To make test more rigorous, click Start - Games - Purple Place - start playing game - while game is running, click Screen Saver Setting in taskbar and click Preview. For Photo Screen Saver, right-click on desktop - Personalize - Screen Saver - select Photos from drop-down list - enter Settings - select theme Collage, slide show speed Fast - Save. So far, I know of two ways to see the problem with standard applications supplied with Windows Vista Premium SP1: 1) Photo Screen Saver in Collage theme (which uses Direct3D), 2) game Purple Place In fact, running both at the same time seems to increase probability of seeing corruption. After installing any of the newer graphics driver packages, the problem still occurs.
Intel gma 4500 mhd install#
At first, I thought it may be related to other changes or additions I had made with the system, but have since tried a fresh install of Vista Premium SP1 on an external eSATA drive (so that I wouldn't have to do a PC-Restore as Dell Tech Support wanted me to do) followed by the careful installation of necessary drivers in the sequence specified by Dell Article ID 296410. Dell Tech Support tells me they don't know of any such problem with the video drivers supplied on Dell Downloads. The "Performance Information and Tools" control panel also shows a significant drop in measured performance with the newer drivers. My month old Studio 1537 experiences intermittent but frequent graphics corruption while using Direct3D graphics when using any of four video/graphic Intel GMA driver updates that are newer than the original driver that came with the computer. I describe below a test you can do on your Studio 1537. Please, I want to know if other Studio 1537's with integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics exhibit the problem mine does - is this a software/driver problem or do I have a hardware malfunction. This defect affects many brands and models of computers with the Intel GM45/GS45 Express Chipset. Dell has been providing BIOS updates for some notebook models, and memory upgrades for others.
Intel gma 4500 mhd update#
Workaround: Have same size memory in both slots (upgrade from 3GB to 4GB total), or only one memory slot used (downgrade from 3GB to 2GB), or disable Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-d) which some models of computer have BIOS setting for, and others require a BIOS update to accomplish. Resolved: Intel admits flaw in Graphics Memory Controller Hub (see item 10 on page 14 of ).