Intel® HD Graphics Driver for the Intel® Pentium® G6950 Processor, Intel® Core™ i3 Processors, Intel® Core™ i5 Processors, Intel® Core™ i3 Mobile Processors, Intel® Core™ i5 Mobile Processors, and Intel Core™ i7 Mobile Processors

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for the Intel® B43, G41, G43, G45, Q43, Q45 Express Chipsets and the Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

Production Version 15.17.9.2182

Release Notes

 

July 19, 2010

 

Microsoft Windows Vista*

Microsoft Windows* 7

 

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver and Intel® HD Graphics Driver

The Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver and Intel® HD Graphics Driver contains support for the following Intel® Chipsets/Processors:

 

·    Intel® Pentium® G6950 Processor

·    Intel® Core™ i3 Processor

·    Intel® Core™ i3 Mobile Processor

·    Intel® Core™ i5 Processor

·    Intel® Core™ i5 Mobile Processor

·    Intel® Core™ i7 Mobile Processor

·    Intel® B43 Express Chipset(2)  

·    Intel® G41 Express Chipset(2)

·    Intel® G43 Express Chipset(2)

·    Intel® G45 Express Chipset (2)

·    Intel® Q43 Express Chipset (2)

·    Intel® Q45 Express Chipset (2)

·    Mobile Intel® GL40 Express Chipset(2)

·    Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset(2)

·    Mobile Intel® GS40 Express Chipset(2)

·    Mobile Intel® GS45 Express Chipset(2)

(2) See Known Issue #3528021

New Features

Features Added in Baseline 15.17

Reference No.

Description

Affected Components

1022798

Support updating firmware in DisplayPort-to-VGA adapters

CUI, SoftBIOS

1022860

Proprietary video algorithm implementation for Upscaling and Color correction

DVD, KMD Render

1022882

Privacy Panel Gen 2 support - I2C API Updates - Support for eDP panel

SoftBIOS

1023080

Real time synchronization between persistence and DCP

CUI

1023374

Two LVDS local panels support

CUI, NT - Miniport, SoftBIOS

1023436

LFP names not shown

CUI

1023541

Support Secondary Display after changing HDMI Television scaling

CUI

1023167

Audio reset from graphics driver to Microsoft Class driver

CUI, NT - Miniport, Soft BIOS

Known Issues

Known Issues in Build 2182

Reference No.

Description

Affected Component(s)

Affected Operating System

Affected Graphics

3526548

The Display driver stopped responding and has recovered error message is displayed after hot plugging two audio supported DisplayPort* monitors and then restarting the computer

Soft BIOS

Windows Vista*

Intel® HD Graphics

3528257

Corruption displayed after playing an MPG video clip in Windows Media Player Classic* application and then dragging the window to the secondary display.

KMD Render

Windows Vista*
Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

3699281

Warcraft 3:Frozen Throne* game: Brightness cannot be kept

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

3699314

Cannot apply the modes listed in the Intel Graphics Properties window.

Soft BIOS

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

3699316

Display blanks out with DirectX* 10 applications running in full screen

NT - Miniport

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

3699467

Green screen and flickering seen playing an AVI file in Windows Media Player* 12 application

DVD

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (desktop)

3700209

Scaling not working on SDVO-LVDS

Soft BIOS

Windows* 7

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

3700211

Encoder states not being enabled properly for SDVO-LVDS

Soft BIOS

Windows* 7

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

3700332

Display sporadically blanks out on DisplayPort panel while using switching displays.

Soft BIOS

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

3699318

Connector type and device type info incorrect in the Intel Graphics Properties window.

CUI

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved in Build 2182

Reference No.

Description

Affected Component(s)

Affected Operating System

Affected Graphics

3526631

Position of main video is not correct.

DVD

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (desktop)

3526576

Incorrect drawing when running SPECViewperf10.0* application’s ugnx test.

OpenGL*

Windows Vista*
Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (desktop)

3528260

Display driver stopped responding and has recovered error message when system is docked/undocked with DisplayPort monitor.

Soft BIOS

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

3699005

Cannot adjust color settings when playing a Blu-ray* disc movie.

DVD

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

3526556

No sounds during suspend with DisplayPort* monitor connected.

Soft BIOS

Windows Vista*
Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

3527389

With analog monitor, desktop blinks once after resuming from Hibernation and logon.

Soft BIOS

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

3357351

Chief Architect* application: Black image when saving an image captured from OpenGL view.

OpenGL*

Windows Vista*
Windows* 7

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
Intel® HD Graphics

3527490

Creation of some Direct3D 10.0* Shaders taking very long time (> 80ms)

Direct3D*

Windows* 7

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
Intel® HD Graphics

3526986

STOP Error 0x7e occurs with H.264 overnight test and in Intel® Dual Display Clone mode with a DisplayPort* monitor.

Soft BIOS

Windows* 7

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

3527545

STOP Error 0x0A or black screen while shutting down the system with USB dock attached.

NT – Miniport

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)

3698649

DTM issue - disable/enable Stress with IO

Soft BIOS

Windows* 7

Intel® HD Graphics (mobile)