I'm having a lot of difficulty searching for Windows 7 64bit drivers for my HP Pavilion TouchSmart 14-b109wm Sleekbook. It's originally a Windows 8 laptop but I installed Windows 7 64bit Pro on a spare HDD and got it to run fine. My only issue now is finding drivers for it. My biggest concern are the video drivers and especially the wireless drivers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi ... Welcome to Seven Forums ... See if the Thread below helps ...
Downgrading from 8 to 7 on HP Pavilion Touchsmart
I checked that link before posting this and did not find anything that was able to help me with my issue.
Contact HP Support and Customer Service | HP® Support That's the specs for the laptop. I haven't altered it in any way other than putting in a different toshiba hdd. I'm not sure if it's dual graphics but I'd assume no.
Some Models have Dual Graphics but most just have the Intel HD .... See if the Link below helps with the Drivers ...
Hard Drive Of Hp Pavilion Touchsmart 14-B109wm Sleekbook
This laptop is just Intel HD. I didn't find anything about drivers on that link. Here's my issue: It's originally a Windows 8 laptop but I put in a new HDD with Windows 7. It runs fine but I can't find any proper drivers for it because hp doesn't support it for Windows 7, but they should exist out there as a standalone, but I cannot find them.
I'd be happy to install Windows 8 on the new laptop but I don't know how to do it without any oem software. I can't find the right Windows 8 64bit file that I could use. The laptop lacks a disc drive and I only have a 32gb sd card with USB adapter to use to install.
I do understand your Issue ... In the above Link I posted look again it is about half way down the Page ...
The basic problem when Downgrading from Windows 8 to 7 ... Is getting the right Chipset Driver once that is established the rest is pretty easy ... You have tried the Drivers for Windows 8 Chipset ? ...
I looked at the two relevant posts that you are referring to. I was able to use the audio, mouse and graphic drivers just fine. The wireless drivers still won't work. I've used several different types of drivers and none would work. One Atheros driver did manager to change the tray icon from a ethernet icon to a wireless signal icon with a red x through it. As that driver installed it also told me that it was installed incorrectly, as the driver was not found.
Here is a picture of the wireless card in the laptop: https://i.imgur.com/JZryuDY.jpg
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