Gaming - dv6tqe/dv7tqe

Wow! just wow! You are the best! BEST BEST.

Thank you for your time, I will try solutution number one, even if it tekes more time.
One more thing, with CCleaner, I should just clean the registry and with driver sweeper just ATI driver?

 

Aha I have the thread set up to email me so my phone buzzes
I usually have CCleaner do everything in the Reg selection and Everything *except* Wipe free space (takes a lifetime on HDD's and there's no reason to do it) I do this because of options like "Custom folders" i don't even like having the old folders or items like that. It can't really hurt either. Just make sure not to check browser or app data that you want to keep (it will wipe search history etc) CCleaner is usually pretty user friendly though . For Driver sweeper yeah just ati driver and only after the driver uninstall. it will ask for a restart do it and check again it usually finds more.

Very Welcome btw!

Edit: Noticed you gave me rep. Thanks!
Edit2: Hey do me a favor and check out the next 2 posts if you haven't re-installed yet?

 

HP drivers are version 8.882, whereas AMD Catalyst 11.8 is version 8.881 and AMD Catalyst 11.9 is version 8.892. so i'm guessing HP's is close to Catalyst 11.8, right?

 

I *Think* you're asking for the version of CCC included in HP's Generic AMD driver. For some reason I think it's 12.1 but I could be wrong.. oblivionrpg might be willing to check when he re-installs his drivers in order to shed some light for you??

Also note that I edited the post you just quoted. I had mislabeled the HP Generic Driver as being "8.95.5" while shortening a URL. The typo is fixed

 

thanks for clarification.

well, there is the CCC version, and then there is the driver packaging version. they usually go hand in hand in AMD-released packages, but OEMs tend to mess that up. what i meant was that it seems like the driver in the HP package is based on the driver in the AMD Catalyst 11.8 package. i might be totally wrong though, but i'm curious to know as SONY seems to be doing the same thing.

 

Ah yeah I gotcha. I was just confused as to what you were asking. Not totally sure about the answer though at the moment. If you don't find an answer here but do elsewhere let me know please

 

heya guys, i just bought a new hp laptop, HP Pavilion DV6-6C53NR Notebook, and im not sure whats considered bloatware or not. Can someone give me a list of whats considered bloatware from the list below. any help is very much appreciated =)

 

See attached images. not to much needs to go IMHO

If you would like more info on each item I can provide it but for simple removal that should be plenty.



Edit For anyone that saw my hardware resources "ram" issue post it was due to a bad msconfig. Details here ---> http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-...150-gaming-dv6tqe-dv7tqe-149.html#post8401250

 

thank you silasdg =), first time buying a hp laptop and i am quick satisfied and pleased with it so far

 

Hey @Silas long time no seen I decided to install the 12.3 official unmodded drivers from AMD over the DNA one . Now in order to get the best performance i dont want to install over the DNA so could you please list the steps? i know i have to use ccleaner and driver sweeper but dont know what to remove using them. Thanks
Off-Topic: You have been a great help to me and now i noticed that i can rep so sorry i didnt do it before .Repped

 

Hey! No problem man. I haven't tried them out yet but I would figure the usual should work for install.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-...150-gaming-dv6tqe-dv7tqe-151.html#post8405167

For removal you can go it two ways really. Uninstalling Via windows device manager or the Driver installer. I have done it both ways and mixed the two. usually I do as follows

AMD Uninstaller->Driver Sweeper->CCleaner>Other>Restart>Driv Sweeper>ccleaner>restart

After that follow the directions at the link for install.

In CCleaner under registry select all entries
Under "cleaner" it's safe to select everything (and i usually do) but you really only need the items under explorer, system, and advanced. also if you do check everything don't check "Wipe Free Space"

Under driver sweeper select AMD run it and then select all the items that pop up and click clean.


I might be trying them out today so once i've decided I'll let you know how it went and how I did it.

Also No worries on the rep I'm glad to receive it but I just like helping.

Edit: Do *Not* use driver sweeper when installing only when uninstalling.
Note: *Other=Any other product you use to clean*

 

Hey thanks for the reply , i downloaded from guru 3d the 12.3 version windows 64 and did everything . When i run it , it extracts files and when its finished it opens catalyst install manager and only displays sdk as the only thing i didnt install. Did i do something wrong?

 

Screenshot please? There is always the chance the the AMD based 12.3 isn't compatible.

 

So it seemed the issue was gone, but a few minutes ago. AGAIN.. It seems to happen when playing Youtube videos. Or maybe its chrome itself... But I would bet its Youtube because the Bsod happend right at the moment I was changing the resolution... Sux.. I will try to do it again, only now with 8.95.5 as a base and not the 8.882.2.3000 from HP site... We will see--- And now I will pay attntion to the CCC version to answer darxide_sorcerer's question... I can only hope it works..

 

I'm pretty sure you can't use 8.95 as base because it doesn't have switchable graphics integrated. =/

 

Oh, I misunderstood you post before.. You are using 9.95 right now, arent you? So there is no other option but to use 8.882.2.3000, isnt there?

 

I installed over the default driver. Also when you have the default driver installed try over/under volting the card and seeing if stability increases?
Also check the performance monitor and see what it issues it claims with the drivers.

 

Sorry, I dont understand. What should I be looking for in the performance monitor?

 

Hey Silas, i got a couple of pictures of the file extracting and the CIM . Anyway i just read in the above post , it isnt compatabile with switchable graphics ? Thats why it isnt working ?

 

^ are you on Dynamic switching? try switch to Fixed and make sure u're using AMD gpu instead of Intel.

 

I already have it on fixed and running high performance gpu. When i tried installing over DNA catalyst install manager recognized display driver as an already installed latest version driver but when i try installing over old hp ones , it doesnt even suggest having installed a driver or having it up to date in cim.

 

Control Panel>All Control panel items>Perf Inf and Tools>Advanced Tools.

or

My Computer>System Properties>Perf Inf and Tools>Advanced Tools.

First Generate a system health report when you have a set of drivers installed. List any problems it suggests. (If it lists a security center issue you can ignore that one)

Second select View Perf details in Event Log. Most computers have a long running log so just give the errors from the last day or two if the error has happened during that time frame

Also the dump file is in C:\windows\minidump it will be a .dmp file
zip and upload if you can.

Alternatively you can go to ControlPanel>System and Security>System>advanced system settings>Startup and recover>unselect "auto restart"

Thanks for the pics. I'm not saying it isn't compatible i'm just saying "who knows" some drivers aren't and I don't believe I've talked to anyone who has installed it. I just started my next quarter in college so I haven't had the time yet to risk system instability to test .

If you're installed 12.3 over a dna driver the graphics driver may be the latest as 12.3 is the catalyst and not the driver. if you're talking about 8.95.5 check your dna driver in catalyst and see what it says.

 

The driver is 8.94 and catalyst is 12.2 . I tried manually installing the drivers from the package , it opened CIM but installed nothing.Guess i should stick with the 12.2 since the 12.3 isnt that much of an improvment ?

 

No clue really wishing I had time to try this =/

On a side note I just bought a Thermaltake "Massive23LX" Laptop Cooling Pad... It kind of sucks. One large fan sounds like a nice idea but it rotates at a very low speed and the air output isn't great. To top that off it has some sort of noise that sounds like fan wobble whenever its on. To top it off it's usb powered. looks very nice. performance is poor. Probably going to take it back tomorrow. Price =29.99 at the PCC bookstore.

 

One more thing Silas,
You said you are using the unmodded drivers righ now, but you used DNA before. Are you still using the Ready Driver Plus? Or did you get rid of it somehow as you don't need it any more? Thanks!

 

You can continue to leave RDP installed but it is not needed. I had installed (the first time) HP>DNA>Unmodded but later i reinstalled as HP>Unmodded. same performance either way. I uninstalled RDP durring that second installation mostly just to speed up boot times and to make selecting different boot options easier if I needed to. To get rid of it I just used the uninstaller.

 

Ok, thanks! I read somewhere that the only way how to get rid of RPD is to reinstall Windows. I guess it's not the case... Thanks. Now, I am running HP>Unmodded and we will see...

 

No I don't believe so. I did reload windows at a point but I believe I was able to just uninstall RDP. I work on a ton of machines for different people and myself and sometime's it's hard to keep track of what was done.

 

TO HELL WITH IT ALL. I dont understan my PC anymore. I had another crash caused by the same sys. and there are no minidups in the folder. How is that possible? I had like 4 there yesterday. I hate my pc =/ And it happend during youtube video again btw... (Which software should I use to over/underclock?) thanks

EDIT: Ok, now I have mixed it up al little bit =) Uninstalled both graphic drivers completely, let windows install automatically and then just installed AMD 8.95.5. And switching and everything works so we will see...

 

Good luck man.

 

By the way, would you or anyone else be willing to check, if they have igdpmd64.sys in the system32/drivers file? Because I just realizet I dont =D How is that even possible I ask...

 

Ya of course always willing to help. I don't see it and here's the screen shot.

Edit1: Leshcat just released a 12.3 driver with the latest intel driver included that he can get.

As a side note I was scrolling through some old "Penny Arcade" comics.. Thought this was relevant to the interests of those using mod drivers or OC. http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/01/28

 

I'm still using the beta version of 12.2 purely off of how stable it appears to be, and not seeing enough incentive from 12.3.

Each install attempt has played out differently every time. Normally I would install normal HP SG drivers + CCC and then install the new base driver over that.

However, even unchecking everything but the driver wasn't working.. so run the Catalyst uninstaller, manually deleted leftover files, then run complete install of the 12.2 beta package.

I fully expected SG not to work by doing this, because its AMD is not allowed to distribute Intel drivers with its releases; and the CCC won't see it.

But, oddly enough it works just fine; and I have the new application profile settings menu. There are still a few CCC bugs; but that's nothing new.

For a full year every install has been a gamble.
I hear 12.4 might be good, but... otherwise I might stay on 12.2 a fourth month

 

I can't blame you there. IMHO the way they mashed these two cards together is... awful. No matter what CCC or the actual display driver always have some sort of a problem. I mean it's not often for me but I always feel like i'm playing a balancing act with the thing if I dare make a driver change or update. It's powerful but touchy.

 

Just to check in, 6 days and counting, and no BSOB. So I thing it was the problem of the original vanilla HP driver... Will check back if anything changes.. But now, I would like to really thank you Silas. You were a BIG help! There are not many people like you on the net!

 

Installed latest Leshcat and now my screen won't turn on when I open the laptop from sleep. Have to reboot to get the screen back or plug-in external HDMI.

Gonna reinstall with different intel driver and if that doesn't fix I will try letting windows update handle intel and then install my own Ati driver.

 

You have to run the driver cleaner that is included with the driver pack. If you do not then you can be sure to face problems.

 

Jeez, why nobody checks comments below those drivers (in leshcat blog).
You need to 'select intel drivers 2559 aswell as hp patch, as you use HP laptop' instead of intel 2696.

 

So I got the AMD 8.95.5 driver to overclock to 870/1000 I scored 8686. Durring Furmark test max heat was 80C. With Furmark, Prime95, and a memtest. With everything Stressed to 100% it hit 90C but never passed it. expected temps are 85C. Temps when OC with no stress = 47C

Passing 870/1000 at all caused stability issues for me. This O/C has some issues with stability on some games but not all so far. I will be tuning it down to around 850/985 Probably. Dreaming that one day a modded driver will get me to or near the 9000 Mark.

If we get a driver that allows voltage increases I can probably push it farther... Still even with that I would never push voltage much if at all and heat could become an issue.

Hey glad to hear it! No problem glad to help! Check back if you need anything. Sorry for the late reply! I've been super busy with school and out daily trying to find work since I moved

As mentioned above by prebuss the latest intel driver may not work. If you let windows install than uninstall your modded drivers first or you will
experience more issues.

 

Tested Counter Strike: Global Offensive this weekend.

1600X900 Clocks 725/800 (Stock) Ver 8.95.5 Unmodded
CS:GO Highest Settings/CCC Lowest settings (application decide +low)
60+ FPS Always
Great looking.
Always Below 65C

1600X900 Clocks 725/800 (Stock) Ver 8.95.5 Unmodded
CS:GO High Set/CCC Med/High settings (app decide +high Morph/Edge Detect)
28+ FPS Always
Great looking.
Always Below 65C

1600X900 Clocks 725/800 (Stock) Ver 8.95.5 Unmodded
CS:GO High Set/CCC Med/High settings (app decide +high -Edge Detect)
25+ FPS Always
Great looking.
Always Below 65C

1600X900 Clocks 725/800 (Stock) Ver 8.95.5 Unmodded
CS:GO High Set/CCC Med/High settings (app decide +high -morpho filter)
23+ FPS Always
Great looking.
Always Below 65C

1600X900 Clocks 725/800 (Stock) Ver 8.95.5 Unmodded
CS:GO High Set/CCC Highest settings (app decide +high +morph/edge)
17+ FPS Always
Great looking.
Always Below 65C

1600X900 Clock 835/950 (OC) Ver 8.95.5 Unmodded
CS:GO Highest Settings/CCC Highest Settings (App decide +high +morph/edge)
26+ FPS Always
Slightly Better Looking.
Always Below 65C

-Morpho wasn't really noticeable IMHO
-Edge Detect was slightly noticeable but I don't know if id call it an improvement.

Point being game is easily playable!

 

thanks for sharing this info. +1 for you.

it seems you're using stock AMD Mobility drivers; is that true? if so, does your laptop's graphics switching still work? and is 870/1000 with your current drivers the highest overclock you ever achieved compared to the previous drivers?

i'm asking because when i overclock my 6630m to 735MHz/930MHz/903mV with SONY drivers (which i believe is a mix of 11.6 and 11.8), i get random crashes to desktops in Battlefield 3, mostly with audio looping; i don't know if it's related to the Realtek on-board audio or to my overclocks. i am wondering if updating the drivers and losing the overvolt featureis worth it or not.

 

These drivers are the coolest running that i've found and have the farthest O/C potention on my machine. They also had the highest performance score when bench marked compared to any other driver at stock or O/C. I tested 5-6 DNA drivers, 2 Leshcat drivers, and 2 AMD drivers.

Fastest*
Coolest*
High O/C*
High Stability*

Note that my 870/1000 is not compatible with a lot of games (though it has passed benchmark/stress tests) and i usually clock down to around 850/980. I try to run with as low an OC as possible while still keeping FPS always above 24+

Any OC over 800/900 has ALWAYS crashed on Desktop if left OC'ed for more than an hour or so on the desktop. I always restock the clocks after game. Not sure why this is but it has never caused in game crashes even in menus.

The downside is that I can NOT overvolt (have never been able to other than stock HP AMD drivers)

Ignoring all the reasons not to overvolt:

PSU Failure*
Board Failure*
GCard Failure*
Cooling System Wear*
Excessive Heat*

It isn't really an issue since the DNA drivers and 8.95.5 drivers get me farther than HP AMD Drivers anyways.
All of that being said I wish I could OV and use this driver.

Thats a pretty good O/C

BF3 has a dissapointing lack of recovery from Graphics Failures. Most newer games will hang for a moment durring a driver crash until the driver has restarted and then resume. BF3 has an obvious problem with this.

If it only occurs during O/C than it is O/C related some game's just do not like O/C's Also I know a lot of DV7/6 users with HD ~6770 Cards have experienced issues in BattleField 3 (Crashing)

Leshcat has a driver that claims to fix it but so far success is on a per case basis.

What makes you think it may be Realtek related? Just the looping?
During a Game crash audio will usually loop if you've ever changed graphics settings in a Valve game you'll notice how the audio stutters/loops. Same thing. A/V is synced and a delay in one delays the other.

Short answer Yes.

In my experience the loss of O/V is minimal. volting mobile cards (in my experience) never has a huge gain vs newer drivers which have a chance of increasing in game stability for BF as well as possibly higher stable OC's

I would update your drivers at least to something supporting 12.1
The AMD drivers are great and i'd recommend them to anyone.

My HP AMD score = 5700
My AMD 8.95.5 Score = ~8700 (O/C) ~8000 NO/C

Stock Shipping drivers are usually junk.
You might O/C and O/V a card with a stock driver and get an extra 1500 Points but why would you if you can download an updated driver and get those point free and then O/C on top of it

What is your stock voltage? 900? also does BF create any error logs?

 

very good to know. i will test them then. just one question: 8.95.5 is newer than Catalyst 12.3 WHQL (8.951.0) but older than Catalyst 12.4-beta OpenCL 1.2-ready (8.960.0) drivers. i've found only one link within AMD for these drivers and am wondering if they are Mobility-ready. i could do some inf modding if need be but want to be sure before i commit. also, have you encountered any video playback issues (YouTube, DVD, Blu-ray) with these drivers?

yes, i also always reset the clocks after gaming. but the only time i get crashes is when playing Battlefield 3. my overclocks are stable in the benchmarks and during normal desktop use. i also use a notebook cooler to lower the temperatures when gaming.

yeah, i understand your argument, but my overvolt is just 4mV with an temperature increase of about 4C to 5C maximum. although if i could achieve my current overclocks using newer drivers without overvolting, i'd be very pleased. they give me about 20%-25% boost in games. i must add that my VRAM chips are rated at 933MHz, so my memory overclock from 800MHz to 930MHz is very well within the chips working threshold. the GPU core, however, needs some voltage boost to become stable; hence, the 4mV increase in core voltage. i guess that's why your GPU is a 6770m whereas mine is a 6630m (they both have identical cores, but 6770m is a better quality chip; hence, the higher overclocks).

there are numerous threads in EA Battlefield forums (and elsewhere) discussing the exact same issue, and all of them mention an on-board Realtek audio chip. people who have disabled their on-board audio in BIOS and have purchased an external USB sound card never encounter this issue afterwards. i have to say that it could very well be an overclock-related issue triggering the malfunction of the on-board audio, but it's beyond my knowledge; however, things point to Realtek being the culprit.

okay. i'm convinced now.

stock voltage is 900mV. i have never seen an error log by Battlefield 3; it just freezes for a couple of second while the audio loops then crashes to desktop.

 

That is the link for the same exact driver yeah.
I didn't have to do any INF modding on this one. you're card is like you said more or less the same card but with lower clocks so you should be fine.

No video playback issues BluRay, DVD, YouTube, MKV, AVI, etc all play great. Stability of use on this card is equal to and greater than any previous driver i've used including stock. Also an added bonus you probably don't do video editing but of the modded drivers ive used (DNA/Lesh) none supported Sony Vegas Pro. This driver does have hardware support in program . I've used PS3 Media Server, SonyVP, VLC, WMP12, Youtube, DIVX, Hulu Desktop, Skype, DeskSpace. all function. Point being it works great.

Yeah a 4mV increase like you said isn't much to worry about. You seem to know what you're doing. I just never know who is asking =p

I was not aware of that issue. good to know.

Maybe try turning the card off and running through a previously played section (or MP Map) of the game and see if the issue is resolved. You wouldn't need the new audio card to prove it just the removal of the old one.

Still could be the O/C. I bench Using Vantage, Furmark, PCmark, ATITool, and Performance Test. Still I have had issues with random games with O/C. Check that audio driver though! hope you find the culprit.

Idk if it produces them i just wasn't sure. Try checking Windows event logs? they may list an audio or video driver crash at the same time as the game crash. To be honest the windows event log lists so much it's annoying. aha


If you use vantage any chance I could ask you to report back with before and after results with any pro/cons to the driver?

 

ok, so i updated the drivers from SONY 8.862.4.1 (Catalyst 11.6 if i'm not mistaken) to AMD 8.950.5 (post Catslyst 12.3, pre Catalyst 12.4). as expected, the overvolt feature is gone. i don't use Vantage but ran 3DMark06 benchmarks; here are the results:

SONY 8.862.4.1, 485MHz/800MHz/900mV (stock): 7326 (SM2.0: 2573, HDR/SM3.0: 3251, CPU: 3041).

SONY 8.862.4.1, 735MHz/933MHz/904mV (O/C): 9033 (SM2.0: 3318, HDR/SM3.0: 4146, CPU: 3027).

AMD 8.950.5, 485MHz/800MHz/900mV (stock): 7313 (SM2.0: 2578, HDR/SM3.0: 3233, CPU: 3044).

AMD 8.950.5, 710MHz/910MHz/900mV (O/C): 8812 (SM2.0: 3227, HDR/SM3.0: 4027, CPU: 3039).

unfortunately, comparing stock to stock settings, i didn't gain any benchmark score. and anything higher than 710/910 would crash the video driver.

however, video playback does not work! i get black boxes for local video files and green boxes for internet Flash videos (the sound plays fine in both cases). the Flash issue can be solved by disabling video hardware acceleration for Adobe Flash, but i haven't been able to solve the other one.

so i thought i could live with a 200 point decrease in 3DMark06 score if Battlefield 3 is stable (haven't tested it yet), but i can't live with no video playback ability.

maybe i'll go with 11.9 to get a more stable driver with working overvolt feature and video playback.

EDIT: tried Battlefield 3. with 710/910 overclocks, it crashed to desktop with audio looping after about 20 minutes. i lowered the clocks to 705/905 and played for another 20 minutes until it completely froze the computer and i had to power the laptop down. i could try 700/900, but i guess it's going to be unstable again.

 

That's to bad. Hope you find a driver that works well for you. I believe DNA and Lesh have 11.9 drivers but idk if they are compatible with graphics switching. Sorry about that!

BTW thanks for the scores!

 

edited my post above with Battlefield 3 results. btw, i'm just going to install SONY drivers and update to 11.9 on top of them; that way, the graphics switching will keep working.

 

Anyone wanna try latest leaked driver? AMD Catalyst 8.97 18th April - Guru3D.com Forums


I tried but i can't do my overvolt thingy.. so i'm back to 12.2 UP5.

 

I might try it. it'll be thursday at earliest though since I need the laptop for school mon-wed. Wanting to try this as well

http://benchmark3d.com/amd-catalyst-modding-guide-and-performance-test

I think that mod should work on any driver anyone have any idea on if it has a chance to bring overvolt to newer CCC? I figure it's a long shot but worth trying.

 

Thanks for sharing "modded to 7970" link. They just released modded v8.970. Looks like i will spend another good 2 hours to install, uninstall and reinstall tonight.