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<blockquote data-quote="anniyan" data-source="post: 906118" data-attributes="member: 35202">i am a novice, but let me share my experience here. i was using an old HP laptop that came preinstalled with windows-7. everytime i had to clean install, i would use the windows-7 recovery image i had created when i bought the machine, and then upgrade-install t windows-10, because my machine had no drivers for win-10 (only 7 and 8.1 were supported). but at one point i thought it was very lengthy. so once when reinstallation was needed, i directly installed win-10 and installed the appropriate windows 10 graphics drivers from intel and AMD (coz i had intel HD 3000 / AMD RADEON 7470M switchable graphics). from that point, my machine started experiencing BSODs and soon, both my graphics adapters have stopped functioning. now the machine still functions but i cannot change the brightness from maximum, cannot boot into linux-based USB sticks, etc. i learnt a big lesson the hard way - to stick to the OEM&#039;s drivers no matter what.PS. i am just sharing my experience so that others coming across this thread can benefit. i have no intention to revive back an old thread.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="anniyan, post: 906118, member: 35202"] i am a novice, but let me share my experience here. i was using an old HP laptop that came preinstalled with windows-7. everytime i had to clean install, i would use the windows-7 recovery image i had created when i bought the machine, and then upgrade-install t windows-10, because my machine had no drivers for win-10 (only 7 and 8.1 were supported). but at one point i thought it was very lengthy. so once when reinstallation was needed, i directly installed win-10 and installed the appropriate windows 10 graphics drivers from intel and AMD (coz i had intel HD 3000 / AMD RADEON 7470M switchable graphics). from that point, my machine started experiencing BSODs and soon, both my graphics adapters have stopped functioning. now the machine still functions but i cannot change the brightness from maximum, cannot boot into linux-based USB sticks, etc. i learnt a big lesson the hard way - to stick to the OEM's drivers no matter what. PS. i am just sharing my experience so that others coming across this thread can benefit. i have no intention to revive back an old thread. [/QUOTE]

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