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• EliteBook 8540w: Elite book 8540w Windows 7 or Windows 10?

  Hi all

  I have a HP elitebook 8540w laptop with Windows 7. It is advisable to upgrade to windows 10?

  @Mrstenter, I don't think you understand the topic at hand.

  HP Support Assistant won't see 10 Windows is a viable OS for this laptop, so, it will not find something for her.

  While most of the components have in fact several updates, available from the OEM component, HP has been terrible to sustain this business 'quality' "Élite" mobile Workstation.

  The Support Site for the 8540w was a mess, and terribly inconsistent, almost all the time it was available, it's a big reason that when it was time for an update of the platform, I went for a Dell M4800 instead of the EliteBook/ZenBook/s comparible.

  Now, @Bredzy , insofar as Windows 10 is concerned; I leave the upgrade happens to mine:

  I tried 8 and 8.1 on it and went back to 7 times.

  10 has been good so far.

  All the drivers I have in place before the upgrade were still in place after the upgrade, which was nice, and same OneDrive is synchronization, despite the fact that I am not connect with my hotmail account.

  If you do not rely on the card mobile broadband, you'll be probably a bit stuck here.

  I have not tried the once again fingerprint reader, again, because even in 7, the weird mix of validity and ProtectTools jived never really for me, besides, PT integrated only with IE, which I almost never use, so it was pretty useless once the laptop is unlocked at the start.

  If you want to get most of your drivers updated before the upgrade, links here is what I use, from legitimate sources (Intel, AMD or Nvidia, HP)

  At HP:

  Sp67214.exe BIOS F.50 (July 8, 2014)
  USB 3.0 Firmware 3.0.34.08 F402003 (August 1, 2012) sp54705.exe

  USB 3.0 driver 2.1.36.0(1 août 2012) sp54511.exe

  Intel IMEI/AMT Firmware 6.2.40.1045(31 Oct 2012) sp59666.exe

  Sp59684.exe Version: 6.2.40.1045 (November 5, 2012) Intel AMT to IMEI/GROUND

  Video of NVIDIA Driver 341.49 Rev.F(23 Mar 2015) sp70983.exe

  Fingerprint Sensor 4.5.133.0(20 juin 2014) sp66915.exe

  Quick Launch buttons 6.50.18.1 REV: A sp49456.exe

  Sp46999.exe Media Card Reader 2.14.00.05(8 Jan 2010)

  AMD:

  Choice 1: Over-Pants Mobile, specially for this laptop

  V8.911.3.4 (June 19, 2012)

  Choice 2: Radeon Mobile, which works very well

  15.7.1 (28 July 2015)

  Intel:

  Wireless (I have the 6300, that's what I'm a link)

  https://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/download/25223/Intel-PROSet-Wireless-software-and-drivers-for-Windows-7-

  I would recommend the driver package, PROSet is not useful for the normal needs of WiFi

  Wireless_18.12.1_ Ds64.exe

• EliteBook 8540w crashes

  I have experienced some weird behavior of my EliteBook 8540w twice in the day: during labour, the whole of windows (not only) crashed suddenly without any previous error message, the machine, stop completely and instantly, like someone would have turned off a light bulb. Can you please explain what is causing this weird behavior? Any cure? Please feel free to ask back in case you think that my question is not clear enough.
  
  I use Windows 7 Pro, SP 1

  P.S. This thread was moved from the company - Compaq, Elite, Pro for laptop - PC HP ProBook, EliteBook, Compaq, slate/Tablet PC, Armada, LTE - HP Forums Moderator

  Like that sounds sudden questions as a potential problem of h/w. is the system on battery or plugged when closing occurs?

  In addition, before opening a case of pension (these systems come with a 3 year warranty), I encourage you to make the updates of drivers and bios

  Better, however, is to use the Softpaq Download Manager (www.hp.com/go/sdm) to install all the updates available and required for your systems. Just a word of warning only select and update h/w driver and BIOS (must be made independently of the other updates) with SDM, a great tool that does not do the WRONG thing

• EliteBook 8540w: battery - battery load, but not charging

  Hello

  My HP elitebook 8540w works perfectly accept for one small thing, the battery. The laptop is bought in 2012.

  When my battery is mounted and the AC is plugged in, it is said: connected Ac, battery charging. But in fact the battery in the logo remains static, and it does not charge. It's already a second new battery (first, I asked the supplier of spare batteries to send a new one, ordered through parts EET, accepted HP dealer for replacements).

  When I run hp support assistant, he says: the battery is faulty, replace immediately.

  Underneath, it gives the code: 9LN162-000000-XD7U3F-C0CU03

  This was also the case with the previous "new battery." Same code.

  I lost faith in the assistand of support from hp on this part, since it is already a second new battery...

  I've tried all - remove driver for battery manager and holding down power button and other things.

  Does not work. The fault could be in the laptop?

  Help, please?

  Niels

  I contacted the service to call hp and they told me that the error code is not really explain anything about the specifics of the problem. It's probably the connection between the motherboard - battery and AC adapter plugin, because I tried different batteries, adapter, software reinstalls etc.

  One thing however, HPA, he says that the status code is 0c. I have not encountered this code while browsing the web, you may know what it represents?

  I will contact a repairman to do the hardware checks, since I am out of warranty.

  Thanks for your help!

• HP Elitebook 8540w: RJ45 Ethernet connection view: HP Elitebook 8540w, win7 pro

  Hi people,

  I just bought a HP Elitebook 8540w with i7 2.67 GHz Quad Core 8 GB of DDR3 memory and loaded with a drive Cruzer (r) 250 Go Solid-State load then Win 7 Pro.  Can't see a wireless device appears in the device Mgr.  but thought that I could get around this and hook up to our modem WIFI (Infinity Technicolor TC8305C) as he has had 3 RJ45 Sockets at the rear, but when I go to Device Mgr network cards, do not see anything on RJ45 and it does not show a connection in network and sharing Center and I let Win 7 troubleshoot and it says that I don't have drivers for Ethernet controller and network controller.  Y at - it somewhere that I can go to get a big fat files with ALL the drivers for networking in it?

  Maybe this will fix the WIFI also?  But I don't think that there is a wireless network card physically in the unit and have one on the way.

  Thanks for any help,

  Jon

  Hi, Jon:

  You just need to install the drivers of ethernet and controller of network devices.

  These are the wired and wireless network cards.

  Here is one wired...

  This package contains the driver for the Intel 82577LM and 82577LC Gigabit Ethernet Controller install package in support of the laptop models running a supported operating system.

  FTP://ftp.HP.com/pub/SoftPaq/sp53501-54000/sp53806.exe

  Thank you for posting the material the network controller device ID, so I know what model wireless network adapter is installed in your laptop.

  To find the hardware ID, click on the network controller, and then click the Details tab in the upper part of the window network controller.

  Now you will see a drop-down list of property, and it will be set to the Description of the unit.

  On this list and select the 2nd (Hardware ID).

  After the first string of characters you see in the window.

• HP elitebook 8540w: recovery of the hp 8540w bios problem.

  Hello everyone,

  I have hp elitebook 8540w that stuck on the screen of the logo with the text below "press the ESC key for startup menu '.

  its seems that something is not wrong with the bios, so I tried to recover the bios with usb key method and win + B key

  my new problem is that when I press the power after pressing win + B a flashlight is from the middle of

  the touch screen which is located in front of the keyboard under the screen, it contains the letter 'A '.
  and on the left of the letter a photo of a lock, does that mean flashlight?

  http://icecream.me/bf66d93981e4511cec04e7276ef7b0cb

  Hello @Alghzawi,

  To get your question more exposure I suggest you post in the trade forums since it is a commercial product. You can do to commercial Forums.

  Even if it is a Commercial product, I found that the system tells you that the caps lock is on.

  I recommend to restore the default BIOS settings. You could restore the BIOS with this document by selecting the reload the default BIOS settings. This will restore all the functions return to default settings.

  You can try perform a reset.

  When you perform a hard reset note remove all USB devices. Disconnect all non-essential devices.

  Here is a link to computer does not start for Windows.

  Can you hear the Fans? If so, try to connect to a monitor to see what is happening.

  Here's a video that might help. It shows you how to reinstall the HARD drive, which is sometimes useful

  Thank you.

• EliteBook 8540w freezes at startup screen Windows after the installation of 2 x 4 GB

  Hello

  I have a laptop Elitebook 8540w. I wanted to upgrade to 2 x 4 GB 2x2gb RAM memory. I did buy a kit of 2 x 4 GB I wanted, instead, I bought two chips of memory from 4 GB of HP.

  After having replaced the modules of the notebook does not start.

  What has been done:

  -Restore default bios

  My first question is: I realize, it is best to purchase a kit of 2 matching tokens, but it's a must?

  Thanks in advance,

  2worlds.

  Hi 2worlds,.

  Your Elitebook 8540w is a commercial product and for your question more exposure, I would post in the trade forums. Here is a link to the forum Commercial Notebook.

  Thank you

• Workstation Mobile HP EliteBook 8540w AND HP Support Assistant

  Assistant HP support keeps showing me that there is an update for the graphics card AMD driver and control panel for my HP EliteBook 8540w. It is for the driver to download and then fails.  I could update all my drivers except this one today.

  The driver version is listed in the Manager Support HP in the following way:

  8.911.4.2 - A-145903C 120811

  Thanks AttackofZaq,

  I had already uninstalled and reinstalled it as suggested elsewhere on these cards (and before your above suggestion). Kudos are certainly in order because you answered, but yours was not the answer that solved my problem.

  Curiously, I used HP Support Manager to answer my question, to aid that it is built based on cat. I was put in a conversation with a competent representative of HP and he advised me to do the same thing as you. Still, I had to tell him it was all finished. I allowed him to control remotely from my laptop through virtual rooms of HP and he confirms what I said.

  In the end, we agreed that the wrong display driver that was listed in the support manager was an anomaly that should not be are revealed to me that he is not yet released. The representative stated that he would a note at HP on the problem as it was more than just an embarrassment on my part; I tried several times to install this driver ghost using HP Support Mananger only of for have failed and then uninstall later Support Manager himself AND finally post on this forum before you try the chat feature...

  Overall I am satisfied by the level of support I received. I recommend the option chat to everyone that I was helped by a real person with real technical skills and there is no "communication problem" between us.

• Can I change the HARD drive in my Elitebook 8540w for one SSD?

  Hello

  I have a HARD drive which started making funny noises and I expect to do fast enough. And while that is depressing in its own right, in my view, I better the situation and and put it in a fast SSD instead of the old thing. But before I go and buy the equipment I need to know that it can actually be done. I read another thread on this forum about to put an SSD in the expansion slot (CD/DVD), but I want to replace the main HARD drive. So my best guess is that it is possible, but if there are people here with experience, please guide me in how to proceed.

  I made a backup of all my important files so really the only thing I want to do is remove my old HDD and put a new and then install Windows 7 from disks that followed with the computer.

  I thank very you much for your time and your help.

  Hello

  Nothing don't you to replace an old HDD with a fastest SSD 'modern '. In theory, you can use ANY SDS but on the safe side, please use SSD suppliers which guarantees its product will work as the following seller:

  http://www.crucial.com/EU/upgrade/HP+-+Compaq-memory/EliteBook/EliteBook+8540w+mobile+workstation+%28Quad+core+processors%29-upgrades.html

  The process is very simple (I actually put a Crucial 960 GB to one of my machines today). My suggestion: prior to material things, backup all files/data and prepare a 'big bang' (in my case, I cloned my old HDD so very fast). Please read the following articles for more information:

  http://www.ComputerShopper.com/laptops/HOWTO/How-to-upgrade-your-laptop-s-hard-drive-to-a-solid-state-drive

  http://Lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-Windows

  Kind regards.

• network card and other missing drivers after you have installed windows 7 ultimate on my elitebook 8540w

  HP Elitebook 8540w, model WH137AW #ABA - this laptop and was previously running a trial version of windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I wanted to install windows 7 ultimate 64-bit. I chose to install instead of upgrade that I assumed that the demo version was not expandable. Before the installation, I was able to connect to a wireless network with success. After you have installed windows 7 ultimate successfully, I was more able to connect or see all the networks. The diagnosis error indicates that I can miss a network card, or if I don't have one, the driver may need to be reinstalled. I saw a previous post and answer that looked very similar, but the difference is that I am out of my network card driver, so I'm not able to download any other drivers. -help me please!

  Yes... you can do. If you get confused on what to install, please provide the hardware ID.

  HardwareID: (open start, type devmgmt.msc and press on enter.) Double-click on a device. Choose the Details tab, then the hardware in the menu ID drop-down).

• HP Elitebook 8540W CPU Upgrade!

  Hello

  I was just wondering if any1 can help me to make sure that if my HP Elitebook 8540W will support the processor bellow.

  http://Ark.Intel.com/products/50067/Intel-Core-I7-2720QM-processor-%286M-cache-2_20-GHz%29

  Thnx in advance!

  Hello:

  The desired processor is not supported as shown in the above messages + there are different system advice even upgrade to a quad core processor, if you have a dual core processor.

  BIOS update release notes indicate no added support for the processor you want to switch to another.

  http://h20000.www2.HP.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en & cc = us & prodTypeId = 321957 & prodSeriesId = 4096175 & swItem = ob-92682-1 & prodNameId = 4097219 & swEnvOID = 4059 & swLang = 13 & taskId = 135 & mode = 5

  Here is the link to the Service Manual: Please refer to Chapter 3, page 26.

  Look at the cards system.  As you can see, there is a map of system for dual-core processors: 520 M, 540 M, 620 M and a different motherboard for quad-core processors: 720QM, 820QM

  http://bizsupport1.Austin.HP.com/BC/docs/support/SupportManual/c02196457/c02196457.PDF

  So, if you do not already have a 720QM in your laptop, you can only change your laptop with one of the processors dual-core.

  Paul

• HP Elitebook 8540w: bios administrator password

  I have a HP elitebook 8540w, iI forgot the BIOS administrator password, after three tries, I got the message: failure of authentication system locked, press the power button to restart the system. I need to install Windows 8 but not posible to boot from the CD-ROM.

  Hello

  Unfortunately, business machines such as Probooks or EliteBook have more strict security consumption patterns - they do not produce "stop codes", the password cannot be derived from the serial number and the code is stored in a nonvolatile memory to remove the RTC cell does not reset the password in this case.

  If you contact HP Business support, they may be able to file a custom SMC.bin that you can use to reset the password at startup.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• Want TO Sleekbook 6-1090ee: laptop, showing ANOTHER series and model number in the information system

  Hello

  I return my HP laptop a few weeks of the repair shop. It worked very well, no lags, virus, etc. So... One day I decided to check the system information to see if my cell phone is compatible to run a game. I was going through the information and I saw this:

  System model: laptop HP Envy 4 (SA in FACT 6)

  My laptop was showing the serial number some R000000000000 and the registered serial number the back of my laptop is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. Now I'm starting to feel a bit suspicious of what the hell happened to my laptop.

  Laptop: Sleekbook 6-1090ee ENVY

  Any help would be appreciated

  Kind regards

  Magali

  (Sorry if my English is bad)

  Hello:

  I suggest to contact the repair center and ask them what they were doing to repair your laptop.

  From what you wrote, it seems to me like they replaced the motherboard with a used 4 envy, which probably uses the same motherboard as the envy of 6.

  The only major difference between the models would be the size of the display screen.

  A used replacement motherboard would have a different serial number than the original one provided with your PC.

  A repair shop would need a special tool of DMI BIOS HP to change the serial number on the motherboard to match that on the bottom of your PC case.

  So, if you are happy with the repair work, they did and the specifications of the system are the same as they were before you sent the PC for repair, I wouldn't be too concerned with matching serial numbers is more.

• EliteBook 8540w faster memory

  Hello

  right now my Elitebook 8540w contains 2x2gb PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333), I would like at this level to 2 x 4 Go PC3-14900 (DDR3-1866). It is fully compatible and I'd get all the benefits of the extra speed?

  S. Breukink

  Hello:

  Here is the link to the quickspecs for your laptop.

  http://h18000.www1.HP.com/products/QuickSpecs/13529_ca/13529_ca.PDF

  See page 18 for the memory info.

  The answer is no, you can't win advantage using memory PC3-14900, and it may not even work.

  I recommend that stick you with memory PC3-1333 (10600). Do not get the PC3-10666 memory. I haven't read of anyone who gets this memory work in the HP PC.

  Paul

• Upgrade the card video EliteBook 8540w

  I have an EliteBook 8540w with the Quadro FX 880 M.  I was wondering if it was possible at this level towards the M5800 over-pants and, if so, would I need to change my radiator?

  The reason why I want to do is to be able to eventually turn 4 monitors to my office.  I'm also open to other suggestions/solutions to achieve this.

  I am running Windows 7 32 bit on a Core i7 processor, but will probably upgrade to x 64 when I understand this problem.

  Thanks in advance for your answers.

  Hello
  Yes, it is possible to substitute the over-pants M5800. You will also need a new heat sink...
  Radiator: 595768-001
  Over-pants 5800:595823 - 001
  How to: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/CoreRedirect.jsp?redirectReason=DocIndexPDF&prodSeriesId=4096175&targetPage=http%3A%2F%2Fbizsupport2.austin.hp.com%2Fbc%2Fdocs%2Fsupport%2FSupportManual%2Fc03382696%2Fc03382696.pdf
  See page 80 for more details...
  Heater: http://www.dectrader.com/595768-001-New-HP-Heat-sink-thermal-module-with-fan-For-use-in-models-equipped-with-ATI-FirePro-M5800-graphics-systems.html
  Over-pants M5800: http://www.dectrader.com/595823-001-New-HP-Board-VGA-ATI.html