i5 and i7 models...

 

I had the same problem with F1B as I had with F19, which is that the computer's 3d performance dropped like a bomb. Less than half the normal performance.

Luckily I still have F18 in the SWSETUP folder so I reverted back to it immediately.

I haven't read about anyone having the same performance dropping problems I have so I find it a bit strange. Just glad F18 works as it should as it is the Insyde downloaded version and not the one that came with the Envy I go back to.

 

I reinstalled Windows 7 on my i5 Envy, and everything seems to be working okay, but I am not able to install the IDT High Definition Audio driver.
When opening the installer on the latest or previous versions, it says that it's not able to install the driver because my hardware doesn't support it.

There is also no IDT driver on the HP Support page.

There is a little "b" icon on the side of the laptop.
Sound is working, but I don't have the Beats control Panel, whatever it is.

So now I'm not sure; Do I need the HP Drivers? How do I get them to work?

 

That's odd the driver was on the HP drivers list the other day

The beats control panel is actually the IDT control panel with HP modified graphics. You should have the original driver install package in the original SWsetup folder that came with the envy (assuming you kept a copy). My guess is you may have to start with the original driver in order to update to the most recent one listed on page 1...

 

Thanks for posting. Yeah, I've been trying the same. I don't know whether the machine is actually trying to access the thumb drive, since its light does not flash at all. I burned the .fd file to a CD and this one does spin when I power on, but it's probably just responding to getting power from the laptop.

Yes I called the Envy line last night. As usual, the guy was just reading through a recipe as to what we could try, he wanted me to reset the memory and so forth, nothing useful. They are sending me a box so I can send the machine for repairs. Still trying to see whether anything can be done on my side to avoid sending it.

 

So I extracted the F18 BIOS files from the softpak, see list attached. There is no .rom file. I think the only two relevant files are 1522.fd and 7009.fd. My first attempt was to put just the 1522.fd file in the flash drive. Nothing. Then I tried with all files. No luck.

 

@bigcat I did see the number 7009 while updating BIOS, don't remember what pretext it had though. It was written right above the CURRENT BIOS / NEW BIOS 7009 was written above both the fields.

 

Thanks for the info

 

Hm, an update on the F.1B.A bios on my computer.

I haven't noticed any rise or fall in temperatures, but when gaming the laptop randomly freezes or just completely shuts itself off.

Have anybody else experienced this?

 

Thanks for this resource, Justin. One of the first things I will do with my Envy is a fresh install. This will come in handy.

 

Not yet, but that's somewhat worrying. I just put the F.1B BIOS on last night, seemed to boot up fine and behave alright. Guess I'll just have to run some benchmarks and kill some zombies tonight to be sure

 

@Pitabred:

Hehe, you do that and i will look forward to your feedback.
Before crashing the game (Bioshock 1) starts to stutter and finally either hangs or shuts off the computer. My best guess is high temps but i haven't had any problems with this with either the F.18 or the F.19 bioses.

 

Since I have updated to latest bios, the temps have not been going above 60C unless I am gaming or doing heavy work. I play GTAIV and its working smoothly so far albeit temps are better than before by 2-3C. Specially the temps on palm rest are noticeably lower than before.

 

@bshaun:

I also noticed that the temps on my palmrest, especially the left one has gone down a bit when doing heavy stuff.
The temps are around 55-60C on all cores when idling and they were 80C when i finally got back into Windows after a crash. Don't know if this is too high?
Unfortunately i haven't kept track of the temps before the bios update.

 

Thanks duder,

I actually managed to install it by removing the old driver in the device manager and rebooting the laptop a few times.
It is now working fine.

My next question is regarding the BIOS:
With all the talk on recent pages of BIOS problems, I want to know if I should update mine or not.

I have the F.1A BIOS right now. Everything seems to be working fine, although the laptop is taking a very long time to resume from Hibernate.
The BIOS utility is recommending me to go to F.1B.

Is it worth it? Should I update or just stay with what I have to reduce risk of problems?

 

Long time to resume is caused by large RAM size and not BIOS, although I feel that newer BIOS are better than older but its your choice in the end.

 

bigcat you need to rename the files. If you look at under the laptop in the battery bay area, where the s/n, p/n number of the notebook are, you will see a Rev: XXXX-XXX number. In my case it says 1522-110. That is why I am assuming that my system id is 1522. I have been trying for the past three days with all sorts of different names and still nothing.

I've reset the CMOS battery, reset the memory modules, remove the hard drive, and then try again but with no luck. I get a beeping sound at first, the it beeps again and I see the flash drive starts to flash. After that the notebook starts to beep every 1 second and after a few beeps it stops, and does nothing.

I will try with a few other file names, but I am running out of ideas and I will be dropping off the notebook today to the local fedex office.

 

Yes, 1522, not sure what other ñames to try either. My machine does not produce any beeps. Only the fans start and nothing else, blank screen. The light on the wifi key flashes once. That's about it. I see no activity at all on the thumbdrive, so I doubt my machine is entering the crisis recovery mode. I've tried win-B and fn-esc.

 

I may be misreading the above but you do not need the fn + esc. to get to bios setup. Just try powering up and use a rapid fire tapping of just the 'esc' key... You can also try the 'ctrl' + tapping the 'i' key while 'booting'....

It sounds like the BIOS is installed in some form or your fans would not kick on at start

 

Yeah JJB, the fn-esc Is just another key combo we've run into while searching the web to force the machine to enter the so called recovery mode where an insyde bios would try to read a recovery bios image from a connected device. Other people have used win-b in some arcitectures. I've tried both with no luck. I've tried the rapid fire on the esc key with no luck either. Unfortunately, it seems the repair box from HP won't be here until Monday. This is gonna kill me for several days.

I am wondering if that bios they posted was for i5s only or whether they tested all configurations. One more thing is that I've always believed flashing a bios from a windows os is really a very risky thing to do. Unfortunately, hp does not post bootable images or just bios files that could be flashed from a clean dos boot.

 

I have flashed them on my i7 and its working flawlessly so far.

 

Well after 3 days of trying I quit. Tried everything I could, couldn't figure out the correct recovery bios name. Decompressed the original one, wrote a program to scan for particular patterns in the image. Still nothing. The lack of documentation is what's killing me. If HP had put an effort into documenting this, we would have saved them lots of money and they could have saved us precious time.

Anyways, l just dropped my laptop at the local FedEx retail store. I spoke with the CSR and he told me that I don't have to wait fir the shipping box as I can just drop my laptop at FedEx and they would pack and ship it for me as they did. Pretty convinient. The CSR has put "HDD failure" in the problem description. Funny though, I didn't sent my HDD because I don't want to loose my data.