Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL chipset Driver problem for windows developer

[Mark Phelps]

INSTALL THIS FIRST. It allows installation of the custom drivers.
Custom Certificate Installer

- Driver Downloads -
32bit Download
64bit Download (Might want to try the 32bit version too)

These are valid for

Intel® 82915G/82910GL Express Chipset Family

Intel® 910 Express Chipset Family

Intel® 915 Express Chipset Family

Mobile Intel® 910GML Express Chipset

Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express Chipset Family

OK, did the Custom Certificate install -- appeared to work OK.

Uncompressed the 32-bit driver file, clicked on the setup.exe, selected Run as administrator -- and it failed. Same error message as when I tried similar drivers before -- claims the drivers are NOT for this operating system.

So, the custom drivers can not be installed in Win8 CP. Sorry.

 

[GMan]

Tried device manager install by double-clicking on the .inf?

 

[Mark Phelps]

Tried device manager install by double-clicking on the .inf?

NO -- didn't try that. Just followed the instructions in the text file and tried to install from the setup.exe file.

Will try that and see if it's different.

 

[Mark Phelps]

When I double-click on the igxp32.inf file, all it does is open it in Notepad. When I right-click it and choose Install, is says something about that method of installation not being supported.

So, I used Device Manager to do the driver update, selected the folder -- and at first, it appeared to work. At least, I got no errors.

So, I rebooted. But now, in Device Manager, the Display Adapters shows the Intel 915 drivers, but with an Exclamation mark. When I double-click that, I get "Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)".

So, it installed the drivers, but it can't start them. The display still looks the same as with the Basic drivers.

 

[GMan]

When I double-click on the igxp32.inf file, all it does is open it in Notepad. When I right-click it and choose Install, is says something about that method of installation not being supported.

So, I used Device Manager to do the driver update, selected the folder -- and at first, it appeared to work. At least, I got no errors.

So, I rebooted. But now, in Device Manager, the Display Adapters shows the Intel 915 drivers, but with an Exclamation mark. When I double-click that, I get "Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)".

So, it installed the drivers, but it can't start them. The display still looks the same as with the Basic drivers.

As a test, try booting without signature enforcement enabled. There are numerous ways, the easiest being by accessing the boot menu.

 

[XDleader555]

When I double-click on the igxp32.inf file, all it does is open it in Notepad. When I right-click it and choose Install, is says something about that method of installation not being supported.

So, I used Device Manager to do the driver update, selected the folder -- and at first, it appeared to work. At least, I got no errors.

So, I rebooted. But now, in Device Manager, the Display Adapters shows the Intel 915 drivers, but with an Exclamation mark. When I double-click that, I get "Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)".

So, it installed the drivers, but it can't start them. The display still looks the same as with the Basic drivers.

As a test, try booting without signature enforcement enabled. There are numerous ways, the easiest being by accessing the boot menu.

The Custom Certificate Installer should disable driver enforcement. If it isn't disabled then that might be the problem. It seems now that we only need to get it to work.

 

[Mark Phelps]

As a test, try booting without signature enforcement enabled...

OK ... did that. No difference.

Tried uninstalling the drivers, doing a hardware scan. Reloaded the drivers -- same error.

Anything else I can try? I would be THRILLED if we can get this to work!

 

[infinidim]

Mark, did exactly the same as you and got the same result.

The Graphic card has an error 37.

But strangely enough it does think that the driver is installed now.

I'm still keeping trying to resolve the error.

Infinidim

 

[Mark Phelps]

From what it says, the custom driver is installed but it has not been started. Thus, we're actually using the previous Windows Basic video driver, not the Intel 915 driver.

But, this got me closer than I've been in a long time to getting this working.

 

[GMan]

Check the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services for the driver service name (sometimes they're obscure and very hard to pinpoint) - go inside its subkey and see if the start reg_dword has a value of 3.

 

[XDleader555]

I've gone through the inf again comparing it to another old driver from a different chipset which does install.
ive changed the opengl registry key which probably wont make a difference.
has anyone tried this on 32bit?

32bit Download
64bit Download (buggy?)

Is it possible to get an error log of why it wont start? Then we might be able to get a hint.

 

[infinidim]

Check the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services for the driver service name (sometimes they're obscure and very hard to pinpoint) - go inside its subkey and see if the start reg_dword has a value of 3.

On my machine the driver name / key is "ialm" in the registry.

Whne I look in device manager I see both the 915/910 entry as well as the Microsoft Basic Display adapter entry. The 915/910 entry has the code 37 in it.

Infinidim

 

[GMan]

Check the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services for the driver service name (sometimes they're obscure and very hard to pinpoint) - go inside its subkey and see if the start reg_dword has a value of 3.

On my machine the driver name / key is "ialm" in the registry.

Whne I look in device manager I see both the 915/910 entry as well as the Microsoft Basic Display adapter entry. The 915/910 entry has the code 37 in it.

Infinidim

First, be sure you're able to get to safe mode in case you need to use it.

Then, you can try setting the basic display start value to 1 as shown in the screenshot.

For ialm, set its start to 3. Reboot and test. If problems, go to safe mode and change things back.

 

[infinidim]

I've gone through the inf again comparing it to another old driver from a different chipset which does install.
ive changed the opengl registry key which probably wont make a difference.
has anyone tried this on 32bit?

32bit Download
64bit Download (buggy?)

Is it possible to get an error log of why it wont start? Then we might be able to get a hint.

Have now installed this latest download (32bit) and it came up with the message "Windows encounted an error while installing the driver software etc..." Still has the error code 37.

If you can tell me where to find the error log then I'll send it to you.

Infinidim

 

[infinidim]

Check the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services for the driver service name (sometimes they're obscure and very hard to pinpoint) - go inside its subkey and see if the start reg_dword has a value of 3.

On my machine the driver name / key is "ialm" in the registry.

Whne I look in device manager I see both the 915/910 entry as well as the Microsoft Basic Display adapter entry. The 915/910 entry has the code 37 in it.

Infinidim

First, be sure you're able to get to safe mode in case you need to use it.

Then, you can try setting the basic display start value to 1 as shown in the screenshot.

For ialm, set its start to 3. Reboot and test. If problems, go to safe mode and change things back.

Have done this, the system loads OK but still have code 37 in the in 910/915 driver entry in Device Manager.

Infinidim

 

[XDleader555]

Maybe try Konceptz804's idea?
http://www.eightforums.com/hardware...e-drivers-do-not-work-period-2.html#post85682

Also maybe GMan knows something about getting log files. I'm not sure.

 

[Beta]

The work around for windows 7 was to add any digit inside the generic display drive. Then you install the driver in compatibility mode then it works. This said for windows 8 you need a 1.1 or 1.2 citified driver. All windows xp drivers are 1.0 thus you will never be able to install this driver because Microsoft thinks they no best.

 

[Mark Phelps]

Maybe try Konceptz804's idea?

That's not going to help you. They are talking about very different drivers -- not the ones we are trying to get working.

 

[Mark Phelps]

The work around for windows 7 was to add any digit inside the generic display drive. Then you install the driver in compatibility mode then it works. This said for windows 8 you need a 1.1 or 1.2 citified driver.

If you mean WDDM 1.1 or 1.2 driver, I think Win8 CP requires 1.2.

All windows xp drivers are 1.0 thus you will never be able to install this driver because Microsoft thinks they no best.

If you mean WDDM 1.0 -- that is not true. The drivers we're trying to get working are XPDM, not WDDM.

And, it's got nothing to do with MS thinking they "know best"; instead, it has everything to do with what versions of XPDM drivers are supported in Win8CP, if any.

 

[Mark Phelps]

I've gone through the inf again comparing it to another old driver from a different chipset which does install.
ive changed the opengl registry key which probably wont make a difference.
has anyone tried this on 32bit?

32bit Download
64bit Download (buggy?)

Is it possible to get an error log of why it wont start? Then we might be able to get a hint.

Sorry … been busy and not able to get back. But, I downloaded these, removed the old drivers, installed these -- and get the same error 37 results. Sorry.