Intel® Graphics Media
Accelerator
Production Version 15.15.3.1855
Release Notes
July 31, 2009
Microsoft
Windows* 7
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Date |
Driver Revision |
Description |
Build Number |
July
31, 2009 |
Production Version 15.15.3.1855 |
Production Version; Fully validated |
1855 |
July
31, 2009 |
Production Candidate 15.15.3.1855 |
Production Candidate; Fully validated |
1855 |
July
24, 2009 |
Production Version 15.15.2.1851 |
Production Version; Fully validated |
1851 |
July
24, 2009 |
Production Candidate 15.15.2.1851 |
Production Candidate; Fully validated |
1851 |
July
08, 2009 |
Production Version 15.15.1.1840 |
Production Version; Fully validated |
1840 |
July
08, 2009 |
Production Candidate 15.15.1.1840 |
Production Candidate; Fully validated |
1840 |
June
09, 2009 |
Production Version 15.15.0.1808 |
Production Version; Fully validated |
1808 |
June
05, 2009 |
Production Candidate 15.15.0.1808 |
Production Candidate; Fully validated |
1808 |
May
20, 2009 |
Beta 15.15.0.1766 |
Beta; Not fully validated |
1766 |
May
08, 2009 |
Beta 15.15.0.1732 |
Beta; Not fully validated |
1732 |
April
10, 2009 |
Alpha 15.15.0.1700 |
Alpha; Not fully validated |
1700 |
March
18, 2009 |
Alpha 15.15.0.1668 |
Alpha; Not fully validated |
1668 |
February
25, 2009 |
Pre-Alpha 15.15.0.1658 |
Pre-Alpha; Not fully validated |
1658 |
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver
The Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver contains support for the following Intel Chipsets:
·
Intel(R)
B43 Express Chipset
·
Intel(R)
G41 Express Chipset
·
Intel(R)
G43 Express Chipset
·
Intel(R)
G45 Express Chipset
·
Intel(R)
Q43 Express Chipset
·
Intel(R)
Q45 Express Chipset
·
Mobile
Intel(R) GL40 Express Chipset
·
Mobile
Intel(R) GM45 Express Chipset
·
Mobile
Intel(R) GS45 Express Chipset
·
Mobile
Intel(R) GS40 Express Chipset
New Features
Features Added in Baseline 15.15 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Components |
Build |
N/A |
Addition of HDMI Audio (2069) |
HDMI Audio |
1700 |
N/A |
Microsoft Windows 7 Content Protection |
DVD |
1700 |
Known Issues
Known Issues in Build 1855 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected OS(s) |
Affected Project(s) |
3002733 |
Flickering video playback is displayed while playing the Pathfinder Blu-ray DVD movie via 3rd party DVD player with modified BIOS. |
KMD Render |
Windows* 7 Windows* 7-64 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
3003397 |
OPM Monitor application has stopped working & error message is displayed. |
DVD |
Windows Vista* Windows |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
3003463 |
The display
mode cannot be switched properly after swapping the primary device and
secondary device with CRT+EFP EXTD mode. |
NT - miniport |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
3003929 |
Anomaly in playback is displayed while playing the Meet the Robinsons Blu-ray DVD movie via 3rd party DVD application |
DVD |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
3038050 |
Blank screen is displayed while playing the Nature’s Journey Blu-ray DVD movie via WinDVD8 application. |
DVD |
Windows |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
3039571 |
Macrovision Test DVD can not be played with Video Standard 576i/p via 3rd Party DVD application. |
NT - miniport |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
3175118 |
Operating
system is not responding after HDMI is unplugged after resuming from S3/S4 |
|
Windows* 7 |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Issues Resolved
Issues Resolved in Build 1855 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected OS(s) |
Affected Project(s) |
N/A |
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Issues Resolved in Build 1851 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected OS(s) |
Affected Project(s) |
Bug
ID: 3004251 |
When you select Display Settings, Debug Assertion Failed. |
CUI |
Windows* 7-64 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: Issue not seen with latester
build on 64 bit customer system with same monitor (Sony G420). |
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Bug
ID: 3037969 |
Error when collecting monitor information (via MCCS over DP
interface) directly through Microsoft Monitor Configuration API |
Soft BIOS |
Windows Vista* |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: The address was not properly
converted for MCCS based address scheme as per hte spec. the index was
written again druing read after write whcih was causing the MCCS transactions
to fail |
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Bug
ID: 3038325 |
After Reboot, the desktop color can not keep sometimes. |
CUI |
Windows* 7-64 |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause:
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Bug
ID: 3038491 |
Clone Mode Does Not Show External VGA After Hot Plug VGA |
NT - miniport |
Windows* 7-64 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: |
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Bug
ID: 3038681 |
Can not launch Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for
mobile when rotate |
CUI |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: After the fix given for the
pr/sec positions (bug 3038761) , the iscurrentconfig() function is returning
false in getdevicemodes(). We always are going and asking the driver for
modes even if the devices are active. The driver is sending a zero length
mode tableL, which it shouldn’t be because it is our ultimate fallback
mechanism. |
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Bug
ID: 3038709 |
Refresh Rate 65Hz is available on 1600x1200, CRT only. |
Soft BIOS |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: |
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Bug
ID: 3038761 |
Setting of the 'Primary/Secondary' is different between OS
UI and Intel CUI. |
CUI |
Windows* 7-64 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: When we do a
GetCurSystemConfig(), we swap the paths in the VidPNData structure to be in
sync with the Operating system. |
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Bug
ID: 3038833 |
TDR happens when playbacking MPEG1/MPEG2 file while
playbacking MPEG2 Blu-ray disc title |
DVD |
Windows* 7 |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: Disallow creating multiple PAVP
sessions at once based on hardware support. |
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Bug
ID: 3039151 |
Cannot change primary display to external display in
extended mode |
Soft BIOS |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: |
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Bug
ID: 3039568 |
Color Test Pattern issue for LVDS occurs after starting OS. |
N/A |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: For MAR there was code missing in
RFVN to set scaling to identity if source and target modes are same and the scaling
recommneded was MAR just because that is the current scaling. Fix: Added MAR chk to covert
scaling to identity. |
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Bug
ID: 3039824 |
The icon of " Intel Graphic Media Accelerator
Driver" in taskbar is change incorrectly after Pinning it to taskbar. |
CUI |
Windows* 7 |
Intel® 3 Series Chipset Family Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause:
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Bug
ID: 3039841 |
SDVO Power down does not work. |
Soft BIOS |
Windows |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: The SKU check has been modified
to enable this feature for GS45 SKU. |
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Bug
ID: 3040224 |
Primary screen garbage when overlay player moves from
secondary to primary. |
N/A |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root
Cause: Enable sprite B with Scaler
whenever Sprite A is being enabled. |
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Issues Resolved in Build 1840 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected OS(s) |
Affected Project(s) |
Bug ID:
3001368 |
HD audio takes more than
10 sec switch to internal from LCD+HDMI or HDMI only mode to LCD only
mode.(via DP to HDMI dongle) |
Soft BIOS |
Windows Vista*-64 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Audio driver was waiting
for update of specific bit that was not updated. Fixed in code. |
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Bug ID:
3037447 |
Display color changes
when DPST is enabled to Max aggressiveness level |
Power Conservation |
Windows Vista* |
|
Root Cause: Changed the Histogram
enable sequence to make sure the histogram is stabilized before any access to
it |
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Bug ID:
3037725 |
DisplayPort Does Not
Work |
Soft BIOS |
Windows Vista* |
Ironlake |
Root Cause: Issue: Port D was not being
enumerated because max encoder was defined to 3 and it was exceeding the
total enumerated encoders. |
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Bug ID:
3037833 |
Distortion occurs when playing VC-1 format
BD intermittently. |
DVD |
Windows 7 |
Intel® 4 Series
Chipset Family |
Root Cause: |
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Bug ID:
3037914 |
No display after S3/S4
with Extended Mode DP(Primary) |
Soft BIOS |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Blank video status was
not set correctly while resuming from S3/S4. |
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Bug ID:
3038498 |
The DirectX version in
Graphics information does not match with it in DirectX Diagnostic Tool. |
CUI |
Windows 7 |
Intel® 965
Express Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Code did not have the
capability to detect DirectX version 11.0 |
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Bug ID:
3038685 |
HDMI audio still
selected after remove HDMI cable. |
Soft BIOS |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: |
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Bug ID:
3038688 |
Secondary Monitor will be
disarranged when Blu-ray disc is played at Primary Monitor. |
KMD Render |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Color key was
incorrectly applied in RGB surface cases |
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Bug ID:
3038715 |
Panel size value cannot be
loaded in EDID table correctly. |
Soft BIOS |
Windows 7-64 |
Intel® 4
Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Added code for
implementing High DPI on SDVO LVDS |
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Bug ID:
3038816 |
HDMI monitor become black
screen on Multi monitor [HDMI(Pri) + LCD(Sec)] after Video Standby - Resume. |
Soft BIOS |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Blank video status was
not set correctly while resuming from S3/S4. |
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Bug ID:
3038817 |
HDMI monitor is black
screen when selecting the Multi monitor [HDMI(Pri) + LCD(Sec)] by CUI with
Aero off. |
Soft BIOS |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Blank video status was
not set correctly while resuming from S3/S4. |
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Bug ID:
3039639 |
Gamma
Value(Default/Min/Max) are not correct |
CUI |
Windows Vista* |
Ironlake |
Root Cause: Gamma values did not
reflect new requirements. |
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Bug ID:
3039640 |
Although the gamma value
is two decimals, the one decimal is invalid. |
CUI |
Windows Vista* |
Ironlake |
Root Cause: |
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Bug ID:
3038756 |
Primary monitor will be
black screen when HDMI monitor’s color depth is changed 16bpp. |
Soft BIOS |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Blank video status was
not set correctly while resuming from S3/S4. |
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Bug ID:
3038755 |
Refresh rate can not be changed
at 720 x 480 or 1920 x 1080 resolution of HDMI monitor. |
NT - miniport |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: |
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Bug ID:
3038644 |
System can't switch playback
back to internal speaker automatically after switch display device from HDMI
to LVDS only. (waiting around 19 sec, playback will switch back to internal
speaker.) |
Soft BIOS |
Windows Vista* |
Mobile Intel®
965 Express Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Audio driver was waiting
for update of specific bit that was not updated. Fixed in code. |
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Bug ID:
3038526 |
No HDMI audio output
device in specific TV |
Soft BIOS |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: The display doesn’t have
LPCM SAD in its EDID. Hence the GFX driver was not reporting the audio
capability as part of, EELD, to the audio driver. A fix was added. |
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Bug ID:
3038175 |
The Fake EDID does not
include size information. |
Soft BIOS |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: |
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Bug ID:
3037782 |
Unable to play BD movies
with 1920x1200 resolution specific panels. |
DVD |
Windows 7 |
Intel® 4
Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: |
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Bug ID: 3004288 |
Audio can not detect hot
unplug during S3/S4 state. |
Soft BIOS |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: A bit needed for this to
work was not in driver. Now added. |
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Bug ID:
3004049 |
Panel physical dimension
described in VBT is not incorporated in an EDID created by driver. |
Soft BIOS |
Windows 7 |
Mobile Intel®
4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: |
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Issues Resolved in Build 1808 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected OS(s) |
Affected Project(s) |
Bug ID: 3002965 |
Can not switch to LCD+CRT/EDT by Fn-F5. |
CUI COM |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Correct values for the position of secondary device are populated using the primary horizontal res and secondary vertical res. code for additinal SDC is commented out redusing one flash while setting EDT. |
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Bug ID: 3003554, 3037783, 3037966, 3038007, 3038112 |
Opening "Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver" tab will cause error |
CUI |
Windows* 7-64 |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: The GFX property page issue is fixed, Pointer type cast changed |
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Bug ID: 3003752 |
Does not set to 1920x1080@30Hz(1080i) by CUI when connect monitor via HDMI. |
CUI |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Added code to enable interlaced scanline ordering |
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Bug ID: 3038114, 3037803, 3037878, 3038324 |
Cannot change display output destination to DDC or Extended
desktop by using Right-Click menu. |
CUI |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family |
Root Cause: N/A |
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Bug ID: 3037364,
3037361 |
MCE crashes when trying to watch livetv / DVD |
Cloaking |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family |
Root Cause:? |
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Bug ID: 3037782 |
Unable to play BD movies with 1920x1200 resolution |
DVD |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family |
Root Cause:Application
sends FastComp substream height is 1200, driver max height is 1080, change it
to 1200. |
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Bug ID: 3037833 |
Distortion occurs when playing VC-1 format BD
intermittently. |
DVD |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family |
Root Cause:If
the linear address of the surface_state is not 32B aligned, there is an error
in ILDB binding table offset alignment. |
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Issues Resolved in Build 1766 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected OS(s) |
Affected Project(s) |
Bug ID: 3037345 |
Unable to run OpenGL Extensions Viewer 3.0 in 64-bit |
GHAL3D |
Windows* 7 64-Bit |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Issue resolved with the latest driver 1766 |
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Bug ID: 3004307 |
Error message
appears upon rebooting after installing the driver |
TV Wizard |
Windows* 7 |
Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Made changes necessary for tvwizard to come up on
win7. |
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Issues Resolved in Build 1732 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected OS(s) |
Affected Project(s) |
Bug ID: 2913200 |
Fast Composite does not work. |
DVD |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Fix is on Fast DI part. The cause is the Win7 part of code to flush command has flag set to TRUE while it should set to FALSE. It will also go to the older path of FC Di that will not use batch buffer for media object. The reason is that state in FC is changed every frame and only one batch buffer is allocated under Win7/DXVAHD |
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Bug ID: 3003376 |
Windows Experience Index score is not available |
N/A |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: See Root Cause for b2913200 |
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Bug ID: 3003377 |
WMC can not play DVD. |
DVD |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: PAVP 1.5 changes assumed all calls to Pavp_DecodeExtensionExecute would be made by an auxilary device, however GPU CP does not use an Auxilary Device. GPU CP now calls the fixed key exchange routine directly. |
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Bug ID: 3003789,
3001697, b3003478 |
Rotation display not
correct in duplicate mode. |
CUI |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Added code to support secondary rotation for dual display clone. |
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Bug ID: 3003496 |
The aspect scaling is
not changed after setting the CUI Aspect Ratio Options |
Miniport |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: |
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Issues Resolved in Build 1700 |
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Reference No. |
Description |
Affected Component(s) |
Affected OS(s) |
Affected Project(s) |
Bug ID: 3002356 |
Incorrect video position when rotating screen
orientation |
N/A |
Windows* 7 |
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family |
Root Cause: Updated driver to reflect some changes in D3D9 overlay functions. We are now failing rotation modes because we do not currently support overlay in rotated modes. |