windows 8 on a HP IQ804

[Drew[_3_]]

Consistently getting a black screen on install (upgrade) on this
computer and then the only thing I can do is roll back to win7 home
premium 64.. I have tried just about all I can think of or find. Any
ideas? all would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
Drew

[Paul]

Drew wrote:
> Consistently getting a black screen on install (upgrade) on this
> computer and then the only thing I can do is roll back to win7 home
> premium 64.. I have tried just about all I can think of or find. Any
> ideas? all would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> Drew

According to these users, the problem is related to the Nvidia graphics.

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/TouchSmart-PC-e-g-Windows-8/Windows-8-Pro-64-Bit-on-HP-TouchSmart-IQ804/td-p/1988241

Paul

[Paul]

Paul wrote:
> Drew wrote:
>> Consistently getting a black screen on install (upgrade) on this
>> computer and then the only thing I can do is roll back to win7 home
>> premium 64.. I have tried just about all I can think of or find. Any
>> ideas? all would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Drew
>
> According to these users, the problem is related to the Nvidia graphics.
>
> http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/TouchSmart-PC-e-g-Windows-8/Windows-8-Pro-64-Bit-on-HP-TouchSmart-IQ804/td-p/1988241
>
> Paul

Interesting hardware.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01549576&lang=en&cc=us&prodSeriesId=3751701

"Chipset: Intel Mobile GM965 Express"

"Integrated graphics using Intel GMA 3100

Enabled for selected Touchsmart models without discrete graphics card"

That's one graphics solution inside it. I don't know
if that's guaranteed to be used or not.

The second graphics is an MXM module.

"NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS"

This is a picture of the 9300M MXM card. It plugs into a slot
on the motherboard, if there is an actual 9300M present. On
the real card, there's going to be a heatsink or cooler attached
to the main chip.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportDocument/c01549576/c02083330.jpg

So if you're researching the issue, you might look for other
computers with that kind of hardware in them. For example,
a high end laptop might have a 9300M, and then you'd try and
find examples of people installing Win8 on the 9300M based
laptop.

In terms of hardware, it's going to bear some similarities to
a laptop.

Paul

[Drew[_3_]]

On 11/17/2012 1:12 PM, Paul wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> Drew wrote:
>>> Consistently getting a black screen on install (upgrade) on this
>>> computer and then the only thing I can do is roll back to win7 home
>>> premium 64.. I have tried just about all I can think of or find. Any
>>> ideas? all would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Drew
>>
>> According to these users, the problem is related to the Nvidia graphics.
>>
>> http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/TouchSmart-PC-e-g-Windows-8/Windows-8-Pro-64-Bit-on-HP-TouchSmart-IQ804/td-p/1988241
>>
>> Paul
>
> Interesting hardware.
>
> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01549576&lang=en&cc=us&prodSeriesId=3751701
>
>
> "Chipset: Intel Mobile GM965 Express"
>
> "Integrated graphics using Intel GMA 3100
>
> Enabled for selected Touchsmart models without discrete graphics card"
>
> That's one graphics solution inside it. I don't know
> if that's guaranteed to be used or not.
>
> The second graphics is an MXM module.
>
> "NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS"
>
> This is a picture of the 9300M MXM card. It plugs into a slot
> on the motherboard, if there is an actual 9300M present. On
> the real card, there's going to be a heatsink or cooler attached
> to the main chip.
>
> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportDocument/c01549576/c02083330.jpg
>
>
> So if you're researching the issue, you might look for other
> computers with that kind of hardware in them. For example,
> a high end laptop might have a 9300M, and then you'd try and
> find examples of people installing Win8 on the 9300M based
> laptop.
>
> In terms of hardware, it's going to bear some similarities to
> a laptop.
>
> Paul
Paul. As usual you helped immensely! You jarred a memory of something I
read and so I deleted or uninstalled the nvidia driver and lo and behold
win 8 loaded and all is well so far. Thanks again!