Ahh… sorry I’m on central standard time… I was sleeping.
I tried many places to get the Intel HD device driver… but mostly Intel has pulled down, deleted or removed the ones that contain the device driver you need. What is left only have entries for Win10… even if they would work with Win7… so you need an old copy that still had the Win7 references.
I found success using this one:
https://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/event/H310_windowstool/win7_8th_i3_i5_Driver_2.0.rar
The download took a long time on a regular PC… its just a slow website… or the fact it is hosted in Taiwan and I am in Texas in the United States.
I used 7Zip to extract it all into one directory.
Then opened that directory, and opened the “Graphics” directory.
I used Notepad++ to open the [ igdkmd64.inf ] file and found this line:
%iKBLULTGT2% = iSKLD_w7, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_5917
I changed it by removing the last character “7” and replacing it with “C”
So that it became this line:
%iKBLULTGT2% = iSKLD_w7, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_591C
This matched the hardware ID of the device found in my device manager for the display adapter after installing Windows 7 x64
I saved the file and backed out of the “Graphics” directory and double tapped the
Setup.exe
to start the normal Intel setup routine.
If gave me no messages about not being compatible with my system.
But it did give me a pop up message saying the device driver was not signed. A great big “Red” warning with two choices, abort or continue. I Chose to continue clicking the choice on the bottom. - I “think” this is because the INF file was modified… there is a “signed” catalog file which acts as a manifest or inventory of each file in the device driver install package and if all the files in the package don’t add up correctly it declares the signature invalid and throws the warning. Getting things signed with Microsoft has always been a confusing, convoluted, expensive proposition… mostly through neglect and ignorance on their part how to sign things… Apple tends to get it right… Microsoft has always done a terrible job… but it is what it is… its best to just laugh at Microsoft and ignore their warnings.
It installed everything without issue and then said I had to reboot to make it effective and did so.
On reboot I noticed the whole display looked a bit darker and translucent. I was watching a SciFi short film called FTL on Dust on Youtube and almost didn’t notice it.
I saw the Intel Systray applet and checked that and it identified the GPU as the Intel HD 630… which was “way off” from what the literature for this CPU-GPU would have you believe it should be… but it works fine.
I will check my wireless, and all the other drivers… it might be best if I perform a Double Driver “backup” for you and publish that… finding compatible device drivers is a time consuming and iterative process… there are the bugs that crop up when the device drivers are first made… so their are different versions of the device drivers that work… and then there are re-purposed device drivers… that you stumble upon that work… that you would never think would work… like this video device driver.
The wireless and bluetooth device driver I use works very fast… I’ve never noticed any sluggishness… but I have seem on Reddit and other places where people did complain… some chalk it up to build quality, different parts sourced in the construction of each GPD P2 Max… or simply luck of the draw when matching up a device driver source to a particular GPD P2 Max. - The truth is usually somewhere in between.
There is no an official source or list of device drivers and where to get them for the GPD P2 Max for Windows 7… so maybe the Double Driver backup can start off as something like that… from a Community perspective.
The two devices I have not pursued up until now are for the “Goodpoint” Touch “screen” and the Finger print reader. I don’t think Touchscreens “existed” during Windows 7 run so not sure if there is a Windows 7 version of the Goodpoint device that will work on Windows 7. Kind of ditto for the Fingerprint scanner built into the start up button… Windows 10 “hello” has a whole infrastructure for dealing with Pen and Ink and Alternative login credentials that just didn’t exist back in Win8 and Win7 days… so it may be more trouble than its worth. - To be clear Touchscreens came along in Windows 8 Tablet era… and this kind of multi-function finger print reader came along in Windows 8.1 or Win10 era. There were “demo” technologies from certain companies in Win7 era… but they were not Microsoft “native” technologies… so their device drivers were highly adapted or specialized versions of the HID class. - I do know from experience, the Touchscreen works out of the box when retro-installing Win8.1 on the GPD P2 Max. I never bothered checking the Fingerprint reader… Finger print readers always misread my fingers or get gunk on them and just have tons of excuses why they don’t work.
I think it would be a bigger “miss” if the GPD P2 Max actually performed a back flip into a Tablet mode… but since its hinge stops at 190 or so degrees and its a proper clamshell… the Touchscreen is mostly a joke for this form factor. To me a Touchpoint on a Retina depth screen is just “Strange”… i prefer the touchpad… which is very responsive.
It might be a good idea to check my touchpad settings too… since I do that… I calibrate it to the screen when I get one… some people don’t do that and end up hating small touchpads never realizing the settings make all the difference in the world. Its like getting ina car or truck and never adjusting the mirrors… your experience will be bad… until you adjust the mirrors.
