Intel Integrated Graphics LDDM Compatability

[Guest]

Hey all,

This may be a repost, sorry if it is.
Am running: Dell Inspiron 6400:
Intel 945GM Chipset
Duo Core 2.33ghz
1Gig DDR2 Ram

I cant get aero working on this system despite the chipset being compatible.
Can anyone direct me towards LDDM compatable drivers? If not, is it possible
to fool Vista into thinking my card will run it?

Yours Sincerely
James Ponting
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[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

Its currently supported, but does not have driver, Intel is working on it
though.
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[Colin Barnhorst]

If an WDDM driver is not available yet then you cannot get Glass.
You cannot "trick" Vista into thinking there is such a driver installed.

 

[hdrdtd]

FWIW

I have a Dell Dimension E510 that i've tried bith the 32-bit and 64-bit
versions on.

It has the 945G chipset and I'm using the integrated graphics. Now here's
where it gets weird.

Vista 64 by default on installation, loads an Intel LDDM graphics driver,
and glass works just fine. However the video card is shown in device manager
as an unknown device. Running Windows update does not find an appropriate
driver.

However, the graphics, including Glass works just fine.

I then decided to try Vista 32.
Again, upon initial installation, Vista loaded an Intel LDDM driver and
Glass and everything else worked just fine. Again, the video card was marked
in device manager as an unknown.

BUT.....

Upon choosing that device in device manager and telling the system to update
the driver, it found a graphics driver for the 945G chipset. That got rid of
the exclamation mark in device manager, but Glass is no longer an option!.
also, the 945g driver does not indicate it's a LDDM or WDDM driver.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

If you do a driver rollback do you get Glass back?

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I have the same system as you basically. There is a beta driver that will
give you aero and full glass. It is still available but unsupported in Vista
beta 2. To install it, choose to install a driver for the card manually and
then uncheck the "only show supported drivers" option. It will be listed as
the Intel Lakeport driver. You will get a warning when you install it, ignore
it. After you've installed it run the System Performance Rating again, you
should get at least a 3 and as soon as you've run it, glass should appear in
all its glory. But I warn you the driver is unstable. There's a good reason
it's unsupported. Actually the perf is really good on the driver, better than
it was with the previous supported Intel driver, but on coming back from
hibernate and standby, the video goes crazy, forcing a reboot. If you can
live with that, install the driver and enjoy the glass. I can't believe how
good it looks on this widescreen display. Hope this works for you.

Theano

 

[hdrdtd]

Actually I hadn't thought of that. Neither did I try to change the driver
manually by see if I could pick the Intel LDDM driver from a list of
drivers.

That particular system is back running Vista 64 in order to test the 64-bit
version. I have Vista 32 on a couple other systems to try that version out.

 

[hdrdtd]

Yes, Intel Lakeport LDDM or such seems to ring a bell as the video driver
installed by default on my Dimension E510 that uses the 945G chipset, and
Glass was working just fine.