windows xp on dv5t - all drivers installed

[bebo86_ne]

interesting how you cant update in XP. only reason i say this is because i have done about 3 bios updates on my dv5 in XP. do you recieve an error message?

How long does the Bios updating process take in XP?

[dp64]

usually takes me anywhere between a minute or 2.

[@teddy]

Hi Guys,

My first post here, and before hand I want to congratulate you for all the awesome work you've done so far. This thread got me out of some dead-ends I've hit during the XP try-outs I've made so far.

I now have a fully-functional dv5-1002(au) with XP SP3 (Turion RM-70@2Ghz, 250 GB Toshiba, 2 GB RAM, Ati HD 3200, Atheros 5007, HP Integrater Btooth, Fingerprint, ENE-Cir + hp remote.. and so on).

I've used the ATI official distribution for HD3200 for XP - direct download from the site. The Brightness buttons are fully functional.

I've managed to install the HP 3D DriveGuard (comes with with AMD Support for HP 3D DriveGuard) and it works. Whoever wants to try it, download the sp39738 from hp's ftp (sp39738 contains the driver sp39602 as well). You can find it (and some other usefull & functional xp drivers) on the download page for HP Compaq 6735s (shares a lot of devices with my dv5).
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...&swEnvOID=1093
The accelerometer works, and the Control Panel utility shows now "supported". I've even managed to "scare" the accelerometer into parking the disk, and got the red hdd led on

What I'd like to recommend you guys are the AMD CPU support&drivers, as I don't remember reading about them in this thread:
- Dual Core Optimizer - from AMD site (v1.1.4 installed on my leptop)
- CPU Driver for XP - Compaq 6735s site above - sp40535
- AMD Power Monitor - from AMD site - it will allow you to monitor configure CPU behavior & power savings & cool'n'quiet. (need more info, just write back, I'll try to make a post only for CPU, if needed)

For the FingerPrint driver I've used the Misc5 folder from SWsetup. The DigitalPersona 4.0 works ok - thanks to whoever uploaded it to rapidshare
Had a couple of odd behaviors lately (the software stating the finger print reader is not connected); lately = after installing the sp41693 IDT driver and 2.6.0.0 Cir driver. Still monitoring this...

I have the QLB installed (working fine) and the HP Remote is working great with the 2.6.0.0 ENE Cir. Yet I have to check other remotes (after I figure out everything Roamin said in his 512 post of this thread). Haven't tried to remap any keys yet. Great work Roamin!

The longest "trial&error" I had was with the IDT drivers. Finally using the one from the first post, i got it to work fine. The mute button is behaving correctly since the install, but i had to do the "power save" reg hack. Thanks for figguring this out.

Things I couldn't test or confirm: eSATA behavior (don't have an external disk now); HDMI output (video nor sound) - as I don't have the necessary hardware (tv and so on). However, the Device Manager is clean and everything seems to be working fine otherwise.

@joshua_wood, if you need me to, I can make up a dedicated post for how to install everything for an AMD powered dv5 - or at least one sharing the same config as I've posted above.

Thanks again guys, and keep the great up the great work!

@teddy

[Roamin]

Great work Roamin!

And i must say great work to you as well! because the amd driver support for hp drive guard enabled the hard drive protection on my dv5-1124ca (it needed a reboot that wasn't prompted). So now everything fully works. I will check right now the different other utilities you posted for amd users, i checked their site when i got my laptop, but i found nothing of interest in their clumsy site.

I just wish the IDT audio drivers had a control panel to give more control over what happens with the audio. And i also with i could understand how to make my xbox remote work with my laptop, like it does before i install any drivers.

I installed the other utilities , and i am glad to see that power schemes now affect the cpu usage (always on turns both cores on full speed, while laptop scheme turns off one core and runs the other half speed) but where can i do anything with cool n' quiet?

[@teddy]

And i must say great work to you as well! because the amd driver support for hp drive guard enabled the hard drive protection on my dv5-1124ca (it needed a reboot that wasn't prompted). So now everything fully works. I will check right now the different other utilities you posted for amd users, i checked their site when i got my laptop, but i found nothing of interest in their clumsy site.

I just wish the IDT audio drivers had a control panel to give more control over what happens with the audio. And i also with i could understand how to make my xbox remote work with my laptop, like it does before i install any drivers.

I installed the other utilities , and i am glad to see that power schemes now affect the cpu usage (always on turns both cores on full speed, while laptop scheme turns off one core and runs the other half speed) but where can i do anything with cool n' quiet?

My bad here, Cool'n'Quiet refers to the newer AMD generation - Phenom - http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...E10272,00.html
For Turion, it is called CoolCore, or smth - see the Turion product info page: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...E15668,00.html

I couldn't find any configuration utilities for this - except the power scheme change. Both the cores in my laptop idle at 500MHz, and jump to 1 Ghz or 2 Ghz, when needed (on portable / laptop power scheme).
With the new driver, the battery life should extend a bit (can't estimate yet, as I've only finished this weekend). Before this driver, the frequency didn't seem to vary - you may check it from My Computer properties, on the first page (General); each time you bring it up, Windows will probe your CPU; you will observe now 499 Mhz if the leptop doesn't have any stress...

I'm glad the DriveProtection is turned on on your system as well. you may want to "scare" it to turn your disk led red

And I have to agree with you on the IDT driver... a config page would have been nice. However 98% of users don't ever use it... so I guess this its ok as it is.

On the remote side... it must that the Cir driver overwrites smth in order to have the HP remote work! In doing this it might override XP's capabilities to operate remotes... just a guess.

If you have the time and nerves to try it, here's a way of checking exactly what:

1. reinstall xpsp3, cleanly
3. install all other drivers, except for Cir.
2. download procmon from microsoft's site (written by sysinternals)
3. configure procmon to filter only reg changes, and go with the install of the CIR
4. save the output, and start digging into the keys changed

From here on, dunno...

I am unable to do all this, as the dv5 is used, and I don't have any way of quick-backup (i.e. hiren boot...) as the AHCI is not recognized yet (or at least I can't get it right).

Quick question on this - if you uninstall the Cir driver, and reboot, after the reboot does you xbox remote work? The question covers the query on whether or not the Cir driver registry changes are permanent.

@teddy

[Roamin]

Teddy,

I had tried before removing the CIR drivers , my 360 remote doesn't not regain compatibility with windows XP. The only time it is compatible , is right before i install any version of the drivers. It does , however, always work when i boot into vista. I will try more things with the remotes when i get a bit more free time.

I will try procmon again ( i used it in the past, but was unsuccessful at finding what happened to my drivers.)

I will never install SP3 , as it has caused me problems in the past, i have never had a real reason to install it (using last xp cd that SP2 corporate).

The reason for my post is that , i was looking at hp's site , and saw that bios F.31 (For amd based notebooks) So , i installed it. I noticed some new options in the bios :

Language (English French Spanish and Japanese if i recall correctly).
Button Sound (i think it was there already , it refers to the clicking sound when scrolling volume)

I believe this wasn't there :
Virtualization Technology (Enabled or Disabled)
Description: Hardware VT enables a processor feature for running multiple simultaneous Virtual Machines allowing specialized software applications to run in full isolation of each other. HP recommends that this feature remained disabled unless specialized applications are being used.

I updated my bios in vista, although i did update it in XP before with no problems. (But i don't remember what i did , maybe it was a modification in the .ini file , can't remember) but updating in XP took only seconds, so anyone waiting too much in xp is not normal.

Also, the bios claims to fix a power loss issue , while booting from external media.

Was the VT option already there?

btw, first thing i did after restarting my laptop with the driveguard ,was to scare the HD

[@teddy]

Roamin,

My dv5-1002 came with F 13 (thirteen) BIOS Version. It has the four languages and also has the Virtualization Option. On the same page i have Button Sound and FanAlwaysOn.

I've booted from USB stick and can confirm there is no power loss. (if i got it right, this should not have worked...)

About the remote thing - if you are using the exact same driver (2.6.0.0) in xp and vista, then try the following. I have not tested at all... it's just a hunch...

If you compare the two .inf files from the Vista32 and XP32 folders, you'll see they differ, but not much, just several notes.

1. xp one adds an extra dll.
2. xp installs one extra section within the miniport section (all subsequent sections):

From the comments in the first set (enecirhid_parameters.addreg) you'll observe it makes to references to MCE rc6 and acer ac6. These two are not present in the Vista version of the driver inf file. The other two (tsb nec) and (lenovo av6) are the same.

Ok, now based on the tags given to the buttons, in the XP inf file, they are exactly how they appear on a MCE remote (searched for a google image of "mce rc6", and all the buttons seem to match). I obviously do not own one to start some trials..

So, for now, our equation contains:

a. 360 remote works in xp, before any driver installed, doesn't after
b. 360 remote works in vista with same driver
c. xp driver adds separate section for (mce rc6 / acer ac6)
d. vista driver does not have this section in its inf file

-> seems that the extra section from the xp inf file messes up with the builtin xp functions (default support for mce remote, when no driver).

I have to stress the fact that this is just pure, simple reasoning and comparison. I have no idea what would happen if one would attempt to modify the inf file! but even so, worst case scenario, unplug the beast...

This might be pure bu****it... but if it does make sense to you too, it might worth a try...

And now... after I did my stressing... are you available to try to alter the inf? Either the one for Vista or the one for xp:
add in the vista one, the xp extra section, or
remove from the xp one the extra section

... check results

As you know this must be attempted with clean windows install... to have the controlled environment.

So, looking forward to your thoughts on this

PS: I'm very happy with the default one working as supposed :P

[wewe]

so the hard drive protection now work only for AMD CPUs ?????

[@teddy]

so the hard drive protection now work only for AMD CPUs ?????

Yes! Go ahead and download sp39738 from the Compaq Driver site - install both the driver and AMD support. Don't forget to reboot (even if not asked to)... After reboot check the Control Panel utility. You should have "supported" now... see the details in my post above.

You may even want to scare it a bit, to see the hdd light coming up red :P

teddy

[joshua wood]

@teddy if you want to write something up I can add it to post 1 no probs.