Intel®
Graphics Media Accelerator Driver
Production
Version 15.12.2.1637
Release
Notes
January
23, 2009
Microsoft
Windows
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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
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Features
Added in Baseline 15.12 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Components |
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Support for OpenGL* 2.0 plus extensions (Intel®
G31, G33, Q33, & Q35 Express Chipsets not supported) |
3D |
Known Issues
|
Known
Issues in Build 1637 |
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|
Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected Chipset(s) |
|
2742833 |
Blank screen after rotating rotating HDTV to 90
degrees and keeping monitor not rotated (0 degrees) while in Extended Desktop
mode. |
Rotation |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
|
2856244 |
Some screen corruption may be seen on the application
window menu when running four OpenGL* applications. |
OpenGL* |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset
Family |
|
2913297 |
Ice Age*: The Meltdown* Blu-ray* DVD: screen
corruption may be seen while playing movie. |
DVD |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
|
2954438 |
Blank playback while playing Video Essentials DVD. |
DVD |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset
Family |
Issues Resolved
|
Issues Resolved in Build 1637 |
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|
Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected Chipset(s) |
|
2787472 |
Black
screen seen after installing driver and rebooting computer. |
NT - Miniport |
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 |
|
|
2808183 |
Niveus Movie Library* software: Increasing number of albums decreases
performance when browsing through the album titles. |
Direct3D* |
Intel® 4
Series Chipset Family |
|
2855303 |
Unable
to switch from external display to notebook’s built-in display. |
NT - Miniport |
|
|
2808252 |
Black dots displayed after
resuming the computer from Standby state (S3). |
GMM |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2855586 |
VLD
issue. |
N/A |
Intel® 4
Series Chipset Family |
|
2856281 |
While playing LiveTV,
screen flashes when switching to Windows Aero* viewing tab. |
Soft BIOS |
Intel® 3
Series Chipset Family |
|
2912329 |
While in Extended
Desktop mode, screen corruption may be seen after
moving playback window from external monitor (set as the secondary display) to
the notebook’s display (set as the primary display). |
Resource Manager |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912407 |
Unable
to switch display modes using driver’s desktop menu for ‘Graphics Options’. |
NT - Miniport |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912479 |
Noise may be heard when
playing music in |
N/A |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912414 |
Bottom part of the Blu-ray*
disc playback screen is black or corrupted. |
N/A |
Intel® 4
Series Chipset Family |
|
2912718 |
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 |
Intel® 4
Series Chipset Family |
|
2913255 |
Black bar seen below Windows*
desktop when in Intel® Dual Display Clone or Extended Desktop mode. |
N/A |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2808269 |
Word cut if DPI is set to 120 and external monitor is connected. |
CUI2.5 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2913028 |
Entire video playback
screen or background may turn green when playing an
WMV or TRP file. |
DVD |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912906 |
Intel® TV
Wizard cannot be installed. |
N/A |
Intel® 4
Series Chipset Family |
|
2808071 |
In Intel®
Dual Display Clone mode, display lags and audio is jerky while playing video
or Live TV in the |
N/A |
|
|
2912781 |
Driver crash after
upgrading the graphics driver. |
NT - Miniport |
Intel® 4
Series Chipset Family |
|
2912441 |
EDID read issue with BitBashingSupport
enabled. |
Soft BIOS |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912301 |
In Intel® Dual Display Clone where an external display connected
via DisplayPort* is the primary display, video distortion may be seen on the
right side of the Notebook display. |
Soft BIOS |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2808130 |
In Intel® Dual Display Clone mode, remote controller buttons
do not work while in the |
Soft BIOS |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2559807 |
Artifacts intermittently
appear when 3D screen saver is running. |
Soft BIOS |
Mobile Intel®
965 Express Chipset Family |