Quote: Originally Posted by
johngalt 
Patrick - please *do* post everything that you installed, with links, and I'll split off this part of the topic into its own topic and make it a sticky, so other users of the same laptop will be able to quickly find solution and post in their own little threads.
John - I am not sure how to do this environment. When a person goes to the HP home page there three main headings at the top of the page. When a person selects Support &
Drivers the two choices are (1st) Download
drivers and software(and firmware) - Select this one and use 32-bit Vista
driver(s). (2nd) See Support and Troubleshooting information. The
drivers I chose as most important (1)
Driver Audio - IDT High Definition Audio Codec
driver ver. 6.10.6087.0A - 11/08 (2) Driver Graphics - ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics Driver ver. 8.533.1.0A - 11/08 (3) Driver Network - Realtek Ethernet NIC Driver 6.208.0729.2008A - 11/08 ; Atheros Wireless LAN Driver 2.00B 6/08;(4) Driver Storage - Realtek Card Reader Driver 6.0.6000.20109A (5) Operating System Enhancements and QFE's - AMD USB Filter Driver ver. 1.07A 8/08; (6) AMD AHCI Compatible Raid Controller Driver 3.1 - 6/08.
Using these drivers and the regular install of Windows 7 caused the Windows 7 software to work correctly. Also I wasn't paying attention to the dimming effect that now takes place in Windows 7. I will be more attentive to help out.