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Download HP Media Card Reader Drivers for Windows 7

January 30, 2011 by dennis

Well I have a HP Pavilion dv-5000 series notebook PC. There has been a problem since I had upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7. The problem is that, my Media Card Reader is not working. I have been trying to find the driver but all in vain, until today.

I have downloaded the driver from HP Website, where they have given the driver is meant for Windows Vista. Well I have tested it in Windows 7 Ultimate and it works perfectly fine.

The problem I faced looked like this:

There it is seen that, in Computer Properties->Device Manager->Other Devices, The Mass Storage Controller Driver is missing. The Automatic Driver update eventually fails.

The Solution steps are as follows:

1. Download the Texas Instruments Media Card Driver from the link given below:

Operating System: Windows 7 32 bit
Tested in HP dv-5200tx
Size: 6.31MB
Link: Click here to Download from HP

2. Install the driver.

3. Now check the Device Manager. The Missing Driver in Other Devices should be gone. The Texas Instruments PCI Devices should be visible.

4. Test by inserting a compatible card to your reader.

Hope this will solve your card reader problem in your HP Laptop.

HP Pavilion DM3-1005AX Entertainment Notebook PC Review Price and Specifications

April 23, 2010 by dennis

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The HP Pavilion dm3-1005AX Entertainment Notebook PC is a thin and light laptop featuring AMD Athlon Neo X2 Dual Core Mobile processor with a 13.3 inch High-Definition LED display and weighing only 1.91kg.

Belonging to the ULV(ultra-low voltage processor) computers category, HP Pavilion dm3 has a rich and slim design with fingerprint resistant brushed aluminum screen lid.

You can check out the full features and specifications of dm3-1005AX as follows:

Features	Description
Operating system	Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 32-bit
Processor	AMD Turion™ Neo X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor for Ultrathin Notebooks L625 1.60 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache, Up to1600 MT/s system bus running at AC/DC mode 18 watt
Memory (RAM)	4096 MB (2 x 2048 MB) DDR2 533 MHz
Hard Disk	500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
Display	13.3” High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display 1366 x 768 Screen Resolution
Graphics card	ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4330 Graphics With 512 MB dedicated memory
Ports	4 USB 2.0, 1 HDMI, 1 VGA port, 1 RJ-45, 1 headphone-out, 1 Microphone in
Card Reader	5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
Web Cam	HP Webcam with Integrated digital Microphone
Speakers	Altec Lansing speakers
Touchpad	Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad
Keyboard	Full size chicklet keyboard
Connectivity and Networking	LAN: Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN WiFi: 802.11b/g WLAN Bluetooth® wireless networking
Weight	1.91 kg (Will vary by configuration)
Dimension	32.6 cm (L) x 23.0 cm (W) x 2.43 cm (min H) / 3.13 cm (max H)
Warranty	1 year, parts and labor
Power Supply	65 Watts AC Power Adapter
Battery	6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery
Color Available	Brushed Aluminum

* No internal DVD Drive

But now a days, what we also consider the most other than performance and design is the battery life. The included 6-cell Lithium-Ion battery will have a life of around 1 hour 30 minutes at high performance settings and under high usage. It may last up to 2.5 hours in power optimized mode and when the usage is low.

Pros:

Good performance
Thin and light
Stylish
Value for money

Cons:

Low Battery Life
Tacky Touchpad

The price of the laptop is $ 1,499 in the US and Rs 44,990(INR) in India. For a slim, good performance, and a stylish design laptop, the ULV HP Pavilion dm3-1005AX can be a right choice at the right price.

HP Compaq Web Cam Driver & Application For Windows 7

April 4, 2010 by dennis

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For HP Compaq Laptop users, if you are migrating to Windows 7, then you need to have some of the drivers compatible to Windows 7.

If you see, unlike Windows XP, Windows 7 supports most of the basic devices with its inbuilt drivers like the sound card. And even if it doesn’t support the device, it tries to download the driver from the internet and installs automatically.

For the Web Camera, the driver can be directly downloaded using device manager of Windows unlike in the case of Acer Laptop PC where you need a different driver download. But the Web Cam needs an additional application to run. Here we have given both how to download the driver and the Web Cam application.

Note: Connect your Compaq PC to the Internet before performing these steps.

Downloading the driver:

Open Device manager. Right click on Computer and select properties. In the properties click Device manager.

Now Click on Scan for hardware changes button as shown below:

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Under the Imaging devices section if your Web cam is already present then no need to download the driver. If it shows as an unrecognized device with a yellow exclamation symbol then, right click on it and select Update Driver Software…

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Select Search automatically.

It will automatically download and install the Driver software to your Compaq PC.

Install Web Cam Application Software:

You have to download the Cyberlink YouCam application software to run your Web camera. You can download it from the official hp link:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp37501-38000/sp37849.exe

Size: 49.5 MB

Extract it and install it. You can run your web cam and use it.

The updating of the driver software is applicable to all the hardware devices in your computer. If any unrecognized device is found, then you can try updating the driver software.

The above given method has been tested successfully in Compaq Presario C783TU. Hope it will work for other models also. Any feedback can be posted as a comment below.