[Drivers] HP dv4-5XXX / dv6-7XXX / dv7-7XXX / m7-1XXX (INTEL Ivy Bridge)

Guys I can't tell which one of these threads might be applicable to the DV7T-6c00 model, but I cannot get any recent AMD driver loaded [all fail, with varying consequences], and I cannot determine whether the embedded Intel HD3000 driver is working or can work. Device Manager shows "Intel HD Family" gpu, having AMD Driver 8.882.2.3000, and AMD Radeon 7470M having the same driver [dated 9/30/11].

so , things look ok visually, but can this possibly be correct, and what is the mystic secret to getting modern drivers in there?

 

Other user with equally problem: Bad Driver for Model J6N60AV - Broadcom Wireless, bluetooth,... - HP Support Forum - 4775004

Solution: http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70001-70500/sp70122.exe

 

The first post in this thread is totally jacked up since the Forum upgrade.

 

You can also hold down on the B and windows key buttons while powering your laptop on.

As long as you have the same hard drive in the laptop as you did when you upgraded the BIOS and have not wiped the drive it will load the backup copy of the bios.

When upgrading your HP Bios it takes a backup of the current version and stores it on the primary hard drive.

There is also a restore bios option somewhere in the diagnostic menus. Go into your boot menu and choose diagnostics.

 

Synaptics TouchPad Driver 18.1.30.7
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70001-70500/sp70401.cva
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70001-70500/sp70401.html
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70001-70500/sp70401.exe

 

HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI v5.7.2.0
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70501-71000/sp70967.cva
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70501-71000/sp70967.html
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70501-71000/sp70967.exe

 

I'd be really thankful if anyone could reupload the F.29 bios again

 

Synaptics TouchPad Driver v18.1.48.59
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71001-71500/sp71368.cva
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71001-71500/sp71368.html
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71001-71500/sp71368.exe

 

Synaptics TouchPad Driver v18.1.48.60
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71001-71500/sp71269.cva
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71001-71500/sp71269.html
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71001-71500/sp71269.exe

 

Wondering whether HP will create actually useful sound driver for windows 10 for the beats audio crippled laptop models...

 

HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI v5.8.2.0
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71501-72000/sp71976.cva
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71501-72000/sp71976.html
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71501-72000/sp71976.exe

 

Synaptics TouchPad Driver v19.0.12.95
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71501-72000/sp71984.html
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71501-72000/sp71984.cva
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71501-72000/sp71984.exe

 

I downloaded sp61792 in windows 10 and when I restarted the laptop, I got the beats audio software + the sound button on keyboard working (lights red when off)
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp61501-62000/sp61792.html

I still have to fix the wireless button. The button is working (switches between airplane mode on and off) but it doesn't change color (remains white permanently).

Also I have to fix the fingerprint sensor. Windows 10 is automatically installing sp58834 which is the correct version but it is not working.

Anyone know what is the latest BIOS for my laptop. My current version is F.1C. I am trying to install F.2D but the next button is disabled in the second step.
My laptop is dv6-6cXX series with Intel CPU and (Intel+AMD) GPU.

I still don't understand why HP uses modified hardware and software if they don't update their drivers. Not to mention that all of the newer drivers that work on old laptop models are found on newer laptop models website only.

 

It's the 6.10.6466 driver, we have the 6.10.6498 which is newer, it partially works but there is this Master slider in beats mixer which acts weirdly, there are problems when audio is set to anything above 24bit/44khz, the EQ doesn't work at all (not that I would use it anyway, but still) so yeah - there's a lot to fix there. I wouldn't care at all about that driver and use MS one, but then only 2 out of 6 laptop speakers work, and on those rare occasions when I use them it really makes a huge difference. BTW - 6.10.6491 seems to be working best with beats audio effect sliders actually working,

EDIT:
There is a new driver for ITD/Tempo (6504, http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71501-72000/sp71717.exe) by HP but it's for their all-in-ones, it'll say no compatible device found. BUT what I did was unpacking 6466 and 6504 and overwriting all files from WDM folder in 6466 package with files from 6504 EXCEPT THE INI/INF files. This way I got the newest driver installed, with working eq and beats enhancements, however the master sliders stillaren't working. I can't really hear any sound quality difference either.

I agree about it being totally stupid to be forced to browse through all the newer models suport pages to find updated drivers cause noone cares about updating the sites for older models.

If you have the 6cXX series, then this is wrong topic though.

 

IDT Audio was sold off a couple of years ago. They were likely the ones doing any real development of drivers. Their private site hosting drivers was on a not so well hidden FTP site. There hasn't been any activity their site since the audio division was sold.

 

Hi, I actually did the other way around, used all xml/inf/ini files from the past driver and copied it to the new driver, I confirm it does work, same issue with the master sliders, but those never were really useful anyway. That's good news, means we still can have updated binaries for our chipset
Out of curiosity, how did you manage to find those, I never was able to navigate through their ftp to understand which driver might fit ? And what model of those all-in-one has the driver that we can use ? Updating the config files is no big deal

P.S: this is my first port here, even though I've been using this thread to update my drivers ever since Windows 8, a great thank you to the community to keep this alive !

 

Haha yeah either way you end up with new binaries and old infs I found the info about those 6504 drivers on another forum, I mixed it with 6466 because I just had it downloaded and lying around (and I don't think the infs from the newest package available for our machines - the 6498, would make any difference really). I don't think there's anything newer on the IDT ftp, neither anything useful for Windows 10.

I hope HP will not forget about those slightly older models and will release properly updated drivers though (I think it's the beats panel app that needs updating mostly).

The models from which 6504 drivers originate:

 

Thank you for the models, that's at least a source to follow to update our binaries (if needed).
HP is being unsurprisingly silent on those drivers, indicating to follow what Microsoft releases.
I couldn't update actually, I mean, I did, but once done, couldn't make a backup because of a Windows bug that render restoration and System backup completely broken, and those are mandatory for me. I did a full format, and no issue whatsoever.
Ah yes one thing, I used Intel rapid storage to get my secondary internal HDD working, it doesn't work out of the box on UEFI, and driver is a bit old, but it worked. Coolsense also can't be installed on a clean install ( at least didn't find how yet, it gets blocked as non trusted app)
EDIT: I've got coolsense installed (googled for it, and found a version that actually installed, driveguard installed with that driver ( http://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=ob_125640_1), only the settings are not working, it doesn't launch anything.

 

Thankfully, update to Windows 10 coincided with HDD to SDD upgrade, so I don't need neither Cool Sense nor 3D Drive Guard anymore.

I have to say - under win10, fans on my quad core i7 dv6 switch off very often, it became very quiet under little stress, whereas on win7 fans were literally always on, even when machine was idle. Not on full speed all the time, but nevertheless - the humming was always there, and now its pretty silent.

If anyone wants to try newer binaries, this is the package I came up with - 6504 dlls etc + 6466 infs etc. Should work with every laptop this topic is about.

http://www42.zippyshare.com/v/tkhqPrHn/file.html

 

Ok, i have some feedback to provide, Intel released a chipser driver update for windows 10, can't see many changes as of now, but first noticeable change is the fact that 3d driveguard UI now works, and it also added the HM77 intel 7 series/C216 components in the device manager. One can hope this should make the system run better. Again, too early to say if that changes anything.

 

I'm actually having a video skipping frame/video lag issue under Windows 10, already created a thread on Intel's forum to get support, and participated to a similar thread on Microsoft's forums, let's hope some solution gets found to this issue.

 

seems like with recent win10 update to build 10586, something changed in the audio department, as beats audio drivers became actually usable without weird sliders in the beats panel etc

 

Didn't have your luck, update actually broke beast panel, had to reinstall it, and the modified package now refuses to install (signature enforcement disabled), had to use the last driver we actually had. Master slider is broken, everything else seems to work properly.

 

damn, it's really time to cough up some cash for macbook pro and leave all that **** behind.

 

It's not really better on that side for mac running on Windows 10, plus this DV6 still can handle pretty much everything. There hasn't been a bump that important in perfs since I bought it.
Then Beats audio works perfectly fine, I don't actually have any issue on Windows 10.
Hardware wise, almost everything is included with Windows 10. Unless a quad core i7 clocked at 2+ghz doesn't fit your needs, the gt-650m, while not up to the edge, can still pretty much run all games with a pretty decent image (max settings for a lot of games).

 

well i just like that you dont have to trouble yourself with drivers for any internal component, and huge amount of usb ones - like audio interfaces works just as class compliant without any external drivers. 100% plug&play.

 

Actually, Windows 10 on Mac has also been a mess, i've read a lot of users had troubles. Then Apples makes hardware and software altogether, can't really compare, Microsoft mostly does Software.
Not a lot is broken in our beats driver, actually, binaries work, it's the Beats software that is slightly misconfigured, I guess that with a bit of work, easy to overcome

 

I'm not going to install windows on a mac when I get it, don't be silly

 

This may be late for those who have moved on but those still struggling,
and to those that were looking to find working beats drivers for your dv7 / dv6 on Win10 , heres what I found working:
6.10.6495.0(20 Dec 2013)
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=ob_127154_1

Before restarting,

Right click speaker icon in taskbar, Select Playback > Speakers (click) > Properties > Advanced > switch to 24 bit, 96000 Hz. And thats all.

Drivers installed fine, and all the speakers are alive now.

 

anyone not having bluetooth show up in windows 10, I fixed it by installing this win 10 bluetooth driver
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26363?v=t
and then using the f12 key to enable wireless.. for some reason you have to mess around with that key