Notebook - Tricks Guide

Winbond SD Card Reader driver for Windows

Posted by SiRu on April 23, 2011 · 2 Comments

Wondering what will be the driver you need to install if you find an unknown device in Windows device manager with yellow mark and device ID: ACPI\WEC0518 ?. In this post, I am sharing the right driver for above said device ID. HP Compaq nx7000 and nx7010 Notebooks are shipped with one integrated Secure Digital (SD) slot. Winbond SD Card Reader is the card reader installed on these notebooks. If you [...]

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Notebook display turns black while viewing online Flash Video

Posted by SiRu on March 9, 2011 · 0 Comment

In this post, we are sharing how to solve an issue revolved around HP/Compaq Notebooks and Adobe Flash Videos. When you open flash videos on your HP/Compaq Notebook, the Notebook display may suddenly go black OR you may receive a message saying that “Display driver stopped responding and has recovered”. The first step we will try is uninstall and reinstalling Flash player OR re-installation of [...]

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Notebook Display Freezes on HP EliteBook 8540w

Posted by SiRu on January 15, 2011 · 0 Comment

On HP EliteBook 8540w Notebook PC, you might come across display freezing issue. Display freezing can occur while you work in Windows Vista or in Windows 7. If you restart the Notebook, the Notebook will again start working fine. You might also notice that display does not freeze if you enter Windows safe mode. Solution: HP EliteBook 8540w Mobile Workstation Notebook PC is shipped with NVidia graphics [...]

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SD card detection issue with HP ProBook 6555b, 6455b Notebook PCs

Posted by SiRu on January 14, 2011 · 2 Comments

Have a SD Card of camera filled with last vocation photos but your HP ProBook Notebook could not detect SD card? very sad! In this post, we are sharing how to solve this issue on HP ProBook 6555b, 6455b Notebook PCs. Users have reported SD card detection issue with HP ProBook 6555b, 6455b Notebook PCs. For some users SD card will be detected if they remove and reconnect the AC Adapter to Notebook. At [...]

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LCD brightness issue on HP 8530w and 8530p Notebook PCs

Posted by SiRu on January 13, 2011 · 2 Comments

When you try to adjust the brightness of HP EliteBook 8530p or 8530w Mobile Workstation Notebooks, the display brightness can only be adjusted slightly using Fn + F9 or Fn + F10 keys. Wondering how to solve this issue? Solution: To resolve the issue, HP released an updated NVIDIA graphics driver which needs to be installed on your Notebook. The updated NVIDA graphics driver increases the brightness [...]

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Solve Error “0xc000000f” on your HP Notebooks

Posted by SiRu on January 11, 2011 · 74 Comments

In an online community forum, I have found a post which speaks about a strange issue with HP Notebooks, after researching on that issue, I found a solution which solved the issue. So here in this post, I will be sharing the solution which worked. On following Notebooks (see the list below), you may receive the error “The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible“ when [...]

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HP Connection Manager for Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP

Posted by SiRu on December 21, 2010 · 10 Comments

Updated version of HP Connection Manager for Windows 7/Vista/XP is released. HP Connection Manager 4.1.10.1 is the updated version of the HP Connection Manager. It allows you to manage mobile broadband and GPS devices, as well as to control power management and connectivity with various mobile broadband carriers. Remember that a WWAN-capable notebook with a WWAN card is a must for this software to [...]

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