dv9000 AMD Windows 7 32-bit Drivers 4GB ram Overclocking - SOLVED

Greetings all,

This is my very first post on notebookreview forums and I am pleased to be posting on this forum using my hp dv9010us (built in September 2006).

This is going to be a fairly long post, and I do apologize for this, but I have allot of information to give to those who could benefit from my experience.

First, a very brief background on myself:

Former online gamer / Clan leader (Clan NyX) Q2/Q3 - Rocket Arena

First computer TRS-80

Currently in US Army in Iraq (where I am posting this from)

Married 22 years etc...Etc....

Have been a computer fan for (seems like) Forever!

Anyhoo... I purchased this laptop (and yes this is a laptop not a notebook because it is big), in January 2007 from Circuit City and paid $1250 back then.

HP dv9010us Basic system specs:

Windows XP (32 bit) - Originally Windows XP

AMD Turion64x2 TL-56 1.8 GHz dual core 64 bit

nVidia nForce chipset 410/430 MCP

2-120 GB Hard drives (primary 7200 rpm - secondary 5400 rpm I added 2nd HD right after purchase)

GeForce Go 6150

2 GB pc-5300 667 MHz, timing 5-5-5-15 (default for this series was 1 GB, added the extra 1GB)

I had a broken hinge (now fixed) leading me to purchase a new computer for my deployment, an AlienWare M11X - which I am just STUNNED with, small and easy to travel with and MASSIVE battery life.... but a small screen, so while I am/was in Iraq, I decided to try to upgrade this HP Mainly because I loved the way Windows 7 runs compared to XP (we won’t even talk about Vista).



If you are reading this then you have felt the pain we as HP customers have felt with the dv 9000 series orphaned from Windows 7. I contemplated for weeks on which path to go for this upgrade and this is my end result:



Drum roll please..........



OS:

Windows 7 Professional 32-bit

– Reason? Simple, I don’t run 64 bit applications (and it takes more ram to run 64-bit) and this system will support a MAX of 4 GB (AMD/nVidia systems only {per the HP Service manual the details what repairs and upgrades can be done and how to do them}) so any idea of running more memory on this system is a dream. Also, I needed to ensure the best compatibility possible for device drivers. Professional because it includes a Licensed XP OS built in (Emulator) in case I need it.

Memory will be upgraded to 4 GB ram once I get home on leave this summer and I have already confirmed that this will work from several sources (I will update this post once I have this done).



FIRST – Upgrade to the latest System BIOS (Mine is F.43) available from HP Web site



~~~~~NOTE – be sure to change your video memory in the BIOS to 128mb~~



Now install your licensed copy of Windows 7 32-bit OS (OEM or Retail, your choice).



Video Driver: (I recommend doing this first because you are probably seeing the screen in

800x600 or 1024x768 - - - Yuk!).

There are 2 ways to do this:

1. Do this update via the device manager (on desktop (or from the Start button )right click “computer” and select manage), then in the tree to the left select Device manager. Go to the Right plane then select the Display adapter, right Click again and then select “Update Driver” (must be connected to the internet). I had to do this 4 times over 2 days to get the MS website to “See” my display adapter, but Microsoft did download the drivers to my laptop and once I re-booted, I was up and running @ 1440x900 32 bit color!!! (Some people have stated they get a blank screen for 5-10 seconds (maybe longer) after installing this Driver – If so, when system does boot – go to display properties and turn off “Scaling”. Then you should be fine. And yes you do get the nVidia control panel with all the goodies! (You will not be able to run the Aero desktop just yet, but you will at the end of this).

2. Connect to the internet and use "Windows Update". Once Microsoft gives you a list of avaiable updates, - look for the nVidia driver (in the Optional section). This is a 68 MB download and will give your GeForce Go 6150 the right drivers and the correct display resolution. Select this one item only and let Windows 7 download / installer update your system. (I recommend only to download/install this one file, as there are newer and better working drivers available for most of your hardware than Windows update provides.)

Touchpad:

I went to Synaptics online and downloaded their driver (Do not try to get this from HP, Synaptics drivers are more advanced and have some cool features - I Love the Chiral Scrolling feature!) Install and re-boot if required. (I uninstalled the Scribe software that comes with this).



Chipset:

Now – go get this file from nVidia.com or on the net:

15.51_nforce_win7_32bit_whql



Once downloaded, install this chipset driver. This will take care of most of the missing Base system Drivers (if not all).

Re-Boot



You should be able to run the Aero Themes with transparency now!



AUDIO & Media Controls (Previous <, Play/Pause, Next >, Stop, Mute, Volume):

There are 2 ways to do this, one through the Driver updates and the other from HP (use Vista 32 bit or another’s laptops Windows 7 32 bit drivers). Do the Microsoft one first, and then run the “Conexant Audio Drivers” (file is named “ sp35684 “on HPs web site. This will give you volume control and the media button functions (these work in iTunes and VLC, I haven’t tested them in Media player, but they won’t work for Winamp, this I have tested.) Sorry, no onscreen notifications of volume as you change it.

5 in 1 Card Reader:

From HP’s website, look for and download this file “sp34638 “. (HP names then funny don’t they?). Just run this to get your card reader working.



Quick Launch buttons:

No real luck here, except for a poster in a different forum, He wrote a program so that you can assign those blue buttons above the keyboard (left side) to launch any program you want. I launch IE9 on the former HP Quick play button and VLC on the DVD button. You can also change to scrolling speed of the Blue volume slider!

Thank you to “Th3 uN1Qu3” for this JEWEL!



http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-drivers-software-forum/402817-quickplay-button-remapper-configure-your-quickplay-buttons-way-you-want-them.html









Overclocking:

Thus far I have only found one way to overclock this laptop-Using nVidia's systems tools. (I have not tried the Coolbits from nVidia yet)

From nVidia web site DL this file:

6.06_nvidia_system_tools

It is 88 MB, once done install (NOTE – There are 3 separate installs from this one file and I DO recommend placing Icons on the Desktop for these)



The one that allows you to over clock is the icon with “Performance” in its’ na#e#

Agree to the license and then in the left tree select PERFORMACE then Device Settings – Wait, it might look like it is not responding, but it will come up after about 10-15 seconds.

Now on the right plane, select CPU, HTS bus speed is 200 by default -Using your computers multiplier (mine is 9x {200x9=1800=1.8 GHZ) change it to, say 210 then click apply.
(Notice to the right the new CPU clock speed as you adjust the slider.) My system runs stable at 234MHZ giving me 234x9=2106MHZ= 2.1GHZ. I was able to re-run the windows index score and increased my Processor score to 4.8!! Not to shabby for a nearly 5 year old laptop!



NOTE, if your screen freezes with lots of different colors or you get the dreaded BSD (Blue Screen of Death), simply restart (Press and hold down the power button) and your system will come back on at the default clock speed. I do recommend running the Windows 7 system assessment after each time you increase the BUS speed!



GET CPU-z to see the changes or use the nVidia “system monitor” you installed earlier.



I will try some other utilities for the GPU and see if I can improve that score.

So in conclusion, I now have a dv9010us running Windows 7 32-bit with all drivers and full functionality clocking in at 2.1GHZ and it is stable. Soon to have 4 GB (I know, only about 3.6 will be used for Windows 7).

These steps work on the hp dv9010us model, however they should work for all of the 9000 series that use AMD CPUs with nVidia chipsets.

If you have made it this far, thank you for taking time out of your day to read this and GOOD Luck to you and your laptop!



Please post here to let me know if this helps or not.



Best Regards to all

NyXFree