High Definition audio only stereo after Win 7 install

[ickata]

Hi All,


This forum is my last hope for solving my problem.


I have HP Pavilion dv7 1270us , which came with Windows Vista x64. I've managed to watch DVD Movies and Blu-ray discs through the HDMI-output, having multichannel audio as well (5.1)


I thought that it was time for a Windows upgrade. 2 weeks ago I've purchased a copy of Windows 7 Professional, formatted my hard drive and installed my new Windows. After that I browsed HP's driver page to download my missing drivers.
Everything looked good, except the fact that I cannot output multichannel audio to my amplifier now.

Firstly, I thought that this could be a codec issue, but it wasn't. This is what I've found in my Sound settings - Windows says that my High Definition audio supports only 2 channels:

As you can see from the screen the HD driver is from Microsoft, which is strange (I think it should be signed by HP?). Somewhere I read that Windows 7 supports only 2 channels for HDMI by default, because the driver is a generic one. When trying to update the driver, the system says that it is the best one.

I've been searching Google for days for a solution. I found that a lot of people are having similar problems (though on different configurations) but I never read a proper solution to this problem.


Please help!

 

[zigzag3143]

Hi All,


This forum is my last hope for solving my problem.


I have HP Pavilion dv7 1270us , which came with Windows Vista x64. I've managed to watch DVD Movies and Blu-ray discs through the HDMI-output, having multichannel audio as well (5.1)


I thought that it was time for a Windows upgrade. 2 weeks ago I've purchased a copy of Windows 7 Professional, formatted my hard drive and installed my new Windows. After that I browsed HP's driver page to download my missing drivers.
Everything looked good, except the fact that I cannot output multichannel audio to my amplifier now.

Firstly, I thought that this could be a codec issue, but it wasn't. This is what I've found in my Sound settings - Windows says that my High Definition audio supports only 2 channels:

As you can see from the screen the HD driver is from Microsoft, which is strange (I think it should be signed by HP?). Somewhere I read that Windows 7 supports only 2 channels for HDMI by default, because the driver is a generic one. When trying to update the driver, the system says that it is the best one.

I've been searching Google for days for a solution. I found that a lot of people are having similar problems (though on different configurations) but I never read a proper solution to this problem.


Please help!

Whatever driver worked in vista, will work in win 7 in installed in "compatibility mode"

Let us know if you need help

Ken
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[not so gray matter]

Go to the HP website and download their latest driver:
First try this set: Win7 x64 Audio Drivers
IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC Driver HP Pavilion dv7-1270us Entertainment Notebook PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)

If that doesn't work, use this set in compatibility mode for Vista x64:
IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC Driver HP Pavilion dv7-1270us Entertainment Notebook PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)

You may need to uninstall your old microsoft drivers before you install either of those. To do that, go to that properties page where you tried to update your drivers before and uninstall the driver.

 

[ickata]

Hi All,

I tried both with latest sound driver for Win 7 and Vista, but got no success.

However, I reinstalled the nVidia graphics driver and guess what - it did the trick! During the installation process I saw that both nVidia Graphic Driver and nVidia HD Audio will be installed. After that I restarted, set some settings and my 5.1 works like a charm now!