I'll keep researching to see if the other softpad drivers react the same. If you're successful, you should be back at that 1400x900 resolution we all love. After all of that, it should finally recognize your video card and ask you to reboot.
At this point, click on the Update Driver button and then click on the "Browse my computer for driver software." For my software, I found it under "C:/swsetup/sp42365/WinVista64." If you remember which softpaq file you downloaded, finding your path should be a piece of cake. Click on Properties and then the Driver tab.
At this point, it should show you the properties of your card starting on the Adapter tab. Go to the Screen Resolution Settings under Display and click on Advanced Settings. By all means let it fail but don't exit unless you do so by the installer.
When it tries to install, it will fail saying that the version of Windows you're using is not Vista. What I did was I went to HP's support site and downloaded their softpaq solution including the NVIDIA drivers for Vista (in my case, the 64-bit version). After doing alot of research and countless tinkering, I found the way to counteract at least one of the many woes many of you are feeling, updating NVIDIA GPU Drivers. I actually have a dv9000 laptop myself so I was floored when I found out that HP would only support a few of the top laptop models for Windows 7 drivers. I'll post later to tell everyone how the migration process went. This is pure greediness, that could make the opposite impact in the future.Īgain, thanks for your replies. I can relate to HP's reluctance to support Ubuntu, as Microsoft has it's long arm around many corporation's neck, but this has nothing (as I see it) to do with Microsoft. Although almost 3 years old, my machine is well above the minimum required specs for 7 (upgraded to 2GB RAM and a 320gb 7200 HDD), and I wish that HP would internalize the fact that I'm (and a lot others are) still their customer, and that their lack of action towards making OS upgrade options will reduce the chance that I'll purchase their wares in the future.
I'm no driver expert, but I can't think of reason for a machine to not be compatible with an OS, apart of the need to write new drivers, compatible to that particular OS. I also read that 7 can take some Vista drivers, but I'll have to try to find out which ones. I checked laptopvideo2go and they still haven't released Win7 drivers for my 7600go. I will try to install Win7 and hope for the best.
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