HP DV6z ATI 7690m Drivers

Hey,

I recently bought a DV6z with the Radeon HD 7690m graphics card. As soon as I got it, I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 x64 on it, and have been having trouble ever since. First off, the drivers on HP's website just doesn't work. For the longest time, I couldn't install any of the drivers either from HP's website or AMD's website. When I tried installing from the Catalyst Install Manager, my computer would freeze mid-install, the screen would turn black, and I would have to boot into safe mode to uninstall the drivers to get the computer working again.

A few days ago, my Windows Update picked up a 7670m update, and now automatically installs the drivers when I boot after safe mode. The problem is, the Catalyst Vision Control won't boot, saying that I don't have a compatible AMD card installed. Also, my display is showing up as a 7670m, not a 7690m which means my clock speeds are lower than what they should be.

I'm getting really tired of playing around with the drivers, and I just want this machine to work like it's supposed to.

Anyone got any ideas?

 

Is this a dv6z-7000 notebook that has been customized to order (CTO)? From what I'm seeing, it doesn't look like HP is offering the 7690M on the current AMD models (they were offered on the dv6-6cXX models only).

According to the HP, they are offering the following configuration options for the AMD version:

• AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7600 Series Discrete-Class Graphics
• 1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7670M Graphics
• 2GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7730M Graphics

 

I'm not too sure what the model number is exactly but here's the specs of my laptop. It was customized to order I think.



dv6z Quad Ed
• AMD Quad-Core A6-3420M Accelerated Processor (2.4GHz/1.5GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
• dark umber
• Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7690M GDDR5 Discrete Graphics(TM) [HDMI, VGA]
• FREE UPGRADE to 640GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
• No additional security software
• FREE UPGRADE to 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.5 hours of battery life +++
• 15.6" Full HD HP Anti-glare LED (1920 x 1080)
• Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
• 802.11b/g/n WLAN
• Standard Keyboard with numeric keypad
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

 

Use this HP auto detect tool to find out just what model you have.