NVidea 8600 GT - MA897D/A

My MacBook Pro got the nVidea flu. Because it's 4 years and 3 months Apple has not agreed to apply "Good Will" (according to Gravis store). Doesn't sound like premium customer orientation to me. Any experience with that? or better: any idea that might help?

I think your best bet would be RivaTuner.

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Issues with graphics ... force 'safe mode' graphics in normal mode?

Hi,
I have a late 2007 MBP with the ATI graphics chipset. Everything was working fine other than a few distorted screens at the very start... now I can only get in to safemode.
I can not get into the login window on normal and sometimes it flicks to a screwed up display with beachball (display b/w beachball is coloured) everything appears to work fine in safemode other than the obvious fact none of the other extensions are enabled (sound, wifi etc)
Is it possible to force the OS to load normally but without the accelerated graphics? When I turn on the computer it usually shows distored at the apple screen and then clears up to a grey screen and usually goes blue before failing at screwed screen + visible beachball.
I've reset the pram,
fixed permissions and everything else using applejack
removed refit
fsck -fy
I would try to do an archive and install but unfortunately the drive has died on this laptop. I did try to boot from a mac server using netboot / netinstall however I get the same issues as normal mode.
I just find it really frustrating that I can type here with net access in safeboot and use almost all I use this for anyway...
I also bought a external dvd drive with my mac mini server however the laptop does not seem to detect that.
Anyone with any thoughts? thanks

Is it possible to force the OS to load normally but without the accelerated graphics?
Not with this model. Some newer MBPs had both integrated graphics and a discreet graphics chipset, but not those having the NVIDEA 8600M GT chipset, which I suspect yours does.
There are defective NVIDEA 8600 chipsets in the Late 2007/Early 2008 MBPs and, if that it the source of your problems, there is no home remedy--the logic board must be replaced.
Fortunately, Apple has a program that covers this at no charge to you:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
I suggest you print out that page and take it with you; it seems some Apple Store employees and AASPs are not aware of the program. The techs have a special tester that quickly determines if the NVIDEA chipset has failed and the computer qualifies for the free logic board replacement. If that test fails to detect a bad graphics chipset, then something else is afoot.
The point is that, with your model, you need to eliminate the NVIDEA curse first before trying further diagnosis.
I would try to do an archive and install but unfortunately the drive has died on this laptop.
Try a cleaning disk. It's amazing how meay people here report being told by a tech teht the optical drive was dead but resurrected it with a simple cleaning
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A warning about your MacBook Pro (Do not let this happen to you)

If your MacBook Pro is nearing the end of its warranty do like be like me. Purchase the extended warranty!
Just before the warranty ran out on my 17" MacBook Pro in December of 2007 the NVIDEA Graphics chip set failed. (8600GT). As you will see below, this is a known issue that can affect your MacBook Pro. Since the machine was still under warranty the logic board was replaced at no cost to me. (Yay!)
Well, the new board came with a 6 month warranty. I decided (foolishly) not to purchase the extended Apple Care. Two weeks ago, it failed again. Apple claims that it ought to have failed (if it were ever going to) within 90 days. Obviously this is false since I had the first quite a while before it failed. They will not pay to fix it this time. So I am stuck with a broken machine since it would cost quite a bit out of pocket to replace the board.
Needless to say, Im very disappointed with this and have no where to turn. I should have bought the extended care even though at the time I hadn't researched enough to realize they are aware of these issues of the NVIDEA 8600 mobile sets randomly failing. I've been a loyal Apple customer all my life, owning many many different models since my first 512K "fat mac" in 1985.
So, be aware. If you own a MacBook Pro at any given time in its life the graphic chip set might fail you and if you are not covered under the extended care (even if the warranty ended a short month and half before it died) you will not get your board replaced.
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/08/13/nvidia.loses.on.bad.chips/
NVIDIA takes rare loss on faulty chips, competition
Graphics chip builder NVIDIA has reported its first quarterly loss in almost five years, writes the Wall Street Journal. The company has taken a net loss of $120.9 million for its second financial quarter, admitting that materials used to package its mobile graphics chips caused unusually high failure rates. Third-party observers have suggested that the company's desktop processors could be affected as well, but this allegation has not been confirmed.
Chip failures could be responsible for an error with Apple's MacBook Pro, in which the display goes black but every other component keeps running.

Sorry Dave, have to chime in here as you're very wrong, and BermudaSeal has gone through a lot here and doesn't need to be fed false information, however good the intention.
When the Nvidia cards go wrong, what happens is exactly what BermudaSeal is experiencing, they get reported by the OS as an intel X3100 - which is the core card that forms part of the SR chipset, and coincidentally the graphics card in the MB. Basically the hardware is reporting no external graphics card (the nvidia card), and so assumes that the default one is present. It's a bit like PC motherboads that have built in GPU's, which can be bypased by adding in your own third party part. In this case , the third party part has failed, and unfortunately there is no built in GPU either - hence, black screen.
This is a classic case of a failed NVidia chip, and, depending on the country where Bermuda Seal lives, he/she should be able to get this sorted very swiftly by Apple, as it is a known defect with the hardware that can be proven - BermudaSeal should not have to foot the bill for this - keep trying and refer Apple to the multiple posts on this forum where folks out of warranty have got the issue fixed.
That plus the fact that Bermuda Seal clearly described his machine in the first post - haven't seen many 17" Macbooks around, have you?
Good Luck!

Extreme heat on an 2008 MBP

Hi,
My MBP has been heating up quite rapidly.
The CPU has gone up to 74 degrees (Celsius), and the GPU to 76.
About the same thing happened once when I was trying to load Windows 7 VIA Parallels. I figured I was overloading the CPU and therefor it was heating up.
The problem now is different:
I'm not running any heavy applications.
As a matter of fact the only applications I'm running right now are:
Skype, Adium, Adobe Reader, Firefox and Mail. One would think that the processing power needed for these Applications are low...
What's more the fan speed does not increase at all(!). It just sits and stays at 2000Rpm...
Enviroment: Room temperature - 25 degrees Celsius (airconditioned).
OS: OSX 10.6.4 Snow Leopard
Processor: Intel Core2Duo 2.5GHz
GPU: nVidia Geforce 8600M
this is NOT the unibody version, it's the previous aluminum version.
added a screenshot to better explain my problem:
http://i56.tinypic.com/2vvrfv8.png

Have you used Activity Monitor to check for runaway background processes? If so, did you change AM's "Show" window from its default of "My Processes" to "All Processes?" This is important because the typical rogue background process is not owned by the logged-in user but by the system.
Also close all user apps when you check for a runaway. It's easier to spot if the computer is at "normal idle." Anti-virus software is notorious for eating up background processes. So can third-party backup programs
Are you using an external monitor with the built-in display closed? That can trap heat.
Open System Profiler (In Applications > Utilities) and see what "SMC Version system)" reports. There was an SMC update after the discovery of the nVidea 8600 issues that changes the fan behavior presumably to provide better cooling. If installed, the Profiler entry for SMC version should start with 1.3.
I take it you have the MBP positioned so air can get to the case bottom? That's an important part of the cooling system.

LR 1.4.1 Preview Brightness Jumps

When I click on an image in the filmstrip the preview gets displayed (as expected), but within a fraction of a second the preview goes slightly darker (as if you clicked on the lessen exposure button in library mode). The 'Loading' message comes up about the same time, then when the message disappears the image goes bright again.
It is unusable as when trying to compare images the jumps in brightness confuse your sense of how bright they are compared to each other.
Another problem I am having is that when I click the color temperature increase button (in library) the image goes brighter, then if I click the same button again it goes darker. Same in reverse going back down. It is significant - similar to pressing the exposure adjustment clicker. Adjusting color temp in develop doesn't do this.
When the image goes brighter in library while changing color temp, if I switch to develop, it is a different brightness than what library is showing. But when the color temp is pushed another step up or down, library and develop display exactly the same. It is driving me crazy.
When I first start lightroom it sometimes works fine for a few images, but then it starts misbehaving again.
I have tried clearing all my previews, but same problems. Using Vista 32, nVidea 8600 GS video card on external monitor. Canon 40D RAW.
Just downgrading to 1.3 again now.
Note: I noticed the same issues when I installed the buggy 1.4 version when it was first released (for the day I had it installed), so I downgraded to 1.3 which has been fine, but now 1.4.1 is doing the same thing.
Any ideas?

You're a legend Thomas!
I have my old computer back! Everything was running slowly and with the jumping brightness, even after reverting back to LR 1.3, but I cleared out the cache and it is fast and no jumping pics.
I am flying through my work again now. Will attempt the move to 1.4.1 again when I have some time up my sleeve - although I feel confident that this would have fixed the problem.
Many Thanks once again
Paul
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Question about the logic board and video

Hi, i own a macbook pro 17 in. @ 2.4 ghz, and have the nvida 8600 gt card. I'm pretty sure that the card has failed since no video has shown up during start up 2 weeks ago (i asked a friend of mine, and he had the same problem with a macbook pro 15 in., he was pretty positive on a card failure). I brought it to the local genius bar, and they fixed some firmware or whatnot, and it worked fine for a week. A week later, the same problem of no video showed up during start up.
My question is if this is a video card issue, is it possible that the logic board could have been damaged from the faulty video card? The tech. told me that it might be the board, and im afraid of paying the hefty repair fee, although i personally feel that the card is all to blame.

Here is the article on the NVIDIA 8600 chip:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
Note that Apple will do the repair free of charge if the chip fails within the first two years of ownership. The repair will be to replace the logic board, as Apple does not work on boards at the component level. Your machine should be new enough to qualify for the free repair.
Good luck!

How do I add multiple family members to eprint capability on my 8600 pro?

I dont know how to add my wife and son to the eprint capability on my 8600 pro, i tried adding them as seperate users under hp connected but it wont let you use the claim code more than once. Anyone have any ideas? I'm sure someone has done this before, any help would be greatly appreciated...Thanks in advance

Hi AV55,
I think you misunderstood banhien's earlier post. Your wife would need to log into her ePrintCenter/HP Connected account and then add each family member as an authorized sender following the steps banhien posted.
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My HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 won't connect to my wireless router

This is bizarre. I have had my HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 for about 6 months. It has generally worked fine, and we have used it wirelessly only. But now it refuses to connect to the router. It can FIND the router, and it can find other networks in the area, but it won't connect to the router. I ran the Wireless Network Test, and the results say:
Wireless On - Pass // Wireless Working - Pass //
Network Name (SSID) found - Pass // Wireless Networks Detected - 9
Printer Settings Consistent with Wireless Router Settings - Pass / No Filtering - FAIL //
So it recommends solution as follows: "1 If MAC Address filtering is enabled, and you would like to keep it enabled, you must add the Mac address of your printer to the list of permitted devices for your router before continuing."
Except, guess what, I don't have MAC Address filtering enabled. I wouldn't know how to do that, much less check for it.
Also, before today, this was never a problem. HELP!
Thanks....
If you are interested, here's more detail and background.
Before today, the only problem we have had is that frequently our Apple laptop (OS X 10.6) has trouble connecting to the printer. This has been odd because the printer is connected to the network, and so is the laptop, but the laptop can't find the printer - it thinks the printer is "offline" (even though it's not). Usually, if I wait a while, it will find the printer, and it will resolve itself work fine. If not, we sometimes have found that it can fix itself if you restart the laptop -- restarting the printer does not make a difference. In fact, I did exactly that today, and it resolved itself. And I printed. Fine, right?
But then I wanted to do more printing, and the problem of the laptop not finding the printer came up again, so I decided to really "get to the bottom of this." I don't remember exactly what I did, but somehow I was persuaded by the online help, that the correct solution would be to go into my System Preferences / Print and Fax, and click on the "-", which de-installs the printer, with the idea of re-installing the printer. But then when I tried to re-install the printer, it could not find the printer. Ugh! Wierdly, it found an 8600 Scanner, but not an 8600 printers. After installing and de-installing the 8600 scanner a few times, I eventually deinstalled everything, and I decided to start from scratch. I got my HP disk, and installed all the software again from the beginning (even though it was already there), and then it looked for my printer, but couldn't find it. So then I got a USB cord, and plugged that in.
So, now I have a situation where I do have a working printer via the USB cord, but no wireless connection at all. In particular, since the Office Jet Pro 8600 won't connect to the router, I don't know what else to do. My Apple MacBook pro is 2 feet away from the printer, and it is connected to the router just fine (as is my blackberry), and I have never before had a problem connecting to the wireless router by the printer.
Any suggestions?

There are two things that can trip the mac filtering test to fail: actual MAC address filtering setup (sounds like this is not the case) and using wireless channel 6 or automatic for wireless channel in the wireless network settings (in the router). Since it does show failed for MAC filtering and you do not use this option, try changing the wireless channel in the router to 1 or 11. Those two channels provide the best compatibility with printers due to less interference. Almost everything defaults to auto or 6 for the channel and this causes a lot of interference. This change should not affect anything at all. To do this, you may need to contact the router manufacturer as the process differs from router to router.
What brand and model is the router?
Has anything in the network settings changed at all?
What version is the Mac OS X? There may be additional steps to take as it sounds like there are two separate issues involved and this could be revisited later.
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EPrint Apps, printing Preferences on an HP Officejet Pro 8600 wireless prntr

I have a fabulous HP Officejet 8600 series wireless printer that is connected to my home network. It works beautifully and efficiently! So far, I've had no issues or problems with it, except for one little tweak that I would prefer to adjust if it is at all possible. Can I set the print preferences so that when my Apps are printed (either as a scheduled app, or printed directly from the screen on the printer itself) so that they will print on BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER??? And/or in DRAFT setting, with print on both sides, and with multiple pages per sheet?? I like to use these settings as often as possible to save on paper and ink and the like. I usually only use the optimal print preferences when its time to produce an essay for school or a flyer or something like that. If anyone can assist me, I would really appreciate it!! And... I hope that my question makes sense ;D!!! Thank you!! Jenni

Hi Jenni welcome to the forum
As I was checking on the properties and cannot find a way to accomplish this. I will do more research and reach out to some peers if I find someway to do this, if I find a way, I will let you know right away. Jenni this will be a good suggestion to make and comming from a from a valued customer HP will put a lot of weight on it. If at any time you need or want to to get the latest information on the latest news in regards Eprint visit Eprint News.
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Unable To Communicate With Printer HP Officejet Pro 8600 (Network)

I recently purchased an HP Officejet Pro 8600. One morning a couple weeks ago I tried to print something and I received a prompt saying "Unable to Communicate with Printer (Network)". I turned off the printer and turned it back on which did not help, I then turned off my wireless network, turned it back on and still nothing. I finally figured out that I first have to turn off the printer, then turn off my wireless router wait thirty seconds, turn the router back on and the turn the printer back on. After these steps my printer was working. The next morning the same thing happened "Unable to Communicate with Printer (Network)" and I've been replaying Groundhog's Day ever since.
Please help!

Hello msheehy-
I would like to help you with this issue. It sounds like the router is changing the ip address of the printer. This could be caused by a couple reasons. (ip lease time, power loss to the router) I would recommend looking at the following link. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03781399&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=4323648&tmp...
I think if you would set a static ip address in the printer EWS you would better off. I hope this helps.
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Unable to find network printer HP OfficeJet Pro 8600

HP Officejet Pro 8600
Windows 7 64bit
updated router firmware
Troubleshoot all item s listed by HP and with Windows
I have been unable to print wireless from my laptop. Wireless network test results gives me a pass in all categories. Network name is the same on printer and laptop. IP address on printer and tcp port are the same. Tried firewall on and off. AVG antivirus on and off. Unplugged printer, router, usb, restarted laptop. Nothing has solved the problem.
I can see that the printer has an ip address. My router has an ip address and my laptop has an ip address. Should they all be different? I am using the ip address from the printer to set up the wireless printing when asked to enter the address.
This has been the most frustrating process I have ever delt with. It should not be this difficult to set up. Please help.
Thank you in advance for a quick solution.

Shurlee, I want you to do is re-run the wireless setup wizard on your printer. Then uninstall it, and reinstall it again using the software I am going to link you to below. From what you describe it sounds like either an installation issue or an issue with your network. If this helps feel free to mark my post by hitting the star below my name which gives me a kudos - kinda like a job well done on here.
First if you use a USB cord, make sure to remove it. Do not plug it back in until the software directs you to. Then go through the Devices and Printers, Programs and Features and Device Manager folders and insure that all copies, files, and programs related to the printer are removed. Then as directed, restart the computer.
In the START menu type "%temp%" and press ENTER. Here I want you to press Ctrl+A and hit DELETE. Some of the files will not allow you to delete them, skip those files and delete the majority that allows it.
Download these files and install them. By the way these are for the N911a, but if you have the 8600 Plus or Premium you will need different drivers.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=4323659
Install that and let me know the result!
Have a great day!

HP Officejet Pro 8600 e-All-in-One

i have buy and paid this printer in chain shop in country where i also try to buy new cartridges in same shop as sold me this "all in one",,,,BUT THEY DONT HAVE AND WILL NOT order home cartridges for this product,,, so i wonder if this is also HP´s offical politic,, (not to have spare parts for there products??????????? because then i think i must find way to WARN other to buy HP products in this country....
So what to do??
so fare i have buy refilled cartridges on internet shop,, because believe it ore not i have this "all in one" not as an decorative piece ( wich i definitive NOT think it is)...
and now this "all in one" tell me i have got a problem?? NICE telling me that,, i guess HP do this because they think i have not found out that my self,, even "all in one have told me that some 100 times,, ( 100 times?? guess how many hours i have WASTED on this totally useless message,,, maybe use little more time to take care about aftermarket than to tell me same useless b***sh*t again and again,,
If this is some kind of HP strategy to earn money selling new products instead fore give possibility to buy such simple thing as new cartridges it would be nice if Hewlett-Packard could put it some where in manuall/web ore EULA.. maybe i need to find answer from EU consumer organisation ore can i have such luck to have an answer from Hewlett-Packard??
looking forward to answer in very short time... today is::: 13-08-2014..
kurt, man in big dilemma,, shall i put Hewlett-Packard on f.x. telephone app named Buycott??
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The print cartrdiges should be widely available. Did you buy from an authorized dealer? What cartridge numbers are you looking for? The Officejet 8600 uses 950/951 cartridges which are widely available.
Did your unit not come with setup cartridges?
The setup cartrdiges are required for initial setup of the printer and would be included in the package. If the cartrdiges were not included then you are not receiving a new printer and/or are dealing with an unscrupulous dealer. You will need to contact your dealer or HP for the proper cartrdiges. Given the experience with your dealer I would recommend returning the unit for a refund and then buying from an authorized dealer.
What country did you buy the printer in? You can call HP support at the number listed in this document.
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OCR with HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus e-All-in-One Printer - N911g

Hello: I have the "HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus e-All-in-One Printer model N911g" and read in the manual that it comes with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. I can't find any OCR software on the accompanying optial disk "HP Officejet pro 8600 series, Windows XP, VIsta, 7, 8 version 28.8".
I'm using an HP Pavilion dv7 laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium ver 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 build 7601.
I found an entry in All Programs called I.R.I.S. registration but can't figure out what to do with it. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
John

Hi,
It's an option during the installtion process. Please try the following Utility:
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software12/COL29914/HU-135728-1/hpusetup.exe
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Officejet Pro 8600 - Macbook Pro and Macbook Air will not print

Products:
HP Officejet Pro 8600
Macbook Pro (Mac OS X, Version 10.7.5)
Macbook Air (OS X, Version 10.8.2)
Question:
Why did my Macs initially print fine, but now will not print at all?
Full Story:
I have a wireless network at my house that consisted of a 30mb cable internet, Netgear 900n, HP Officejet Pro 8600, 2 Dell Laptops with Windows 7, a Lenovo Laptop with Windows 7, and Dell Tower with Windows 7 - All printed just fine.
The HP Officejet 8600 was added to my network about 2 months ago.
I added a Macbook Pro and a Macbook Air about 3 weeks ago. Both Macs printed just fine for about a week. Then suddenly they stopped. I spent about 2 hours on the phone with HP Service, and they finally said it must be my router. So I called Netgear. Netgear was useless! They wanted me to agree to charges for services before they would even discuss the issue.
Due to information provided by HP's service support, and because Netgear will not support their product, I promptly purchased a new router - an Apple Airport Extreme.
The Macs recognize the printer, will print if hardwired via a USB cable, but will not print wirelessly to the Officejet Pro 8600. The PCs print fine.
The frustration that is being felt is compound by the fact that the Macs printed just fine with the Officejet Pro 8600 2 weeks ago, and now the printer just shows "idle"... even with a new router. (see image below)
Please help, I appreciate any support.
As a side note, the HP Service rep was very friendly, and definitely tried to support the HP Product, which is much more than I can say about Netgear.
Thank you,
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Hi,
More likely the issue related with Multicast, which Apple devices relies on to communicate with teh device through the network.
First try unplugging the router for 30 seconds.
Plug it back to the power and wait for 2-3 minutes.
Turn the HP printer Off and back On, then check for any difference.
If the same persists, try changing your router configuration as following
Note: the settings below are not related with the HP product, I provide you the steps as a best effor and those are only based on my own knowledge. you may try modifying the router settings at your own risk:
Open the router configuration page (can be found listed as the Default Gateway by clicking the Wireless icon on the printer, then print a network configuration report.
Click the Advanced tab.
Click the Setup option from the menu, then click on WAN Setup.
Make sure to uncheck the box next to Disable IGMP Proxying and Apply the changes.
Click the LAN Setup on the same Setup menu.
Set the RIP Version as RIP-2 and Apply the changes.
Reboot your router and then check for any change.
I hope you may find that information useful, you may also use the user guide below for further information:
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDR4500/WNDR4500_UM_07DEC2011.pdf
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Officejet Pro 8600 Plus

Hello.
I have the Officejet Pro 8600 Plus running on Windows 7. The printer is connected to computer by network and it is linked to the computer.
All was well with the printer untill I removed Norton and installed McAfee two days ago. Now it will not work, even with McAfee turned off.
I tried to uninstall and re install the printers programmes and driver, but it will not re install the programme or driver.
I have uninstalled all HP prog's.
Stopped all start up prog's except the Microsoft ones.
Turned off McAfee
Gone to HP and re installed the software and drivers.
These downloaded fine (took a few minutes and 123.00 MB copied) and installed.
Accepted HP licence terms and ran printer installation programme.
Got instalation complete message.
But it is not installing! Where is it downloading the programme and driver to?
Downloaded the HP Print and Scan Doctor. This finds printer and says programmes not installed. it then downloads them, but it never works. Even with McAfee firewall and scanning all turned off. If I then run it again, I get the same mesasage the programmes not installed, though it just seemed to do it....
If I go to devices / printers there is no Officejet Pro icon like there was. If I try install new printer there, I does not find the correct drivers for this HP model.
If I go to Start, all Programmes, HP and click on these icons I get message "Shortcut moved or changed"
I am at whits end with this now. Absolutly hate the McAfee.
Please help. Nick
PS.
I have got the printer partly working by using the windows available driver HP Officejet Pro K8600 Series, but this is not the correct driver. It will not scan and has very limited printing functionality.
Windows also shows a FAX - HP Officejet Pro 8600 driver, but this did not work when I tried it. Is this the proper driver for this printer??
When I try to get windows to download new drivers it goes looking but says it is unavailable and to try again later. :-(

Hey there @Nick-S!
Thank you for posting on the HP Forums!
I can see that you are experiencing some software issues with the Officejet Pro 8600 after re-installing McAfee. I would be happy to provide some suggestions that may help resolve the issue!
I suggest restoring the network defaults in the printer, power cycling the router and reconfiguring the printer on the wireless network. To restore the network defaults press the Wi-Fi icon on the printer and go into settings. Under settings should be an option to restore the network defaults. Once the network defaults in the printer have been restored power cycle the printer and power cycle the router for 20 seconds. When the printer turns back on press the Wi-Fi icon again, go back into settings and run the wireless setup wizard.
I understand you have re-installed the software but the printer is still not recognised. I recommend uninstalling the HP software one more time. After the uninstall is complete it would be a good idea to perform a disk cleanup in the computer. A disk cleanup will improve computer performance and clear temporary files that may cause issues during the install of software. Once the disk cleanup is complete you should restart the computer and re-install the HP software.
To uninstall HP software click here: Uninstalling HP Software
To perform a disk cleanup click here: Performing a Disk Cleanup
To download the HP software click here: HP Officejet 8600 Plus Software and Driver
Please post back and let me know how that goes!
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