Intel 915 and Aero

[Guest]

I am using on board Intel 915G graphics. Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor told
me that it is Aero capable, however Aero is not running. I of course have
downloaded the latest drivers from the Intel website... Anyone have any
insight here?

 

[Conor]

I am using on board Intel 915G graphics. Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor told
me that it is Aero capable, however Aero is not running. I of course have
downloaded the latest drivers from the Intel website... Anyone have any
insight here?

Aero is running but not Aero Glass which is the one with the
transparent windows.

Until you get a graphics card that is fully DX9 compliant, you're stuck
with what you have. No amount of drivers can help you if the hardware
isn't there.

 

[JW]

The 915 graphics are fully DX9 complient, my Intel 915 graphics work fine I
did have to select the 128MB memory allocation in the BIOS and I did have to
update the drivers for the actual graphics chip from the Intel Website.

 

[Guest]

JW,

Where did you download the Intel 915 graphic driver? i've searched on the
intel download area but I didn't see any Vista drivers? can you help me out...
I have the strange problem that no DVD Movie will run in the mediaplayer,
Vista says there's problably something wrong with the graphics driver...

Victor

The 915 graphics are fully DX9 complient, my Intel 915 graphics work fine I
did have to select the 128MB memory allocation in the BIOS and I did have to
update the drivers for the actual graphics chip from the Intel Website.

 

[JW]

By Late June the Vista 92945 Intel Vista drives were available from MS with
Winupdate on Vista and when I reinstalled Vista RC1 a couple of weeks ago
they were installed without any problem.
In order to run aero I had to have 128MB of memory allocated via my BIOS and
had to have a MOBO Bios update and more then 512 MG of main memory. Then
Aero ran fine, however, I didn't like it and have disabled it in my system.

JW,

Where did you download the Intel 915 graphic driver? i've searched on the
intel download area but I didn't see any Vista drivers? can you help me
out...
I have the strange problem that no DVD Movie will run in the mediaplayer,
Vista says there's problably something wrong with the graphics driver...

Victor

 

[Randy H]

I have the latest bios F.13 4/20/06 with 1.5 GB of system memory. I
couldn't find in the BIOS where you can set the memory allocation, where is
that???

 

[JW]

Since I don't know what make and model of MOBO you have that is using the
Intel 82945 graphics chip I have no idea what your BIOS looks like or where
the Video settings might by. Sorry I can't help you better.

 

[Kerry Brown]

By Late June the Vista 92945 Intel Vista drives were available from
MS with Winupdate on Vista and when I reinstalled Vista RC1 a couple
of weeks ago they were installed without any problem.
In order to run aero I had to have 128MB of memory allocated via my
BIOS and had to have a MOBO Bios update and more then 512 MG of main
memory. Then Aero ran fine, however, I didn't like it and have
disabled it in my system.

As far as I know the Intel 915 chipset uses the 82915G/GV/910GL drivers not
the 92945 drivers. There are no wddm drivers for the 915 chipset that I know
of.

 

[JW]

Most likely my mistake as you said When I see "915" chipset for some reason
I assume 82945 graphics chip. The Op may want to check in Device manager to
see exaclty which chip he has.

 

[Randy H]

I'm not sure which mobo I have, I using a HP/Compaq nc6120 with the Mobile
Intel 915GM/PM/GMS/910GMA Express Processor.

I ran DXDIAG.exe and found this entry, Display Memory: 122.0 MB, Dedicated
Memory: n/a, Shared Memory: n/a

 

[Kerry Brown]

I'm not sure which mobo I have, I using a HP/Compaq nc6120 with the
Mobile Intel 915GM/PM/GMS/910GMA Express Processor.

I ran DXDIAG.exe and found this entry, Display Memory: 122.0 MB,
Dedicated Memory: n/a, Shared Memory: n/a

The chipset itself is capable of Aero Glass. Intel has not released any wddm
drivers for it so even though it is theoretically capable it won't work.

 

[Randy H]

I curse Intel's name!!!!!

release a wddm driver already!!!

=)

 

[Kerry Brown]

I curse Intel's name!!!!!

release a wddm driver already!!!

Intel seems more interested in selling Core 2 Duo than creating drivers for
old products. They have pretty much abandoned the 915 chipset. I also have a
computer with a 915 chipset. I don't really expect that it will ever be Aero
Glass compatible. I sincerely hope I'm proved wrong.

 

[Randy H]

agreed.

There is no way force glass?

Intel seems more interested in selling Core 2 Duo than creating drivers
for old products. They have pretty much abandoned the 915 chipset. I also
have a computer with a 915 chipset. I don't really expect that it will
ever be Aero Glass compatible. I sincerely hope I'm proved wrong.

 

[Kerry Brown]

No, you need a wddm driver.

 

[Guest]

I'm not a computer-literate person. Could someone give me an answer in
"plain" English to my 2 questions:

I have 1-year old laptop running MS XP Home Edition w/SP2 and the Intel 915
chipset (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900), a 2.13 Ghz Intel Pentium M
Processor 770 and 1 GB of DDR SDRAM. From reading this long thread (titled
"Intel 915 and Aero"), I understand that if I upgrade to MS Vista, I will not
be able to use the Aero glass UI feature--unless Intel releases a MS Vista
WDDM 915 graphics driver in the future.

(1) Will I be able to use the rest of the MS Vista features/tools?

(2) Will MS Office 2002 or 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Accel)
install and run on Vista without problems?

EG

 

[Guest]

I am not computer-literate, so am looking for an answer to my 2 questions in
"plain" English.

I have a 1-year old laptop with the Intel 915 graphics chipset (Intel
Graphics Media Accelerator 900), a 2.13 Ghz Intel Pentium M CPU, 1.0 GB DDR
SDRAM and MS Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2.

1) Other than the Aero feature, will I be able to use all the other Vista
features/tools?

2) Will MS Office 2002 or 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Accel)
install and run properly on Vista?

EG

 

[Kerry Brown]

Much depends on what other devices are installed on your laptop. If there
are Vista drivers for the devices in your laptop then the answers to your
questions are:

(1) Yes.

(2) Yes.

Laptops are the most likely computers to fail to run Vista because of driver
problems. Some laptops use customised chipsets that need special drivers
from the manufacturer of the laptop. Some laptops work just fine with the
generic drivers included with Vista. The only way you will know is to ask
your laptop manufacturer. They may say yes, no, or we haven't tested it. If
the answer is no or maybe then you'll have to try it yourself to be sure.
They may say no just because they don't want the support headaches.

 

[RandyH]

Intel has newer drivers for this card. It's not wddm, but it made
everything look better.

 

[Anthony Marsh]

Aero is running but not Aero Glass which is the one with the
transparent windows.

Until you get a graphics card that is fully DX9 compliant, you're stuck
with what you have. No amount of drivers can help you if the hardware
isn't there.

Your answer seems to imply that all one need do is buy an ATI graphics
card. But I have seen others say that even that will not work.
The problem is Intel refusing to support its motherboard.