[GUIDE] Update AMD Mobility Radeon drivers to fix graphics issues

Question

I made this small guide because some topics on this forum are about this problem and there is no official step-by-step solution from HP. So, how to fix your laptop's graphics issues by updating drivers for AMD Mobility Radeon HD GPU to latest version from AMD?
1. Install latest BIOS for your laptop from HP.http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Display-and-Video/Official-HP-statement-on-Switchable-Graphics-and-Open-GL/td-p/766285
2. In BIOS set Switchable Graphics Mode to 'Fixed mode'.http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/79500144.jpg/
3. Install latest graphics driver for your laptop from HP.http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html
4. In Catalyst Control Center make sure that active GPU is 'High-performance GPU'.http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/cccv.png/
5. Download latest version of Mobility Radeon drivers for your operating system from AMD.For now, I recommend version 12.6:- for Windows 7 64-bit:http://www2.ati.com/DRIVERS/mobile/12-6_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc.exe- for Windows 7 32-bit:http://www2.ati.com/DRIVERS/mobile/12-6_mobility_vista_win7_32_dd_ccc.exe
6. Install AMD driver on top of HP driver. This installation will update AMD components to latest version.
7. Enjoy graphics performance as if it was properly supported by HP.
Solution for HP:
Release new driver each time AMD makes a new release within 1 week maximum. Hard? But this guy does nearly the same. Alone and for free. http://leshcatlabs.net/ OR simply ask AMD to provide direct links to new drivers like in an example above (see point 5) and sticky these links with a step-by-step instruction on this forum.
Problem solved. With kudos from Russia. Alexander.
P.S. Does this guide work?
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Display-and-Video/Video-Card-Drivers-AMD-Radeon-HD-6770M/m-p/1405781#M43216
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Display-and-Video/7690M-GPU-HP-HORRIBLE-DRIVER-SUPPORT/m-p/1403429#M43109

Answer 1

hey there, i ve recently bought the g6-1304sv notebook first things i did when i got it was all the updates, both the windows 7 updates and the HP assistant updates(that basically gave me the new bios and i guess new drivers for graphics) when i got into the bios and actually switched it to fixed mode the notebook gave me a bluescreen (i could only get into the pc in safe mode through which i uninstalled drivers for both the onboard and the amd card in order to actually get back in the pc normal way) the strange thing after that  was that it didnt give me the catalyst center on the right click and when i downloaded and installed the latest it would say that catalyst could not start because it couldnt find the card (or sth like that) updated drivers for amd etc but still nothing. what i did then is creat backup cds and restore pc to factory settings. (does that remove bios update? dont think so)From that point onwards everything works fine and im now using the amd card no problemwhat worries me is the hp assistant messages saying that i need to update urgently. will that mess everything up again?i hope this helps others and i hope you have an answer for me thx in advance and for the guide!!!