*HP ENVY 14 & ENVY 14 Beats (1XXX series) Owners Lounge, Part III*

[zantac_2]

is the hdmi audio connection through the 5650 or the intel controller?

[MagusDraco]

5650. and the audio drivers are in the HP driver installs and the hdmi audio is controlled by windows and/or the IDT/Beats audio control panel (basically this tells it to turn on and sometimes it is not told to turn on and be the default audio when you plug the cord into the computer)

edit: the hdmi port is disabled/cannot be accessed when you are on the intel gpu

[Dangerdog3000]

Just a quick question, after installing a new drive, I will need to update the BIOS again right?

I have the latest one downloaded from HP's website, the F.26 one. Do I just run the executable to update the BIOS? Can I update from stock BIOS or do I need incremental updates?

I've never performed a BIOS update myself, usually HP Support Assistant prompts me to do it and everything works well after that.

Any tips? I really don't want to brick my computer.

[cam121]

You don't need to flash your computers bios if you install a new disk drive. However, your new disk drive might have it's own firmware that might need flashing. The HP Support Assistant generally won't help here. The manufacturer of your drive generally supplies a program you download off their website to patch the firmware.

[MagusDraco]

if the bios is already at F.26, it is at F.26

you may (will) need to install the HP System Tools and bios update UEFI files onto your hard-drive so they create that HP_TOOLS partition in case you ever need to update the bios again.

as for hdd firmwares. generally unless it's a SSD that really requires firmware upgrade you won't need to mess with firmware on your hard-drive itself.

[Dangerdog3000]

I'm running F.23 at the moment, but as long as I don't go back to F.06 or whatever was stock I'm okay with not messing with the BIOS.

It is an SSD by the way. It should hopefully have updated software (according to reviews) but if it doesn't ill have to figure it out when I get it later today.

Thanks for the help

[zantac_2]

thanks magus. i installed the realtek ati hdmi drivers and it works perfect.

[MagusDraco]

huh. didn't realize realtek had ati hdmi drivers at all.

well, glad it worked.

[markhedder]

Ah, my bad, will repost there

[MagusDraco]

you're on a 2xxx series envy 14 *HP ENVY 14 & ENVY 14 Beats (2XXX series) Owners Lounge*

you also may have auto-swapping turned on for your gpu (which may or may not be a bit buggy still due to amd not being good at copying optimus)