Hi,
I recently got myself a HP 15-af114AU laptop which had Windows 10 pre-installed. I had to install Windows 8 Pro on it since Windows 10 was too slow for me.
Now here's the catch: HP does not provide drivers for this model for any OS apart from Windows 10. I downloaded the drivers and could install most, but not Wireless LAN's and Bluetooth's.
Wireless adapter: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi M.2 Adapter
I could find different downloads for this one, few gave me an error saying OS isn't compatible.
I found one for Windows 7 - ran it in compatibility mode - although, it failed after the error: update.cpp 1205
I managed to find one half mini card adapter's drivers which belong to Lenovo - http://support.lenovo.com/in/en/downloads/ds034049 - it did finally let me connect to WiFi, but it is unable to detect WiFi few metres away, while my WiFi get detected at a distance ~5x more.
Is there any way I could use my WiFi on Windows 8 now?
PS: Also, I am not able to modify the brightness - I downloaded the graphics drivers and they got installed to (AMD catalyst), but when I see dxdiag, I cannot see the 2 GB onboard gfx memory.
Thanks for reading!
I recently got myself a HP 15-af114AU laptop which had Windows 10 pre-installed. I had to install Windows 8 Pro on it since Windows 10 was too slow for me.
Now here's the catch: HP does not provide drivers for this model for any OS apart from Windows 10. I downloaded the drivers and could install most, but not Wireless LAN's and Bluetooth's.
Wireless adapter: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi M.2 Adapter
I could find different downloads for this one, few gave me an error saying OS isn't compatible.
I found one for Windows 7 - ran it in compatibility mode - although, it failed after the error: update.cpp 1205
I managed to find one half mini card adapter's drivers which belong to Lenovo - http://support.lenovo.com/in/en/downloads/ds034049 - it did finally let me connect to WiFi, but it is unable to detect WiFi few metres away, while my WiFi get detected at a distance ~5x more.
Is there any way I could use my WiFi on Windows 8 now?
PS: Also, I am not able to modify the brightness - I downloaded the graphics drivers and they got installed to (AMD catalyst), but when I see dxdiag, I cannot see the 2 GB onboard gfx memory.
Thanks for reading!
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