Display Driver igfx has stopped responding...
Posted: Fri 01 Feb, 2008 10:34 am
Fellow Vista users, the end of annoyance may be here! It turns out that Vista, or at least Sony's VAIO proprietary update software, has been cockblocking me since Day 1. It has never tried to update the video drivers, despite there having been a half dozen updates put out. On top of this, it will refuse to update them short of holding its wang while it pees. For those using an Intel chipset that are having trouble with this:
1. Start / Settings / Control Panel / System / Device Manager / Display adapters / select card / Properties / Driver tab --> Check the version, date, etc.. chances are that Vista has been hanging on to one from 2006.
2. http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx / Search Downloads --> Just punch in the chipset and Vista 32- or 64-bit
3. Download the .zip version of the driver. Vista pretty much told me to screw running the .exe as Admin.
4. Decompress the file where ever you want.
5. Driver tab of the Display adpater / Properties window (same as above) --> Update Driver / Browse my computer for driver software / Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer / Have disk... / Browse / select the directory you decompressed the files to / select the correct version of the driver ( mine were igdlh.INF for 32-bit, igdlh64.INF for 64-bit )
6. Click OK / Next to install. Click on Finish when done. When prompted, reboot and get back to not hating your computer.
Sorry if I missed any steps or if this is listed in a technologically insulting manner. Not only am I not getting the crashes everytime it tries to load a large number of new objects on the screen, but it is running smooth as glass. Best of luck, give `em hell.
1. Start / Settings / Control Panel / System / Device Manager / Display adapters / select card / Properties / Driver tab --> Check the version, date, etc.. chances are that Vista has been hanging on to one from 2006.
2. http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx / Search Downloads --> Just punch in the chipset and Vista 32- or 64-bit
3. Download the .zip version of the driver. Vista pretty much told me to screw running the .exe as Admin.
4. Decompress the file where ever you want.
5. Driver tab of the Display adpater / Properties window (same as above) --> Update Driver / Browse my computer for driver software / Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer / Have disk... / Browse / select the directory you decompressed the files to / select the correct version of the driver ( mine were igdlh.INF for 32-bit, igdlh64.INF for 64-bit )
6. Click OK / Next to install. Click on Finish when done. When prompted, reboot and get back to not hating your computer.
Sorry if I missed any steps or if this is listed in a technologically insulting manner. Not only am I not getting the crashes everytime it tries to load a large number of new objects on the screen, but it is running smooth as glass. Best of luck, give `em hell.