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    HP Pavilion dv7 4050-sg

    Discussion in 'HP' started by spastard, Mar 8, 2013.

  1. spastard

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    Hi guys,

    i have a problem with this notebook: https://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=4207752

    a friend of mine didnt need it anymore, he said he had some problems with it so he buyed a new one and because i was in need of a notebook he gave it to me

    so heres the problem:
    the hard drive had a problem so i completly formated it and installed windows 7, everythings works fine except installing the graphic driver, i will list u a couple of tests i've done


    test 1:
    clean windows 7 installation -> only graphic driver from windows update -> restart -> works
    problems:
    sleep mode -> freezes at login screen after resume
    restart again -> freezes before entering the login screen but after windows logo
    conclusion: only works once as long i dont shut down or put notebook in sleep mode, after that i need to go into safe mode -> uninstall graphic driver -> install it again -> see above

    test 2:
    clean windows 7 installation -> installed graphic driver from hp -> restart -> stays some seconds in login screen then freezes
    conclusion: graphic driver doesnt work at all

    test 3:
    clean windows 7 installation -> installed graphic driver from hp with this modification: Bug Or Feature? AMD's Catalyst Doesn't Recognize NB Driver : Installed Or Not? + installed the atipcie.sys manually -> restart -> at login windows says: "graphic driver crashed but was able to recover" -> works
    problems: same as test 1, moreover i can not switch graphics from discrete to gpu
    conclusion: sucks again

    test 4:
    clean windows 7 installation -> installed newest graphic driver from amd -> restart -> stays some seconds in login screen then freezes
    conclusion: graphic driver doesnt work at all


    i did a lot of more tests combining drivers or trying to install them manually, but i didnt change any of the outcomes above ... so, plz help me guys!