Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver

Production Version 14.37.1.5029

Release Notes

 

January 29, 2009

 

Microsoft Windows* XP

 

 

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver

The Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver contains support for the following Intel® Chipsets:

·    Intel(R) G31 Express Chipset

·    Intel(R) G33 Express Chipset

·    Intel(R) G35 Express Chipset

·    Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset

·    Intel(R) G43 Express Chipset

·    Intel(R) G45 Express Chipset

·    Intel(R) Q33 Express Chipset

·    Intel(R) Q35 Express Chipset

·    Intel(R) Q43 Express Chipset

·    Intel(R) Q45 Express Chipset

·    Mobile Intel(R) GL40 Express Chipset

·    Mobile Intel(R) GL960 Express Chipset

·    Mobile Intel(R) GLE960 Express Chipset

·    Mobile Intel(R) GM45 Express Chipset

·    Mobile Intel(R) GM965 Express Chipset

·    Mobile Intel(R) GME965 Express Chipset

·    Mobile Intel(R) GS45 Express Chipset

 

New Features

Features Added in Baseline 14.37

Reference No.

Description

Affected Components

Affected Chipset(s)

 

Support Embedded DisplayPort* with AUX and DPCD mandatory.

VBIOS, Soft BIOS, Power Conservation

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

 

Support 512 MB system memory configuration.

GMM

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

 

Read color depth from panel EDID.

VBIOS, Soft BIOS

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

 

Support Video BIOS bit to distinguish S-DRRS and DRRS panels.

VBIOS. Soft BIOS

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

 

Add DirectX* Query Timestamp and Timestamp_Freq.

Direct3D*

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family



Known Issues

Known Issues in Build 5029

Reference No.

Description

Affected Component(s)

Affected Operating System(s)

Affected Chipset(s)

2855775

3DMark*06 application: Unexpectedly closes and switched back to Windows desktop while running test.

CV

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

2855737

No audio while playing a VCD movie and switching the Command Prompt window from full screen mode to window mode.

Soft BIOS

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2855736

Driver’s Advanced Setting button disappears after plugging external flat panel display.

CUI2.5

Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

2855718

Unable to change video standards in Intel® Dual Display Clone or Extended Desktop mode.

Soft BIOS

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2855326

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault* game:  Hangs during gameplay.

CV

Windows* XP

Intel® 3 Series Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

2787940

Balloon notification does not pop up after setting desktop resolution to non-native resolution.

CUI2.5

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2742702

While in Intel® Dual Display Clone mode, blank screen displayed after hot plugging TV and resuming to desktop.

NT - miniport

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2561126

Unable to automatically enter Hibernate state (S4) and resume to desktop after a few minutes.

AIM Module

Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

2560433

External display’s resolution changes to 800x600x32bit@60Hz after closing the notebook’s lid and hot-unplugging an analog monitor.

NT - miniport

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2559678

Empire Earth* III game: Crash seen during gameplay.

Direct3D*

Windows* XP

Intel® 3 Series Chipset Family

2559352

Screen corruption after setting desktop resolution to 1776x1000x32bit@1080i60.

Soft BIOS

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2557863

Flicker seen while playing Video Essentials DVD.

DVD

Windows* XP Media Center Edition
Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved in Build 5029

Reference No.

Description

Affected Component(s)

Affected Operating System(s)

Affected Chipset(s)

2561556

Fable* game:  Red tint on and around the character.

GHAL3D

Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

2912441

EDID read issue with BitBashingSupport enabled.

Soft BIOS

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2912473

SYSmark* 2004 SE application stops running with script error.

OpenGL*

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2855959

Computer does not enter Standby or Hibernate state (S3 or S4) as expected after a few minutes.

Power Conservation

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

2808050

YumeBench* application:  Crash seen after running for a few hours.

GHAL3D

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2807982

Extended desktop mode is not kept after rebooting the computer.

CUI2.5

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

2788096

‘Twin’ is shown in the Operating Mode drop down menu when it should not be shown.

N/A

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2787517
2787508

AutoCAD* 2009 application: Full_Shadows cannot render (faces drawn but no lighting applied); PerPixel lighting correction.

Direct3D*

Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

2787493

No display with some DVI displays.

Video BIOS

Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

2742937

While in Intel® Dual Display Clone mode, the bottom half of the second display is black when a movie is played.

DirectDraw*

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2560670

While playing a DVD movie in Extended Desktop mode, a reverse L-shaped corruption may be seen on the right side of the playback window after adjusting the display’s Color Quality or Resolution settings.

DirectDraw*

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2518792

3DMark*01 application: Some areas are not correctly shaded.

GHAL3D

Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

2913255

Black bar seen below Windows* desktop when in Intel® Dual Display Clone or Extended Desktop mode.

N/A

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2913092

Screen corruption or flicker may be seen while playing an MPEG file.

Resource Manager

Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

2912785

Screen corruption during preload auditing.

Video BIOS

Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

2912664

With HDMI display and notebook’s built-in display in Intel® Dual Display Clone mode, the Windows* Hide modes setting is unchecked.

Soft BIOS

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2912643
2912718
2912719

TvWizard2ft.exe Error: “Windows cannot find “TvWizard2ft.exe”. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.” after rebooting system with HDMI display or TV connected or after hot-plugging an HDMI display.

CUI2.5

Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

2912493

LVDS display may have no display in Windows*.

System BIOS

Windows* XP

Intel® 3 Series Chipset Family

2856262

Crashes seen with Dassault Systemes* applications.

OpenGL*

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

2856208
2856207

When running the 3DMark*05 or 3DMark*05 demo application for several hours, the application may freeze or the computer may restart.

N/A

Windows* XP

Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family

2856056

Color settings cannot be changed when scheme or profile is invoked.

CUI2.5

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2855910

Scheme does not work for color setting.

CUI2.5

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

2855450

A 3D object is not picked up as expected after clicking on the 3D object.

OpenGL*

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

2807426

TV format is not kept after pressing hot keys to switch displays (such as Fn+F4) from the TV and back to the TV.

CUI2.5

Windows* XP

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family