HP DV5 Laptop and Windows 7 - driver issues

[mircea00]

hy ,
i have also an HP dv5 but my power management is not working

 

[mircea00]

please help me with this because the battery life is max 1 hour and this in power safer mode.The notebook is new from store and i am sure that is not a battery problem.

 

[Patrick C]

Power Management Trouble

mircea00 - :sarc: How are You? I have a dv5-1125nr HP. It came with Vista 64 Home Premium. When You brought Your dv5 home, since it is new was Power Management working before You changed to Windows 7 64? Can You see your machine Battery charging when You are plugged in, if not can You revert to Vista 64 and see if it is working. You could restore because You made Your restore disks, right? It might be worth your while because then You can call HP for the first year You own the machine and they will do whatever it takes to get You up and running. If You bought a warranty from the store You bought the machine at and You restore to Vista -- and it won't work correctly -- then You can push the 'button' to get them to help You. After we do that and it is working in Vista and then it won't work in Windows 7 then we can tackle that. If works in Vista but not in Windows 7 I would be really surprised. God's Speed to You. I will do whatever it takes to help You. Patrick C

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

hy ,
i have also an HP dv5 but my power management is not working

Hello, welcome to the forums by the way.

I have a Dv5-1235dx, it would better help me though if I knew the exact model of your Dv5-Notebook, any chance you could provide this?

Also please try to fill out your System Specs to the best of your ability.


EDIT: OMG i hate it when it puts me on the last page of a thread I've never been on before, makes me think its the only/first page! :|

 

[mircea00]

Hello all,
I have HP pavilion DV5 -1199ec:
Processor Core 2 Duo T9400
Clock Speed2.53 GHz L2 Cache6 MB FSB Speed1066 MHz
Disk drive Hard disk interface
SATA

Hard disk rotational speed
5400 rpm

Total storage capacity
320 GB


Display Display
WXGA TFT LCD

Display diagonal
15.4 "

Display resolution
1280 x 800 pixels


Memory Internal memory
4096 MB

Internal memory type
DDR2 SDRAM

Memory layout
2x 2048 MB

Maximum internal memory
8 GB


Storage media Compatible memory cards
SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro/xD

Card reader integrated

Video Graphic adapter
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Maximum graphic adapter memory
1791 MB

Dedicated video memory
512 MB


Optical drive Optical drive type
BL/DVD±RW DL

I have licence on Vista home Premium but I don't like it at all and I prefer Windows & x64,Underv Vista is no problem with battery.In Windows 7 when is chargin is showing just the % but no time no nothing and after I let the notebook on battery is not showing me the time remain.I was searching in Advance power management but nothing there.Please help

 

[YupYup]

Try the 30 day trial of BatteryMon it will tell you everything you need to know.

 

[mircea00]

ok thank you but this will resolve my problem?i am sure that i have no battery management right now and with fully charge battery i can stay max 1 hour just browsing on interenet.This is normal?

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi mircea00,

I have a different laptop, but the battery was exhibiting the same problem (all be it after nearly 3 years ). It would last just under an hour even on full charge, and has since failed completely

I'm thinking that some contact with HP customer support might be the next step for you.

 

[Patrick C]

PowerManagement for dv5-1199ec

ok thank you but this will resolve my problem?i am sure that i have no battery management right now and with fully charge battery i can stay max 1 hour just browsing on interenet.This is normal?

Hi mircea00 - (1) You can go to HP's website. There is extensive troubleshooting there. I went there to see and there is a whole section just on power management. I have found that looking, trying, and logical troubleshooting based upon the information of say Vista 64 on the HP website can help you see how to solve issues with Windows 7 64 (or 32). (2) The next thing I would try is to go - to the HP driver site for your Laptop (based upon your model number) and ---sequentially download drivers from Vista 64 that can be downloaded and run in the compatibility mode into Windows 7 64. I recommend that You take these one at a time. (3) It occured to me this might be a BIOS issue, and there was a BIOS upgrade there that may not have been installed for You. I check to see the version before I leap. (4) I have left most of the driver installation to Windows 7 and I haven't had any major issues. (5) Some of the Manufacturer's of the Video etc. have Windows 7 drivers. (6) If after You have looked at all of this - HP has a Customer Service (C.S.) Number You can call. I would give it a shot to call them because Windows 7 is on the Horizon and I would hope You could talk them into helping You fix this issue.
I hope this helps. Please don't hesitate to keep trying this forum for more help. God's Speed to your efforts -- Patrick C

 

[Patrick C]

PowerManagement for dv5-1199ec

Hello mircea00 -
Hello! Did You get the Problems with the Power Management for your machine solved?
Did the inputs I posted help You?
God's Speed - Patrick C

 

[mircea00]

hy Patric

I was searching there but i couldn' find it.I installed vista ultimate and the battery managment is ok there.I guess is a bug of Win 7.Thx for supporting me

 

[mircea00]

BTW i conatcted HP customer service and they told me that they are not supporting Windows 7 and "should" work with Vista x64 Drivers, but is not really like that

 

[Patrick C]

mircea00 - Good Morning! 07/25/09 @ 08:56 PST. I can't do it today but I am going to pursue this question with HP, sometime as soon as I can. First though please repeat for me the specific symptoms - Is it that the Battery doesn't charge correctly in Windows 7 64? - or is it that when You are on the Battery the software won't manage the system by the settings You have set in Power Management? These settings would be when the display dims, when the display turns off, when the Computer goes to Sleep, and/or the Brightness of the display? If You could Please include these details we will (I will) go to HP and find out how these work in Vista which they - do support - so that we can figure out what isn't correctly configured in windows 7 64 so that we can make the Power Management work correctly. If your up for it we can go step-by-step & nail this. It has to work and I bet there are some real talented people in this forum that would help us!!!! That is why this forum rocks!! Let me know what You want to do because I really like to solve problems like this. It is this kind of stuff that really matters in my opinion!! Also I bet Microsoft would help also - Another Clue!?! God's Speed! Let's go for it - Patrick C

 

[Patrick C]

mircea00 -
One more thing I have been on my Battery using Windows 7 - full blast for over 1 1/2 hrs and I still have 13%. Could you setup your power management settings in Vista 64 - and run a test. Note your settings, list them here, and tell us what the results are - specifically - Ok?? Patrick C

 

[Patrick C]

PowerManagement for dv5-1199ec

mircea00 -
The Windows 7 support you need for Power Management is I think the ACPI drivers or function. I think if you are still interested - that those are the functions that cause power management to work. Please verify this but I had to insure that mine were funtioning for my dv5 AMD processor in Windows 7 - 64. Hope this helps - I haven't seen anymore posts so I will let this go - unless there are more posts.

God's Speed to You - Patrick C

 

[shibu1981]

My laptop which came with Vista pre-installed (HP Pavilion dv5-1116em) is now Windows 7 Ultimate. I installed the Windows 7 drivers for my laptop available from HP site. My problems are below :

1) When hearing a song through Windows Media player using headset, I'm logging into skype, WMP pauses and the logging sound comes through speaker. After the conversation finished, if I signout skype, the signout sound comes through speaker and the WMP resumes. Also the WMP hears through the speaker for 2-3 seconds then back to headset.

The log-in and log-out sound of skype comes through speaker

2) When I'm in one messenger using headset ,say in skype, if a call comes in another messenger ,say in yahoo or gtalk, the second conversation automatically switches to the speaker.

When in one chat client, second chat client automatically switches to speaker

Is this the problem of audio driver as I'm using the correct audio driver for the laptop form HP site.

Can anybody help me to solve this ?

Regards and Thanks in advance

Shibu