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    Latest drivers for HEL80

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by alphagamma, Oct 23, 2006.

  1. destilert

    destilert Newbie

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    The ram compartment is locket up to hard for me to open..

    About downloading new vista driver, is it any particular you had i mind? Or just all of them? 'Cause I would, but I can only download 1GB a month and I'm pretty sure I'd exceed that limit if I was to download all the new drivers.. Btw, "vista" or "vista for intell" on compals site..?
     
    destilert, Feb 22, 2007
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  2. motors4fun

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    I can't believe you could not get the cover off. I changed my hard drive out and the cover screws were a pain to get out but with a good quality screwdriver it will open. As far as the drivers go, you should just down load the video card driver for vista. You can find it at compal.com. look for EL80 and then go to vista, then 02_VGA, then the g73 driver. Hope this helps.

    good luck
     
    motors4fun, Feb 22, 2007
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  3. destilert

    destilert Newbie

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    I got the ram compartment open after some time.. The screw was not hard to get out, I just felt I was gonne break the cover when trying to open it. But it did not break and I and it turns out I only got 1 gb of ram, whilst I should have had 2 GB..

    Downloaded the g73 driver and the computer now recognises the 7600, but i still cannot refresh the performance in Vista :\ But Aero runs very smooth even though the graphics is ratet to 1 but Vista :p
     
    destilert, Feb 23, 2007
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  4. chrisyano

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    Nvidia drivers for Vista have been said to be rather worthless--so perhaps that is part of the problem. But there are a number of other Compal owners here who are also running Vista--so hope is not lost.
    I agree that this is worth checking on. You may also want to send a quick message to your reseller to let them know about your issues.
     
    chrisyano, Feb 23, 2007
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  5. motors4fun

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    Sorry to hear that you were shorted on your ram. I hope your builder will compensate you in some way. I have heard some bad stuff about Nvidia's drivers right now as well and all i can say is that i am sure they will get better with some time. Good luck with everyting
     
    motors4fun, Feb 23, 2007
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  6. chrisyano

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    Definitely get in touch with your reseller about the missing RAM (if you have not already).
     
    chrisyano, Feb 24, 2007
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    I just installed the force ware 100.58 beta drivers and pretty happy with them,so far.
     
    motoolfan, Feb 24, 2007
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  8. alphagamma

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    Updated:
    Realtek Ethernet PCI-E NIC 5.666.301.2007 - Microsoft Update
    FlyTV Express mini DVB-T Hybrid 2.287.3.20 - Microsoft Update
    Integrated Camera 5.7.18.101 - Microsoft Update
     
    alphagamma, Apr 3, 2007
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  9. Atook

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    Thanks for the tip alphagamma!
     
    Atook, Apr 3, 2007
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  10. alphagamma

    alphagamma Notebook Consultant

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    Updated:
    Intel PROWireless 3945ABG Network Connection 11.1.0.86
     
    alphagamma, Apr 18, 2007
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  11. pyro9219

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    Anything magic about it? I'm running 11.1.0.0 currently..
     
    pyro9219, Apr 18, 2007
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  12. AndyNJ

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    anyone figure out how to get scrolling with the touchpad to work in Vista yet?
     
    AndyNJ, Apr 18, 2007
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  13. alphagamma

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    No idea, I was still working with the original CD shipped one and with Intel's software.
    Now I decided to drop the Intel software, just use the driver and let Windows regulate the wireless.
    I was fed up with the more than 6 processes running for only wireless.
     
    alphagamma, Apr 19, 2007
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  14. bxf

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    AlphaGamma, I thought my drivers were all up to date, but your nice list tells me otherwise. But wait! I'm running XP. Are you perhaps running Vista?

    Thanks.
     
    bxf, Apr 19, 2007
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  15. Psicho

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    how do you guys get updates from Microsoft Update? I just went to the site and it only found new drivers for my realtek ethernet card, and everything else was "apparently" up to date. All my drivers except for the graphics ones are still from the original driver CD. Maybe they put the latest drivers on it?
     
    Psicho, Apr 19, 2007
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    Donald@Paladin44, Apr 19, 2007
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  17. alphagamma

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    Did some updates.
     
    alphagamma, May 28, 2007
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  18. alphagamma

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    alphagamma, Jun 14, 2007
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  19. pyro9219

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    You should ask one of the mod's like Chrisyano to fix the title so it say's 'drivers', because I know I didn't get any didn't get any diver's with my notebooks.. Was I ripped off? :D
     
    pyro9219, Jun 15, 2007
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  20. Donald@Paladin44

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    You should have received 2 divers that were to stay at your side 24/7. All you have to do is feed them kelp and they will protect you :D

    However as with anything else, unless you complain within 24 hours of receiving your shipment no one will believe that you did not get them.
     
    Donald@Paladin44, Jun 15, 2007
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  21. pyro9219

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    :D That made me bust out laughing in the middle of a presentation... Good Job Donald! Made my day.. :)
     
    pyro9219, Jun 15, 2007
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  22. alphagamma

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    alphagamma, Jun 29, 2007
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    - Audio: Realtek High Definition Audio System Software 1.70
     
    alphagamma, Jul 2, 2007
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  24. de-leet

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    de-leet, Jul 2, 2007
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  25. pyro9219

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    These are a pretty good improvement (link works for me).

    Games like BF2 / BF2142 can now be used in HARDWARE mode for the audio. I guess this means they fixed the EAX stuff.
     
    pyro9219, Jul 2, 2007
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  26. alphagamma

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    Sweet. Weird it took so long to fix it.
     
    alphagamma, Jul 3, 2007
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  27. alphagamma

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    - BIOS: HEL80 BIOS 121B
     
    alphagamma, Jul 4, 2007
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  28. alphagamma

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    - Chipset: Intel Chipset 8.3.0.1013
    -->Run "Setup.exe -OVERALL -OVERIDE" otherwise it will do nothing.
     
    alphagamma, Jul 5, 2007
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  29. hujlobolotnoe

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    hujlobolotnoe, Jul 10, 2007
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  30. hujlobolotnoe

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    hujlobolotnoe, Jul 10, 2007
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  31. Dirt

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    In case nobody noticed, latest Nvidia’s Forceware 94.24 for GeForce 7xxx series is not officially listed as a driver for 7xxx Go series, but it supports them without any modifications:
    http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_94.24.html
    One way or another, but it’s better than 84.74, since that old version has a lot of unfixed bug issues with newer games. And furthermore this one is WHQL signed :cool:
     
    Dirt, Jul 13, 2007
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  32. alphagamma

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    Indeed I use it now, will update the post.
    It is WHQL signed, but not for laptops :(
     
    alphagamma, Jul 14, 2007
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  33. alphagamma

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    - VGA: NVIDIA ForceWare 94.24
    -->Official NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series driver.
    -->You can still use the good old simple and fast GUI.
    -->Disable the service nvsvc32.exe to get rid of the possible shutdown bug.
    -->My personal OC results stable @ 470-420: 3DMark03: 9253, 3DMark05: 3827, 3DMark06: 2090
     
    alphagamma, Jul 14, 2007
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  34. Dirt

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    Why not? They are not just WHQL sined but and FM Approved! :eek:
    Proof. I was the first who posted result like that with go 7600. :) Unfortunately my BSEL stopped working properly and I can't get 4000+ score any mode.

    By the way: Realtek HD Audio Codec Driver R1.71
     
    Dirt, Jul 14, 2007
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  35. alphagamma

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    Weird:
    http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3233483
     
    alphagamma, Jul 16, 2007
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  36. alphagamma

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    Any reason why you only OCed to 414 for mem, seems you also have the better mem?
     
    alphagamma, Jul 16, 2007
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    - Audio: Realtek High Definition Audio System Software 1.71
     
    alphagamma, Jul 16, 2007
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  38. hujlobolotnoe

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    hujlobolotnoe, Jul 17, 2007
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  39. Dirt

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    Sorry, mistake, 416 was the max for me, and in rare cases after long gaming some artifacts appeard. At first in singnature it was 832, then I chaneged to undoubled but forgot about last to digits - 432.

    Weird indeed, can anybody confirm that too?
    Maybe nvidia at first forgot to remove 7600 support. I downloaded this the very first day. The release itself was dated May 18, and those at nvidia's website now are May 31.
    Uploading it to rapidshare now.
     
    Dirt, Jul 17, 2007
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  40. alphagamma

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    Nice, thank you.
     
    alphagamma, Jul 17, 2007
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  41. Dirt

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    Dirt, Jul 17, 2007
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  42. TC03

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    You can also download the driver, extract it and replace nv4_disp.inf with a proper one from laptopvideo2go.com. That way you can use any driver you want.
     
    TC03, Jul 17, 2007
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  43. Dirt

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    Yes, but it won't be WHQL signed ;)
     
    Dirt, Jul 17, 2007
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  44. TC03

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    Who cares :D .
     
    TC03, Jul 17, 2007
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    I discovered now that the 94.24 drivers still suck for TV-out, again wrong aspect ratio output, back to 84.74.
     
    alphagamma, Jul 19, 2007
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  46. icey_kitsune

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    umm which of the updated drivers will work in vista, i just downloaded some and so far only one actually worked.
     
    icey_kitsune, Jul 20, 2007
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  47. TC03

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    All the drivers from downloadfinder.intel.com will work perfectly. I wouldn't recommend using the VGA drivers from the Intel site though, use the latest drivers from nvidia.com instead (as mentioned above).
     
    TC03, Jul 20, 2007
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  48. Linconln

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    All drivers are available at Compal´s site.
    Mine came pre-installed with Vista Home Premium, everything working fine.
    I updated all the drivers after sometime...
     
    Linconln, Aug 7, 2007
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  49. mcvocal

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    Does anybody know what happend to biz-com? does anybody have url with simmilar page (that compal drivers download site sucks couse drivers are fragmented on multiple files.)
     
    mcvocal, Aug 7, 2007
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    never mind, its working again :)
     
    mcvocal, Aug 7, 2007
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