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<blockquote data-quote="alphastar" data-source="post: 198595" data-attributes="member: 4946"><p>@jeremy33662</p><p></p><p>HP has also updated your (ENVY-17 3002ea) Windows 8 video driver to <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-114680-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&os=4132&product=5180948&sw_lang=">SP60115</a> that I mentioned in my previous post. The good news is, unless you have some reason to believe that HP Support is wrong, I'm pretty sure that the <strong>F.09 BIOS</strong> with <strong>SP60115</strong> Switchable Graphics driver will work just as well as your Windows 7 install.</p><p></p><p>As for <strong>black screen issues</strong>, the newer Windows 8 WHQL Intel drivers (included in SP60115) have fixed that issue (according to Intel's changelogs for the various HD Graphics driver releases).</p><p></p><p></p><p>@BFG</p><p></p><p>I recommended trying SP60115 (link above) in combination with <a href="http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/amdcatalyst132betadriver.aspx">latest AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta driver</a> (now <strong>13.2 Beta6</strong>), as explained in <a href="http://www.eightforums.com/graphic-cards/7088-win-8-amd-switchable-graphics-faq-44.html#post194530">this previous post</a>. However, both SP59850 and SP60115 are designed to support <em>specific </em>HP-branded Radeon cards (more <a href="http://www.eightforums.com/graphic-cards/7088-win-8-amd-switchable-graphics-faq-39.html#post153973">details on how to figure out which cards are supported <strong>here</strong></a>).</p><p></p><p>In short, I think that <strong>the card that is "not supported" is the AMD Radeon</strong>, NOT the Intel HD Graphics that you listed in your post. That said, if you provide your HP notebook model as well as your AMD Hardware IDs (you only included the Intel Hardware IDs above), we can check compatibility against either of the HP SPs to find the right combination for your Switchable Graphics setup.</p><p></p><p>FYI: The AMD <strong>Catalyst Beta supports a wider range of cards than the HP SoftPaq releases</strong>, so installing the Beta on top of an HP SoftPaq <em>may</em> allow you to get Switchable Graphics working, even if the SoftPaq <em>does NOT</em> support your specific hardware (i.e. you <em>can </em>run the <em>SoftPaq AMD-provided Intel driver</em>, <em><strong>together with</strong></em> the <em>AMD-provided Catalyst Beta Radeon driver</em> to get a working Switchable Graphics installation).</p><p></p><p></p><p>@rictrejos</p><p></p><p>No worries on the English.</p><p></p><p>Likely, your issue is related to <strong>Windows 8 compatibility</strong> with the (older) Windows 7 drivers, based on you using the <strong>Compatibility Mode install</strong>...they work, but just barely. Also, there are NEWER HDMI drivers included with almost every AMD Catalyst release, so you might try installing the <em>latest</em> <a href="http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/amdcatalyst132betadriver.aspx">AMD Catalyst Beta</a> on top of your current setup to see if it helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alphastar, post: 198595, member: 4946"] @jeremy33662 HP has also updated your (ENVY-17 3002ea) Windows 8 video driver to [URL="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-114680-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&os=4132&product=5180948&sw_lang="]SP60115[/URL] that I mentioned in my previous post. The good news is, unless you have some reason to believe that HP Support is wrong, I'm pretty sure that the [B]F.09 BIOS[/B] with [B]SP60115[/B] Switchable Graphics driver will work just as well as your Windows 7 install. As for [B]black screen issues[/B], the newer Windows 8 WHQL Intel drivers (included in SP60115) have fixed that issue (according to Intel's changelogs for the various HD Graphics driver releases). @BFG I recommended trying SP60115 (link above) in combination with [URL="http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/amdcatalyst132betadriver.aspx"]latest AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta driver[/URL] (now [B]13.2 Beta6[/B]), as explained in [URL="http://www.eightforums.com/graphic-cards/7088-win-8-amd-switchable-graphics-faq-44.html#post194530"]this previous post[/URL]. However, both SP59850 and SP60115 are designed to support [I]specific [/I]HP-branded Radeon cards (more [URL="http://www.eightforums.com/graphic-cards/7088-win-8-amd-switchable-graphics-faq-39.html#post153973"]details on how to figure out which cards are supported [B]here[/B][/URL]). In short, I think that [B]the card that is "not supported" is the AMD Radeon[/B], NOT the Intel HD Graphics that you listed in your post. That said, if you provide your HP notebook model as well as your AMD Hardware IDs (you only included the Intel Hardware IDs above), we can check compatibility against either of the HP SPs to find the right combination for your Switchable Graphics setup. FYI: The AMD [B]Catalyst Beta supports a wider range of cards than the HP SoftPaq releases[/B], so installing the Beta on top of an HP SoftPaq [I]may[/I] allow you to get Switchable Graphics working, even if the SoftPaq [I]does NOT[/I] support your specific hardware (i.e. you [I]can [/I]run the [I]SoftPaq AMD-provided Intel driver[/I], [I][B]together with[/B][/I] the [I]AMD-provided Catalyst Beta Radeon driver[/I] to get a working Switchable Graphics installation). @rictrejos No worries on the English. Likely, your issue is related to [B]Windows 8 compatibility[/B] with the (older) Windows 7 drivers, based on you using the [B]Compatibility Mode install[/B]...they work, but just barely. Also, there are NEWER HDMI drivers included with almost every AMD Catalyst release, so you might try installing the [I]latest[/I] [URL="http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/amdcatalyst132betadriver.aspx"]AMD Catalyst Beta[/URL] on top of your current setup to see if it helps. [/QUOTE]
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