First I have to correct myself. in HP systems, the MB is on the wrong
side of the computer case, but it's not backwards.
Right now I'm trying to run down the Win7 drivers to get this board
working. HP does not provide them for this model, although there are
models with the same MB that do have drivers. It just feels like DOS
days. The main problem has been the driver for the HD controller. They
apparently have an AMD RAID controller on the MB. There's not much to
go on, the only description is 'AMD RAID Controller'. You're right,
I'll have to put the RAID driver on a USB stick and see if I can load it
at the critical time. I noticed that the Win7 install does also allow
you to swap DVDs to load a driver.
Steve
On 11/30/2013 2:15 AM, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
Sorry but what in all of that is HP vs. norm for all?
Worst case you're looking at using a thumb drive to do the installation?
On Nov 29, 2013 11:17 AM, "Steve Tomporowski" <didym...@gmail.com> wrote:
I imagine at this point that Bill Hewlett and David Packard are spinning
in their graves. The company they founded on test equipment expertise has
devolved into a marketing driven 3rd world assembly house. But you know
all of that.
My sister, who is legally blind, bought an HP (h8-1414) because the Mac
was driving her crazy (her words not mine). We hooked it up to a 32" TV
and then discovered that her magnification program doesn't work under
Windows 8 and won't for a while. So... we bought an OEM copy of Win7 Home
Premium. She had used Win7 at work for years and knows how to get around
in it. (She recently retired on disability at age 55). Then the fun began.
Secure Boot sucks. I can see no reason for it. Nor can I see a reason
why HP has to have their motherboards backwards or why they have to use F10
to enter BIOS. Forget the fact that the BIOS seems almost entirely devoid
of options.
Finally I get it to boot to DVD. Win7 loads, then stops, saying it can't
access the DVD drive and needs a driver. Well, it's not on the Win7 DVD
nor does the Win8 work. Nor does HP provide Win7 drivers for this
particular model. This is going to have to be a hack job, piecing together
drivers from the primary manufacturers.
It seems to be poetic justice that a marketing-driven company blindly
follows another marketing-driven company's demands.
Just had to complain.....
Steve
