Many companies provide free software and driver updates for their products. HP and Compaq computers come with a wide variety of hardware components and software titles provided by HP partners. If you are having an issue with a software title or hardware device driver and you cannot find an update from HP, try looking at the product manufacturer's website.
caution:
Only install BIOS updates from HP! Do not install BIOS updates from the motherboard manufacturer's website! Doing so can prevent the computer from accepting an HP System Recovery.
Product manufacturers provide technologies used on many HP and Compaq computers. Many hardware component manufacturers have their own website with driver downloads.
note:
You can find information about your computer's hardware from the product specifications for your computer model. Search the
HP Customer Support website using the name of your computer model plus the word
specifications. For example, if you have an HP Pavilion HPE h8-1360t Desktop computer, search for
h8-1360t specifications.
The following list provides links to manufacturer sites that provide hardware that go into HP computers:
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AMD and ATI utilities and drivers (processor utilities, AMD Live!):
AMD.com (in English), downloads can be found in the support section.
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Microsoft (Windows, Microsoft software, and many hardware drivers):
Microsoft Download Center (in English). (You can also use Windows Update).
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