Radeon6770/ Intel 3000 drivers help ????

[johnybgood86]

have a problem with my DV 7 6080 which uses Radeon6770/ Intel 3000!

I bought this laptop second hand and when i start using it all seemed fine.. I played games like nba 2k12 without problems and after playing for an hour the max. temp would reach like 80C so that was good. But when playing gta IV on lower settings the temp was very high so i decided to install some driver updates... Thats where i messed up and not really beeing an expert in this area should have made a back-up since i dont have any CD or partition left....
Anyways after updating drivers i first had an issue with the blue screen and had to restart the laptop is safe mode. After that i uninstalled the drivers ( i dont remember which i installed ) but then i of course needed some drivers again. So i decided to install all the drivers again using driversweeper and so on....
After trying many different drivers and Catalysts the problem remains.... THE STRANGE THING THAT HAPPEND IS THAT NOW MY CATALYST WORKS AND I CAN SWITCH GRAPHIC MODES BY RIGHT CLICKING ON MY DESKTOP AS NORMALLY YOU SHOULD DO IN THE 6000 SERIES SO I USE THE AMD GPU RATHER THEN INTEL. SO EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FINE BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT MY DESKTOP FONTS LOOK SMALLER AND WHEN I ENTER NBA 2K12 IN THE BEGINNING ALL SEEMS OK BUT THEN I SEE SMALL HORIZONTAL LINES IN THE SCREEN, it blinks a bitt, AND ALSO IT BECOMES AROUND 85 c AFTER 5 MINUTES OF PLAYING SO THEN IS STOP PLAYING...

I tried everything from reinstalling all drivers with sweeper and CC cleaner and so from using the catalyst by leshcat... right now everything is working and the computer indicates that both my radeon 6770 and intel are working but when i watch a youtube clip on 1080 it looks like my radeon is not beeing used and the graphics look rather bad....
when i check my monitor it indicates 1600x 900 using the radeon so what could be wrong ???

PLEASE HEEEEEELP ???

any other way to get my drivers back to the factory ones without having to buy a cd which can 2 weeks ??

have a problem with my DV 7 6080 which uses Radeon6770/ Intel 3000!

 

[oxymoron02]

First off, 80 - 85C is horrific. Laptops can generally run a little hotter than desktops but you're still into the amber there.

When watching youtube though, right-click on the video and go to Settings. Check the box for Use Hardware Acceleration.

 

[johnybgood86]

thank you for your quick reply !!
I dont think the problem is only youtube.... i tried this with checking the box in youtube and i see now difference... It almost looks as if my laptop is using the INTEL 3000 card instead of my radeon 6770 while when i look in my device manager it recognising my Radeon and also i activated it in My catalyst ... the strange thing is also that my fonts and everything else started too look a little bit smaller on by desktop.. Now this is a problem i dont really care about but the problem is playing games... which before i could do very well ( even gta iv )
Any ideas ??

 

[oxymoron02]

Icons appearing smaller usually just means your screen resolution has increased. If you don't like, it can be easily changed back by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting Screen Resolution, then just drag the slider down.

 

[johnybgood86]

i understand your point oxy but this isnt the problem.... im totally fine with the resolution. I just tell you this to maybe point out what the problem might be with my games underperforming and youtube clips looking worse then before... it seems as if my laptop uses the intel 3000 instead of the radeon 6770 ???

 

[johnybgood86]

these are my experience points given by windows : what do you think about them ??

processor 7.4
Ram 7.6
Graphics 6
Game Graphics 6
Harddisk 5.9

these are my computers stats

Intel Core i7-2630QM 2.0 GHz (2.9 GHz Turbo)
17.3" HD+ High-Definition LED HP BrightView-
QuadCore
8 GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD6770M / intel 3000
1 TB harddisk

quite good or ??

 

[oxymoron02]

Can you access your laptop's BIOS and check that the radeon is set to be the primary graphics adapter?

Chances are you won't find anything to do with it, tends to be on desktops more.

 

[oxymoron02]

6770m not working in dv6t 6000 quad edition


It seems that these laptops use Windows power schemes to regulate which chip is used to drive applications. Set an application to use the high performance profile and it will utilise the Radeon; conversely set an application to power saving and it will use the Intel.

Try experimenting with this and let me know how it goes.

 

[johnybgood86]

thank you oxymoron...
i have been trying this and also i have selected the high performance schedule and tried different onces...
Over the last week ive been reading on different forums around 30 hours about what the problem could be
Many people have had problems with the ATI/INTEL switchable graphics but the DV7 60xx series have fixed graphics and they cant be changed in the bios. The way to change them is through the desktop by pressings right mouse button and it should come up switchable graphics which i did change but no effect
Any ideas what i could do ??

 

[oxymoron02]

I'm afraid I'm out of ideas, unless you contact HP about it, though all the people saying HP don't have a clue does not make it seem like they'll be able to help.

It would have helped to say before what you'd tried already.

 

[johnybgood86]

sorry for that OXYmorron... i wouldnt think anybody would respond on my thread !! Thanx for trying !!

 

[johnybgood86]

mmm i discovered one thing... when i look into my devicemanger that both my INTEL and RADEON 6770 are using the same driverversion which is the one on the HP website ?? could that be the problem or ?? this is what it says about the driver im using on the HP website... do i need the other INTEL driver then ??? im confused


This package provides the AMD High-Definition (HD) Graphics Driver and Catalyst Control Center for supported notebook models that are running a supported operating system. For notebooks with switchable graphics modes, this package includes drivers for both graphics processing units (GPUs). Switchable graphics enable users to switch between a power-saving graphics mode (normally used under battery power) and a high-performance graphics mode. If high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) video output is supported, this package also installs the HDMI Audio Driver.

8.882.2.3000

 

[johnybgood86]

one more question !!
I tried to install the Intel High-Definition (HD) Graphics Driver but my system says i cant install because my laptop doesnt meat requirements ?? Isnt that strange ??

 

[dsperber]

8.882.2.3000

This is a pretty old driver.

All the other recent threads dealing with "switchable graphics" all talk about the goodness of applying the latest 12.8 Catalyst drivers from the ATI site, rather than getting the 12.3 driver package from the HP site.

 

[johnybgood86]

thank you but i have been trying this CCC ! arent these comments also refering to people with the HP DV 7 6100 rather then the 6000 series that i have ??
I will give it another go

 

[johnybgood86]

The following notebooks are not compatible with this release:

• Any notebook launched after this driver release.
• Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks.
• Toshiba notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these. notebooks)
• Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
• Panasonic notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)

 

[dsperber]

The following notebooks are not compatible with this release:

• Any notebook launched after this driver release.
• Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks.
• Toshiba notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these. notebooks)
• Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
• Panasonic notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)

Well I don't know what to say. If those notes are from the 12.8 driver description it would seem to be in direct contradiction with the vehement instructions in this other similar thread.

I had tried to help there too, and found that on the HP support site they'd provided a specific download link to a "dual/switchable graphics driver" for the onboard Intel graphics as well as the optional HD7670M. The driver on the HP site was explicitly described as having proper drivers for BOTH Intel and ATI.

However somebody else who was also posting on the thread insisted that the HP-provided driver package was terrible, and caused awful results. He swore by downloading the straight ATI 12.8 driver. There was no mention of being incompatible with "notebooks with switchable graphics".

Have you investigated the HP site to make use of what they provide as the latest driver package for your machine?

 

[prodix]

Hello johnybgood86; I think I have the same problem with my computer. 6770m &intel hd 3000.

Please, contact me at [email protected]