[Request] insyde bios hp dv-7 4169wm

[ksst72]

Bios revision: F.28
Bios Link:ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp52501-53000/sp52953.exe

I am looking to have to latest 12.3 catalyst drivers i have dynamic switchable graphics amd chipset with mobility radeon 4250 integrated graphics and ati mobility radeon 5470 descrete graphics opengl does not work with the dynamic switchable graphics and only certain hp models can switch to fixed graphics in the bios. mine is not one of them so i would like to change mine to fixed in the bios so i can get opengl to work and update just the descrete card only thank you in advance

I do not have a screen shot of my bios menu can take one when i get off of work in the morning

[elke_10]

Bios revision: F.28
Bios Link:ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp52501-53000/sp52953.exe

I am looking to have to latest 12.3 catalyst drivers i have dynamic switchable graphics amd chipset with mobility radeon 4250 integrated graphics and ati mobility radeon 5470 descrete graphics opengl does not work with the dynamic switchable graphics and only certain hp models can switch to fixed graphics in the bios. mine is not one of them so i would like to change mine to fixed in the bios so i can get opengl to work and update just the descrete card only thank you in advance

I do not have a screen shot of my bios menu can take one when i get off of work in the morning

Just goto amd and select detect your devices your laptop will automaticly get 12.3 CCC. Switchable graphics and dynamic mode are only for intel/AMD mixes. As there are issues in games not detecting the discret. and only using the intergrated hd3000 from intel. AMD/AMD uses AMD's power play express which is a pure CCC switch. I am running 12.4 CCC beta. And there is no difference to performance as the tri core is a bottleneck along with your 5470m which is no different then my 6370m. And even if you did update you 5470m it runs on the exact same drivers your 4250 does. When you get 12.3 your GPU's will get renamed as generic hd4200 series and hd5400 series. Trust me you wont see any differace in gaming performance if this is what your looking for. i have the exact same laptop but i have the 6370m which is a renamed 5470m

[ksst72]

would my switchable graphics be the reason ccc will not open in the 12.3

[elke_10]

would my switchable graphics be the reason ccc will not open in the 12.3

What is your issue with 12.3 CCC exactly? CCC runs powerplayexpress on AMD/AMD setups. its in the bottom under power or right click the CCC icon in your toolbar. I need to know more details to understand what your saying 12.3 wont open.

Also curious why you need openGL on your discrete?

And there is nothing wrong with dynamic switchable graphics just means you can switch between GPU's without requiring a reboot of your PC everytime you want to switch GPU's


Intel intergrated GPU/AMD discrete GPU = Switchable graphics this has issues in game detecting the right GPU

AMD intergrated GPU/ AMD discrete GPU = AMD power play express Has no issues. And is fully controlled with in CCC. Setting to power saving GPU uses the IGPU 4250, setting to high performance GPU uses the discrete 5470

CCC switches it in CCC

Now if your having issues installing CCC 12.3 try this.
1: Uninstall current CCC
2: open device manager uninstall the 4250 and 5470 from there
3: reboot this will reinstall the default drivers no CCC
4: reboot again
5: Goto AMD site select autodetect and let that install CCC 12.3 This should get you the catalyst mobilty utility x64
6: install what autodetect gives you.
7: enjoy CCC 12.3

[ksst72]

would my switchable graphics be the reason ccc will not open in the 12.3

What is your issue with 12.3 CCC exactly? CCC runs powerplayexpress on AMD/AMD setups. its in the bottom under power or right click the CCC icon in your toolbar. I need to know more details to understand what your saying 12.3 wont open.

Also curious why you need openGL on your discrete?

And there is nothing wrong with dynamic switchable graphics just means you can switch between GPU's without requiring a reboot of your PC everytime you want to switch GPU's


Intel intergrated GPU/AMD discrete GPU = Switchable graphics this has issues in game detecting the right GPU

AMD intergrated GPU/ AMD discrete GPU = AMD power play express Has no issues. And is fully controlled with in CCC. Setting to power saving GPU uses the IGPU 4250, setting to high performance GPU uses the discrete 5470

CCC switches it in CCC

Now if your having issues installing CCC 12.3 try this.
1: Uninstall current CCC
2: open device manager uninstall the 4250 and 5470 from there
3: reboot this will reinstall the default drivers no CCC
4: reboot again
5: Goto AMD site select autodetect and let that install CCC 12.3 This should get you the catalyst mobilty utility x64
6: install what autodetect gives you.
7: enjoy CCC 12.3

ccc is not even installed. will try your method and see if it installs and as far as opengl is for games and i was under the assumption through reading that it did not work with switchable graphics

[elke_10]

OpenGL in a game? What game you trying to play there is not but a very few OpenGL driven games. Almost all games are DX format. OpenGL is more related to heavy graphics processing photoshoping stuff like that anymore. Find me a openGL driven game. I have ran extreme burn in's on my 6370m which is your DGPU renamed and have had no issues burning in OpenGL 2-3.

[ksst72]

OpenGL in a game? What game you trying to play there is not but a very few OpenGL driven games. Almost all games are DX format. OpenGL is more related to heavy graphics processing photoshoping stuff like that anymore. Find me a openGL driven game. I have ran extreme burn in's on my 6370m which is your DGPU renamed and have had no issues burning in OpenGL 2-3.

I have amd catalyst install manager in programs and features no ccc so will just uninstall everything through the manager reboot. do i need to run drive sweeper or anythign like that

[elke_10]

No drive sweeper will cause issues and then you will be reformatting win7 lol. Drivesweepers and AMD driver do not play well together. Just remove anything AMD unistall the catalyst manager then search for any AMD files folders hanging around. but make sure you uninstall your drivers off the 4250/5470 through device manager then reboot this will make sure you get the default drivers back

[ksst72]

No drive sweeper will cause issues and then you will be reformatting win7 lol. Drivesweepers and AMD driver do not play well together. Just remove anything AMD unistall the catalyst manager then search for any AMD files folders hanging around. but make sure you uninstall your drivers off the 4250/5470 through device manager then reboot this will make sure you get the default drivers back

thank you very much you have been very helpfull will post my results when done

[ksst72]

No drive sweeper will cause issues and then you will be reformatting win7 lol. Drivesweepers and AMD driver do not play well together. Just remove anything AMD unistall the catalyst manager then search for any AMD files folders hanging around. but make sure you uninstall your drivers off the 4250/5470 through device manager then reboot this will make sure you get the default drivers back

thank you very much you have been very helpfull will post my results when done

ok did what you suggested and ccc still did not install. i tried going to
C:\AMD\Support\12-3_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc\Packages\Apps\CCC2\Utility
and manually installing it and it seems to install but still no ccc