*HP dv6t & dv7t Select Edition / Quad Edition (6XXX series) Owners Lounge*

The Windows Update driver contains both intel drivers with the amd drivers but it lacks the CCC. At least it is later than what posted on HP download site (11.2, WU 11.4)
Note the 103c Subsystem ID, which means this driver came from HP and is also a HP OEM AMD Driver.

You can manually directly download the drivers off the Windows Update Catalog.


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HP BIOS, some info for those who want to check if they qualify for it. No "what changed since last version" info for some odd reason.
Direct Link - ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp53001-53500/sp53216.exe
This link is also posted in the NBR HP Driver Section soon - http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-drivers-software-forum/568826-current-hp-compaq-bios-list.html

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This package provides an update to the System BIOS. The update installs on supported notebook models using a supported Microsoft Windows Operating System. A reboot is required to complete the installation.


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where did you get your colorimeter from? Did you use the colorhcfr software?

 

Hi I have a question for the computer experts here. Is it important to download ALL of the software and driver updates from the HP website once I receive my Dv7t QE or are just a few of them required to get the max performance from the laptop? If only a few of them which ones are the necessary updates? Thanks for all the help

 

I just used Spyder2 software and ProfileChooser that comes with it. Didn't use clorhcfr.

 

i have the dv7t-6100 fhd 1080p, my problem is that the laptop is always on intel hd graphics, there is no switching tool that i can find, before you could switch by using the catalyst icon or when you on ac power it switch to amd, now nothing. i check, the amd 2gb 6770m is there but there is no way to use thecard. the only thing i found is on the catalyst program there is a page to add the programs you want to use with the amd card but that does nothing

 

purchased or borrowed from work/friend? Does spyder come with a colorimeter that hangs over the screen?

 

so what to do?!

 

HP wins check this out:

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s...prodexp/hhoslp/psg/notebooks/High_performance

And with coupon code NB7376 $200 off a $1099+ laptop

If link work doesnt just check out www.hp.com they want $1149.00 now but with code thats $949 without any upgrades though!!
now its HP 3 me 1..I lost this round Now I will keep my grey steel work on my youtube video I said i would post back in may for Clean install win7 and using certain cleaners like CCleaner etc...then i will make the REGEDIT video with (windows install clean up utility) here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/Windows-Installer-CleanUp-Utility.shtml they stopped offering this tool in 2009 but softpedia still has it for download--

 

The underware/calibration analogy is a good one dgobe! I don't know that it's quite that drastic when comparing like panels, but it does drive home the point. Based on my experience having done somewhere around 50 different calibrations on LCD, Plasmas, and digital front projectors (LCOS/SXRD, 3LCD, and DLP), I've found that like displays from the same manufacturer/lot tend to show the same characteristics, but you are absolutely correct that no two displays are exactly alike, so there will be variances that leave your display less accurate than if it were calibrated individually. Provided the calibration was accurate, it can sometimes give a good starting point, but you will always need to do some tweaking. FWIW though, I've seen the least variance among LCD panels than any of the other technologies, so that is a good thing for those who do not care to invest the time or effort into buying the equipment or learning how to calibrate themselves. For those who do, I really like the i1D2 out of the low cost meters, and am partial to Spectracal Calman over HCFR, but it costs a fair amount more. Although, Spectracal does run specials every so often that can net you both for just under $200.

 

Yeah I'm a coupon freak as well. Hey let me know what color you got if u could so I won't be so skeptical on HPs choice maybe they had to change color to separate the FHD with the 900p so the wouldn't make mistakes but forgot to update us!! they probaly don't think color is a big deal but to some it's a deal breaker. As for the credits there not giving me any I bled HP for credits I'm flagged as over 200 in credits no more I got with 500, 150 and 230 off the total so hp hates me but it was there faults on all the mistakes and I didn't back down. Let me know so I can call and complain more lmao. Thanks


HP wins check this out:

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s...prodexp/hhoslp/psg/notebooks/High_performance

And with coupon code NB7376 $200 off a $1099+ laptop
if link doesnt work just go to hp and check out the new Dv7tq--
echo,

 

So far performance has been great out of my 2GB 6770m, but I'm not loving the autosensing feature that decides which gpu to use and would prefer to manually toggle it on and off. Is there an easy override?

 

So, it has an autosensing feature? I never knew that...I thought you had to manually switch. Is it seamless like Optimus?

Also, anyone buy a sleeve for their laptop? I spent $7 at Amazon to get the HP Onyx... free shipping for students, so if it is ugly or doesn't fit its not that big of a deal.

 

Yes, it is totally automated. You can either specify which programs use which GPU, or after a set period, it autodetects. So far it appears to work well, but interferes with any benchmarking.

To view the options, you can right click on the display and select configure switchable graphics and it will bring up that specifc tab in the CCC. It's not a bad feature, but I'd also like to switch on the fly. The good news is that I got right around 4 hours 30 mins. on a single charge of my 9 cell battery on the DV7TQE with mixed usage at near maximum brightness by letting the autoswitching do its thing!

 

Does it autoswitch when you unplug it from the charger?

 

There is a checkbox that says something like "Use Power saving graphics when on battery"

It should say "when unchecked graphics switching is manual, it will stay on whatever you last set it to regardless of being plugged in or not"

At least that's how my old dv6t with 1GB card worked.

 

it gives two options for power savings: either performance mode or power savings mode for both AC Power or battery power, but it appears to be independent of the autosensing, since even in performance mode it still switches back and forth between the Intel HD gpu and the 6770m depending on the application. I didn't see a setting there to override, but I'll look at again this evening.

 

If the option is not there, would you be able to disable the Intel HD GPU in the Device Manager, forcing use of the 6770m? Either way, I haven't run into any glitches with games or apps that needed the 6770m at this point. Really, it was only during benchmarking that it kept popping up a window asking which gpu to use, forcing me to have to go back and re-run the test. Otherwise, it appears to work pretty well.

 

Can you post your driver and CCC version? You seem to have a fork and maybe a later version.

The way you are describing is pretty much the same way how the current Nvidia's Optimus works.

Looks like the they are finally pushing out AMD Dynamic Switchable Tech, they used to tout a couple of months ago.

If it is, it would be eventually pushed to all switchable models starting with the AMD 6000M line. Which is good news, reducing the
dependency with HP for drivers

 

Has anybody been able to get cpu z to see their ati card? Even if in the CCC i set it to high performance it still only sees the integrated card. I really wish there was just a hotkey or something that I could setup to switch the graphics on the fly. I was really hoping this was possible, when reading the forums before I really though that this was the case.

Edit: should of refreshed before I quick replied

 

If I go into CCC go to preferences then about CCC i get version 2011.0419.2218.38209, i have the 2gb 6770 card.

 

and your Driver? If it should be in the software information.

labeled under Driver Packaging Version

 

I cant seem to find this information anywhere. If I go into the information section it just gives me links to the amd website

Edit: in device manager i have driver version 8.830.6.2000

 

I used (PC-Wizard) 1st choice can be run off a Thumbdrive was able to see both cards and alot more-CPU-Z is on the same site www.cpuid.com -Also used (Belarc advisor) google them softpedia or cnet has them for download-or just go to www.cpuid.com if anyone truly wants to know every single spec on there PC's those 3 work good-- echo

 

I think you mean cpuid not cupid lol

 

yeah was typing to fast lol!! its CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting lmao

My joke for the day!! opps

 

So even with pc wizard it says that I have two graphics cards but it wont give me any info about my ati car, only the integrated. All well at least it works I guess. I still wish it was just a hotkey setting though, I would love to just be able to control it myself rather than having to make all these settings for each individual program, it is convienent but not all at the same time lol

 

These new cards may be different but I recall GPU-Z having a drop-down box near the bottom where you could select either card and see the info for it.

techPowerUp! :: Downloads

 

Thanks that actually worked, now if I could only update the driver, when I try to install from AMD it says my hardware/software is not supported. I think it is because it is registering the intel graphics. I tried setting firefox to high performance so it would use the ati card but no go. Anyone have any ideas on this matter?

 

Put in a game maybe?

 

THis is really annoying me. Why all of a sudden is the manual switching not working? I started a thread on this but no responses yet.

 

HP got us. Great price, lots of problems.

 

Nah, these problems are software. Nothing to do with HP primarily.

 

They've really got you then. That's just what they want you to think.

 

If you read the warning on release note,

The following notebooks are not compatible with this release:

- Any notebook launched after this driver release
- Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks using Intel® chipsets.
- Toshiba® notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
- Sony® VAIO® notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
- Panasonic® notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)

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fiveoneooo, I think I have the same driver. I'll confirm this evening. I was able to get the GPU-Z to recognize the 6770m by playing a game that utilized it, and then doing an Alt+Tab and running it while the game was still active. If it's not active, it sees it in the drop down, but does not report the correct speeds, etc. Only the basic info is reported. For games, it seems to autosense without telling it what to do, but you may also be able to set IE or something similar to Performance mode and run it in the background into fooling the drivers to use the 6770m.

 

I don't like the out-of-date HP drivers either.

Check out this:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-pavilion-notebooks/582641-gaming-oc-vs-stock-comparison.html
Futureperfect has got the fix.

I updated via AMD 11.5b right over top of the HP OEM drivers.

 

Actually, other than the quirks with the graphic drivers, my DV7T has been flawless! The fingerprint reader is ingenious, and I don't think I could live without it now! I installed Office 2007 and the Adobe CS4 suite last night, then tested a couple of older games I had on had, and demos from Steam. Everything functions as it should... fast, beautiful display, long battery life (9 cell lasted 4 and half hours!), and not a single BSOD or error to report. I'm confident the MSI restore helped with that, followed closely by running Windows Update until no new critical/important updates were found. Overall, if I had to make the choice again, knowing what I do now, I'd buy the same system at the price I paid!

 

Well, their model seems to handle switchable differently than current method.
The difference is theirs is supposed to be more seamless, you don't noticed that it switched vs the one you know it switched due to the flicker.

Their driver isn't that much out of date either.
Also, I noticed they changed their switchable page now advertising Dynamic SG again.

 

Anyone knows how to enable NUMLOCK and FLOCK in this laptop? Or are they simple absent???
Also, there used to be a small pop-up on the bottom right of the screen when i pressed the caps lock key. I did a clean install and now I don't know which program was doing that. Anyone?
Jeez i've seen bloatware on notebook but this is just ridiculous, no chance i could live with this without a clean install.

 

Falco152,

Check out Futureperfect's scores on this thread:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-pavilion-notebooks/582641-gaming-oc-vs-stock-comparison.html

He got a 600 point jump in Vantage at stock clocks on his 6770m.

 

Benchmarks don't mean much to me.
I didn't say anything that goes against or support it.

I just said their models is a tad different from everyone else at the moment.

 

That's funny, if anything, my only complaint is that it's too seamless. It was hard to figure out which gpu was running! There's no flicker or noticeable change whatsoever, other than hearing the fan kick in and feeling the vented temp increase. Performance seems to be extremely good though. I've been using my PS3 as my primary gaming system for the last 2-3 years, so the newest PC game I had on hand was COD4, but I had no trouble maxing out the settings at 1080p and still getting very playable fps. It looked good enough that I may go back and play the entire game. Personally, I liked it better than MW2.

 

I'm pretty sure that AMD would release a gadget tell which app is using the AMD card.

They should be, when Nvidia's has theirs.
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Seamless is much better really. I dislike the manual switching method nowadays. There are so many random applications today are now default with 3D acceleration enabled. Switching in the middle while they are running causes annoying video behaviors.

Luckily, the Dynamic SG would be eventually pushed, starting with the current switchable models with AMD 6000m series such as the dv6/dv7-6xxx.

 

OK, so its seamless now. But apparently now it won't work with firefox. Firefox is my browser, and I love running 4k vids. HOw can we get the 6770 to work when it won't turn on in dynamic?

Also, how do you know when it is running? Would CPUID tell you via the temps, maybe? Or some other program that monitors fans?

 

If it like Nvidia's Optimus, just right click on Firefox shortcut, select run with High Performance or Add to profile -> default to High Performance.

I never seen the newer context menu, so I'm guessing of what a couple others seem to hint.

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4K streaming?? Can you pm me a link to an example?

I didn't expect this to be out yet especially a few of my colleagues are researching in that field.

 

Will PM u link. Re firefox, can't find the post, but someone reported that they specificaly set it for max performance with firefox and it still wouldnt turn on. Annoying.

 

Yeah, I saw that. But the way he said it was ambiguous.

But there's no real indicator that if it is running. The Intel HD 3000 can run FHD video without a sweat. So I can't tell.

Anyways, I just tested it on mine. The Intel HD 3000 can run the 4k streams without a sweat, didn't break the 20% mark.
Made sure it was using the Intel HD. Wished I could say the same with my older i5 100% death.

 

NUMLOCK is located just above the 7 key on the numberpad.

The CAPS LOCK message you speak of...I just hit CAPS LOCK and it gave me the pop up that it was on, then off. Try clicking on your desktop once, then hit caps lock. I think it may depend on what window you have selected. When I had the HP Recovery window selected while I made recovery discs, hitting CAPS LOCK would not make that box show up. Looks like whatever software makes it come up tries to choose when you would want that indication.

 

awwwwww....no coupons, no discounts, no nice upgrades anymore. That stinks. I was about to order.

 

Give it time, they may be back. Especially once the new Envy comes out (June 15th I believe) If the new Envy kicks butt in sales, they may bring back discounts on the dv6t. Or you could always consider the Envy 14 or 17 if they have any coupons on it.