Since the HP 500-056 is awaiting its ambulance (Fedex or UPS) ride back to HP for recovery, I'm back on the old Intel DG33BUX mobo and exploring Windows 8.1.
I had installed Win 8 64 bit, but when I went to the store for the 8.1 update I was told to "get lost" that my system didn't meet specs. So, I formatted the Win 8 partition and installed Win 8 32 bit. This time the store updated my system to Win 8.1 32 bit.
This morning while exploring Win 8.1, I noticed that my Action Center flag was trying to get my attention. Action Center told me I need to be sure that Java is the latest version and that my chipset needed updating and that nothing had been found to do that.
First I tried to update the chipset, but it wouldn't, so I made sure I had the latest Java edition. Now, what the two have in common, I haven't a clue, but once I had the latest version of Java, the Intel chipset was successfully updated.
Now I'm wondering if I could go back and reinstall Windows 8 Pro 694 (edit: now that would be huge) 64 bit, but I'm just not curious enough to go through that again and probably get the same results as before.
During the update action, I wasn't told which chipset I was fixing, nor anything else. Just trusted Intel and Action Center says I have no more issues.
Anyone got any ideas of who, what, when and where? Or more accurately, how to find out for myself.
I had installed Win 8 64 bit, but when I went to the store for the 8.1 update I was told to "get lost" that my system didn't meet specs. So, I formatted the Win 8 partition and installed Win 8 32 bit. This time the store updated my system to Win 8.1 32 bit.
This morning while exploring Win 8.1, I noticed that my Action Center flag was trying to get my attention. Action Center told me I need to be sure that Java is the latest version and that my chipset needed updating and that nothing had been found to do that.
First I tried to update the chipset, but it wouldn't, so I made sure I had the latest Java edition. Now, what the two have in common, I haven't a clue, but once I had the latest version of Java, the Intel chipset was successfully updated.
Now I'm wondering if I could go back and reinstall Windows 8 Pro 694 (edit: now that would be huge) 64 bit, but I'm just not curious enough to go through that again and probably get the same results as before.
During the update action, I wasn't told which chipset I was fixing, nor anything else. Just trusted Intel and Action Center says I have no more issues.
Anyone got any ideas of who, what, when and where? Or more accurately, how to find out for myself.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion 500-056
- CPU
- AMD Elite Quad-Core A8-6500
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD Radeon HD 8570D
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer 23"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 X 1080
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wave K350
- Mouse
- Logitech M510
- Internet Speed
- Fast
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender