Comments on: Video: Why Intel 915 graphics don’t have a WDDM driver for Vista

By: Hugo

Hugo — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:48:59 +0000

I don’t really care about Aero myself, the most important problem I have with the lack of a decent driver for my chipset is the absence of OpenGL!! This is what is really tempting me to throw my laptop out the window everytime I want to play a game that run just fine in XP, but because it is OpenGL based, now it doesn’t even start!!!

By: Josh Bancroft

Josh Bancroft — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:29:37 +0000

@Shaun - The driver from the Vista beta to the final version of Vista did not change. It’s the same XPDM driver that you’re using now.

What changed is the rest of the code in Vista to not allow Aero Glass, Movie Maker, and DVD Maker (the “Premium” features) to work with an XPDM driver. They now require a WDDM driver, which 915 does not and will not have, because it doesn’t meet the WDDM hardware spec that Microsoft requires.

By: Shaun Irvine

Shaun Irvine — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:20:02 +0000

Hi All,
I have the problem of not being able to use the AERO Theme and Visual Effects, My Graphics chipset is the 915GM/GMS 910GML and I was wondering if anyone could upload the LAKEVIEW driver that was in RC1. I have been through Google with a fine tooth comb (2 Months of searching after school) and I cannot turn up anything. This really sucks as I wanted the AERO effects.

Thanks.

Acer Aspire 3618AWLCi
Intel Pentium M 1.73GHz
2048 Mb RAM
256Mb Graphics Memory (Shared)
Windows Vista Ultimate (X86) (32 Bit in other words)

By: Oz......

Oz...... — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:31:19 +0000

Does anyone know if there’s an external Graphics Card that supports aero that I can buy for my Dell Laptop? I’m assuming something that I can plug into my PCI slot….Can anyone help?

Oz……..

By: mcjager

mcjager — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:02:47 +0000

it does not work properly…i wouldnt care if it didnt run aero. the problem is theres no open gl support in vista with this thing and that is a disgrace especially since like everything has opengl now. wont be buying another intel graphics chip…wasted my money…

By: Squidward

Squidward — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:50:39 +0000

I followed the advice on how to modify the 945GM driver to work with the 915GM chip, and the driver appears to sucessfully install, but then after reboot, still no aero, and in device manager it says: Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)

Click ‘Check for solutions’ to send data about this device to Microsoft and to see if there is a solution available.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE could someone help, as I also can no longer get Standby or Hibernation modes! Thankyou!

By: Oz...

Oz... — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:01:59 +0000

Hey Ruanlu…do you know of a way to make the formula you posted work for a Dell(Inspiron B130) Or can you point me in the right direction? If so…you can e-mail me. perez.ozzie@gmail.com Thanx

By: Deep

Deep — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:11:36 +0000

THIS SUCKS. I will ****NEVER**** knowingly buy another Intel product again.

By: Jonny Kill

Jonny Kill — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:19:54 +0000

need to make a driver no excuses. I payed alot of money for a brand new pc. I was reluctant to go with the gma 900 but i did not assume that it would have these problems and accepted it the way it was. Im not into cosmetic stuff of vista if i wanted sfx i would go get linux and install beryl. i just want open gl to work. Theres no reason for it not being workable. Without it half my programs are unusuable and its a very big turn off for me using vista. Fix it or i will switch to a mac or a linux system.

By: samuael gibson

samuael gibson — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:44:17 +0000

If intel cared, the would have a driver…