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HP 15-1233wm installation is a no go?


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So I'm working on my girlfriend's laptop. I installed an SSD in it because it came with a wimpy 5400rpm hard drive. It came preinstalled with Windows 10 and we'd like to install Windows 7 on it. We're not even concerned with the drivers at the moment as it seems some people have had success in getting stuff to work but when I go to load setup, I get an error saying the BIOS isn't fully ACPI compatible. We did install Kubuntu on it for the time being and it works quite well but I'm really wondering what is going on with this. I'm not very familiar with UEFI setup programs but I did set it to legacy support which it says for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. I tried Windows XP and it gave me the same results. The setup program is so stripped down though that there isn't a whole lot to change. Anyone else try doing this on anything similar and at least got Windows to install?

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3 hours ago, Tommy said:

I did set it to legacy support which it says for Windows XP, Vista, and 7.

That sounds like the maker expects it to work with Windows 7, which is odd enough to make me wonder if Windows 7 would install on the original 5400 rpm drive.

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How (exactly) did you try to install? :unsure:

In some cases installing "the right way" (i.e. applying the .wim with imagex/bcdboot/bootsect thus bypassing the actual Windows setup and running - if needed - a bootrec.exe) allows to install.

Check:

http://reboot.pro/topic/10126-nt-6x-fast-installer-install-win7-directly-to-usb-external-drive/

and/or its successor WINNTSETUP:

https://msfn.org/board/topic/149612-winntsetup-v391/

jaclaz

 

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2 hours ago, bluebolt said:

Maybe not, but the specific issue/solution seems to match exactly the OP.

Maybe :).

Snippet from the transcript of the video:

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5:24problems but it comes down to what's
5:27this a CPI well the a CPI compatibility
5:32I'll go into in another video is
5:38necessary for Windows 7 to operate well
5:42there's a driver update from September
5:44of 2016 its revision things revision 20
5:49milling or the it's 29 revision a f2 9
5:57revision 8 anyways I'll stop rambling
6:00that BIOS update actually has a CPI
6:04compatibility the reason why you're
6:06having to remove the hard drive goes
6:08because there are no drivers with this
6:10model

 

On the page for the HP 15-F233WM there is only one file September 2016:

https://support.hp.com/sk-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-15-f200-notebook-pc-series/7527799/model/8857447

F.32 Rev.A 

Release date:

Sep 30, 2016

File name:

SP77751.exe  https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp77501-78000/sp77751.exe

Whilst the F.29 Rev.A is from August 2016

Release date:

Aug 1, 2016

File name:

SP76871.exe https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp76501-77000/sp76871.exe

and there are n later versions (that presumably and hopefully have not introduced a regression bug).

 

The model name (in the video) is definitely HP 15-F233WM, maybe it is the same one as Tommy has , as I could find no trace of a HP 15-1233wm? :unsure:

The family is seemingly f200:

https://support.hp.com/sk-en/product/hp-15-f200-notebook-pc-series/7527799

I have found a number of posts on HP support forums where the thingy is called 1233WM (and responders usually reply about f233WM) maybe the small "f" is printed in such a way that it can be confused with a "1"?

Among the ones related to the f233 model, one (well before September 2016) has no issues with ACPI (only with USB, obviously):

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-System-and-Recovery/15-233wm/td-p/5267922

and another one (October 2017) as well has no issues with ACPI, only with drivers:

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-System-and-Recovery/HP-15-f233wm-laptop-installing-windows-7/td-p/6387015

Actually the latter (provided that the info in it is accurate) points to another HP model that should be using almost all the same drivers (NOT the BIOS/firmware) as the f233, the HP 250 G4:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-250-g4-notebook-pc/7609933

 

jaclaz

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I saw that a few said a BIOS update and of course I'm generally not too concerned with doing that but since it's not my machine, I'd like to make sure that I exhaust other possibilities before I explore actually updating the BIOS. Then again, it's a lot less dangerous to do it these days than it was 20 years ago. As for some of the other chat up above, I haven't tried anything special as far as installation goes except for enabling legacy mode. I know that there's a non-changable entry that says something to the effect of "loaded OS" and it says Win10 which is how it came from the factory obviously. (Heh, I remember when I wanted to downgrade a Windows XP machine from HP to Windows 98, which I did and it was much easier than doing this!)

I had a look at a few videos but some of them I didn't bother listening too much into only because they had a decent amount of downvotes and sometimes I don't always have the time to sit there and listen carefully before I have company so to speak. But when I get the chance, I'm going to check out all these links and see what I can dig up. I've never been one to just give up so I'd like to explore other options to make this work.

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7 hours ago, Tommy said:

Did someone change the title of this ...

Sure :), little green men are known for going on boards overnight (when they are bored after stealing socks) and replacing the sixth letter of the alphabet with 1's randomly.

It is a known 1act. 

d@mn :realmad:, they did it again ;),

jaclaz

 

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  • 1 month later...

I'm not sure if this is an option for your model ( or if you're still looking for info), but last year I had to downgrade an HP 15-ba009dx from Windows 10 to Windows 7.

I remember in the BIOS having to enable legacy support, disable UEFI, and also disable Secure Boot. Again, there were like 3 separate changes I needed to make in the BIOS.

I then Googled "15-ba009dx Windows 7" to find the drivers in the HP forums. Since they are usually Intel drivers, it shouldn't be too hard to get from Intel's site. You might just have to look up the hardware device IDs in Device Manager to determine what each device is. Don't forget to get the USB 3.0 Windows 7 drivers. Good luck!

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