Intel® Graphics Media
Accelerator Driver
Production
Version 15.12.4.1666
Release
Notes
March
05, 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 1666 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected Chipset(s) |
|
3001496 |
Corruption may
appear while playing video clip in full screen mode while running laptop on
battery. |
|
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2954612 |
Changing DPI from default 96 to 120 causes cut text and cut
areas in the localized versions of the driver’s Graphics Properties window. |
CUI |
Mobile
Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2954473 |
Direct3D*
applications stop after pressing the Windows*+Tab keys. |
KMD
Render |
Intel®
3 Series Chipset Family |
|
2954440 |
Some
corruption may be displayed while playing an MPG video clip in Intel® Dual
Display Clone mode with a monitor and an external digital display. |
KMD
Render |
Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
|
2954438 |
Blank playback
while playing Video Essentials Blu-ray Disc. |
DVD |
Mobile
Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912945 |
When setting Extended
Desktop mode and the primary display to the monitor using the operating
system’s control panel, the primary display may not change from the
notebook’s built-in display. |
NT
- Miniport |
Mobile
Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912560 |
Overlay window may disappear
after setting the application’s color options. |
KMD
Render |
Mobile
Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912489 |
While in
Extended Desktop mode, the display mode in the driver’s Graphics Properties
window may be different than the display mode shown in the operating system. |
NT
- Miniport |
Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
|
2856246 |
White
vertical lines may randomly appear on TV after rotating the TV to 270 degrees
and the notebook’s built-in display to 90 degrees. |
NT - Miniport |
Mobile
Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2856244 |
Some screen
corruption may be seen on the application window menu when running four
OpenGL* applications. |
NT - Miniport OpenGL* |
Mobile
Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2855886 |
Blank screen may be displayed on a display after hot
unplugging another display. |
NT - Miniport |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
|
2855862 |
Corruption
may be displayed after changing an application’s vertical crop setting. |
DVD |
Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
|
2743164 |
With two external displays
in Extended Desktop mode, the primary and secondary displays may switch after
closing the laptop’s lid. |
CUI2.5 |
Mobile
Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family |
Issues Resolved
|
Issues Resolved in Build 1666 |
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|
Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected Chipset(s) |
|
2742565 |
Rotation settings
disappear after resuming computer from Hibernate mode (S4) or sleep mode. |
CUI |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2807426 |
TV format is not kept after switching the displays using Fn hotkey. |
CUI2.5 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2913109 |
The Lord of the Rings
Conquest* game: Alpha Blending issue. |
Direct3D* |
Intel® 4
Series Chipset Family |
|
2954664 |
Access violation occurs in
igdumd32.dll. |
DVD |
Intel® 4
Series Chipset Family |
|
2954794 |
Extra
characters issue with Microsoft Windows Vista* OEM Ready Audit tool. |
TV Wizard |
Intel® 3
Series Chipset Family |
|
2954864 |
Video player application
terminates with error message: “Media Foundation Protected Pipeline EXE has
stopped working.” after minimizing the playback window. |
DVD |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2954866 |
Movie playback’s static
image may be displayed twice on screen. |
DVD |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2955166 |
Movie playback’s static
image may be displayed twice on screen. |
DVD |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2955253 |
Cannot
select Maintain Aspect Ratio for the external display. |
N/A |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2561201 |
Aspect
ratio does not function when setting display to some resolutions. |
Soft
BIOS |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912506 |
HDMI
audio device disappears or audio is heard from the
PC speakers instead of HDMI TV speakers after boot up when the display
settings are set to both a TV connected via HDMI and an external digital
display connected via DVI. |
Soft
BIOS |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912542 |
Pressing
the Enter key has no function in the driver’s Graphics Properties window when
using the Tab key to highlight the buttons. |
CUI2.5 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2912851 |
Monster
Hunter Frontier* application: White out screen seen. |
GHAL3D Shaders |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2913029 |
Layers
issue when stopping video playback. |
DVD |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |
|
2913151 |
HDMI
audio device lost after booting or restarting the computer. |
Soft
BIOS |
Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
|
2954390 |
After
changing the Adrenalin* player application to full screen, the laptop’s
display shows corruption and blinks. |
N/A |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Express Chipset Family |