In device manager I see display adapters & monitors but neither seem to be populated with any thing? Am I missing video card drivers? If so how do I fix that? Will clean install find and repair this issue?
The fan seems to have quite down
In device manager I see display adapters & monitors but neither seem to be populated with any thing? Am I missing video card drivers? If so how do I fix that? Will clean install find and repair this issue?
The fan seems to have quite down
What's the make and model of the laptop? Go to the manufacturer website, before you start, and make sure that it is compatible with the latest version of Win10 and download the latest driver for it onto a usb drive so you have it handy when it's needed.
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It's an HP Pavilion Entertainment PC that what it says on it. Il go to their website & See Thanks Awsum140
It's a DV9500 & there a windows Vista Product key on the bottom panel
It's a DV9500 & there a windows Vista Product key on the bottom panel
The HP site just gives me this spinning square it says it's looking for software for my PC but, it's taking for ever Is a third party site advisable? Or will windows just find & install all the necessary drivers & software I need when I do a clean install?
Oh & will my old Vista product Key work on windows 10 ?
it says it's looking for software for my PC but, it's taking for ever Is a third party site advisable? Or will windows just find & install all the necessary drivers & software I need when I do a clean install?Oh & will my old Vista product Key work on windows 10 ?
It might be using Windows generic drivers which might be just fine, maybe.
There is some feature that newer browsers with older machines just pegs the CPU to max. It drove me nuts and why I bought 4 new Windows 10 machines last year and it is gone. Most websites were just fine. Just some that had media content in them were a problem.
Absolutely.
Do you have the physical product key number or is it secretly digitally stored on the drive? And I don't know for sure if Vista is upgradable to a free Windows 10 or not. And when I get scared and even before, the first thing I do is to clone the drive. I don't know if this is an easy option for you or not. That way you can experiment all of want with the clone without losing anything from the original.
I know that from Win7 it's a free "upgrade" (?) to Win10. Vista may be too far back in the product line for a freebee. However, if the machine had Win10on it at any time the key should be in the BiOS and still be good. I'd see if I could download those drivers for you, but they won;t be much good for you if they're in NJ and I'm betting they'd be too big for email.
So it looks like I can double the ram from 2 to 4 & I have a 500 gig SSD that should fit
If I remember correctly I upgraded to Windows 7 with a retail box OS I bought from Cosco & Windows 10 was a free upgrade
I tried the clean install & it Error out first try It just said that Some thing went wrong & to try again
If I remember correctly I upgraded to Windows 7 with a retail box OS I bought from Cosco & Windows 10 was a free upgrade
I tried the clean install & it Error out first try
It just said that Some thing went wrong & to try again So it looks like I can double the ram from 2 to 4 & I have a 500 gig SSD that should fit
If I remember correctly I upgraded to Windows 7 with a retail box OS I bought from Cosco & Windows 10 was a free upgrade
I tried the clean install & it Error out first try
Cryptic errors.
But yes for many Vista users, Window 7 was a free upgrade. And from Windows 7 to Windows 10 is also free.
The stupid thing has 2 Hard-drives One is marked 1 & one is marked 2
How can I figure out witch one is the main drive with the OS on it?
Can I eliminate the second drive & run just one SSD?
In Device Manager they are marked "C" & "F"
If at all posable I would like to remove both & use an SSD I have here?
One is marked 1 & one is marked 2 How can I figure out witch one is the main drive with the OS on it?
Can I eliminate the second drive & run just one SSD?
In Device Manager they are marked "C" & "F"
If at all posable I would like to remove both & use an SSD I have here?
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It error out again This is the screen shot
Now can I just put my SSD in there Boot of my copy of Windows 7 & Go clean install?
Then upgrade to windows 10 ?
This is the screen shotNow can I just put my SSD in there Boot of my copy of Windows 7 & Go clean install?
Then upgrade to windows 10 ?
I have a lot more to add, but for this and it is easy to remove the old drives and you slap in the SSD and see what you can install, go for it!
It all started this morning when I cleaned the fan filters (fine mesh) on my desktop. I then proceeded to run Aida64 to check the temp of the north bridge and cpu cores. Low and behold these temp were no longer available. So I say to my self "self why" . Is it because I upgraded the bios not too awful long ago or is it a Windows 10 thing. I had all kinds of difficulty getting the bios to see the file on my USB drive and tonight I was able to get it done by using a USB card reader with a micro SD. Well It turned out to be a Windows 10 thing as only the hard drive temp display.
So I uninstalled Aida64 and reinstalled it using Windows compatibility mode for Windows 7 and it's the same.
Well I did just that! It took me a while to figure out how to get the SSD to work with a Windows PC , but after formatting it with Mac Disk Utility to MS Fat & Master Boot Partition I was able to connect it to my Widows PC & format it to NTSF
& Now This I'm using my copy of Windows 7 cause I have a proper Product Key I can all way update to Windows 10 later
Also if this works? I'm planing on upgrading the Ram, from 2 to 4, Amazon has 4 gigs for $44 Canadian With Free Shipping by Tuesday
If you are using a retail version of Windows 7 there won't be any drivers for the network, sound, video, chipset & power management etc. You'll have to get up on HP's support site, enter the serial number and see if there are any drivers available. If there are none to be found then you will need to go digging for drivers by the PCI Vendor ID of the unknown devices, "MOST" of the time the manufacturers reference drivers will work instead of HP specific versions.Well I did just that! It took me a while to figure out how to get the SSD to work with a Windows PC , but after formatting it with Mac Disk Utility to MS Fat & Master Boot Partition I was able to connect it to my Widows PC & format it to NTSF
I'm using my copy of Windows 7 cause I have a proper Product Key I can all way update to Windows 10 later
The hardware ID is what tells you what an unknown device is in the system. Some of the specific chipset drivers are part of other packages for TPM and power management etc. You won't find a direct driver for those so you need to install the proper package (usually Intel specific hardware).
For example, here is the info for my Realtek Network card. The PCI ID for my card shows the Vendor is 10EC (Realtek) and the Device is 8168 (RTL8111/8168/8411or similar) the problem is they share these numbers across various versions of the cards but the reference driver from Realtek includes a lot of their cards in one driver package.
You can look up VEN_DEV numbers in the PCI repository.
PCI Devices
If you have any devices with a bang on them (Triangle Exclamation icon) in the device manager, post what they are here if you can't find a driver for it.
Good luck! Sometimes letting the Windows driver manager search the Windows repository for missing drivers can find them, but most of the time it can't.
Thanks a lot Troll I only have one question mark in Device Manager, I'm upgrading to Windows 10 now So we'l see what happens after that Thanks again
Oh BTW the screen is back to normal now Every thing fits right
I tried to go to the HP site & the browser was so out of date I couldn't log on, I'l try agin after the OS upgrade
I only have one question mark in Device Manager, I'm upgrading to Windows 10 now So we'l see what happens after that Thanks again Oh BTW the screen is back to normal now
Every thing fits right I tried to go to the HP site & the browser was so out of date I couldn't log on, I'l try agin after the OS upgrade
Install Goggle Chrome and not have that problem.Thanks a lot Troll
Oh BTW the screen is back to normal now
I tried to go to the HP site & the browser was so out of date I couldn't log on, I'l try agin after the OS upgrade
Ugg! Chrome has very little controls and Google uses Chrome to collect all of your browsing habits and sells them to anybody who is willing to pay money for it. Other browsers are much safer and has far more safety controls. But most people use Chrome because it makes life easy. But by doing so just justifies the police state to infringe more on your rights.
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