topic Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909 in Graphics

15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:39:05 GMT

System becomes unresponsive until driver is rolled back to WU inbox driver.

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

Wanner_G_Intel — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 05:52:14 GMT

Hello SJack2,

Thank you for submitting your question on this Intel® Community.

We are reviewing the information attached to the thread to better assist you. We will update this thread soon.

Wanner G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

ATest16 — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 06:19:53 GMT

Hey, WannerG_Intel, hi.

I'm on the very same situation. Even a click on the start menu leads to a "Application has been blocked from accessing Graphics hardware" notification.

On another tread, some moderators where saying the 32 bit link was pointing to 64 bit and vice versa. But no. The driver is just buggy.

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 07:04:30 GMT

Exact same error on my target system. Reinstalled 1909 first and got instability only when attempting this driver.

Works fine on i7-4790K with Intel HD4600 so suggest you look at remediation on basic Intel HD Haswell CPUs

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

Wanner_G_Intel — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 02:22:28 GMT

Hello SJack2,

Thank you for your response.

Have you tried using another cable, or connection (DVI) for testing purposes?
Are you able to use another monitor?
We recommend that you perform a clean installation of the graphics driver manually.

Driver version 15.40.44.5107

1.Disconnect your unit from the Internet.

2.Uninstall both the Intel Graphics driver and the Intel Display audio driver. To do this, please follow the steps on the link below under these sections:

-Uninstalling the Intel Graphics Driver via the Device Manager Method

-Uninstalling the Intel® Display Audio Driver or the Intel® HDMI Audio Driver via the Device Manager Method.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005598/graphics-drivers.html

3.Restart your computer. Go to Windows* Device Manager and check if Windows* installed another version of the graphics driver. If it does, please remove it and restart your computer one more time. Repeat the process until you get the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter.

4.Once you do, please proceed with the clean install of the latest graphics driver available at the Download Center.

5.Once the latest driver has been installed, you may enable the internet connection again.

If the issue persists, perform the steps provided above with the driver version 15.40.42.5063 for testing purposes.

ATest16,

Could you please provide us with more details about your system configuration?

Please attach a DxDiag* report:

Go to Start > Run or Windows Key + R.
On the Run prompt, type "dxdiag" then click OK.
On the DirectX Diagnostic Tool window, click on Save All Information.
Browse to a folder, type in a filename then click Save.

Please generate a system report with the Intel® System Support Utility (Intel® SSU) and attach it to this thread.

Intel® SSU Download link
Open the application and click on "Scan" to see the system and device information. By default, Intel® SSU will take you to the "Summary View".
Click on the menu where it says "Summary" to change to "Detailed View".
To save your scan, click on "Next", then "Save".

Wanner G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:51:13 GMT

Driver installed OK on Lenovo L440 using Intel DSA from build 15.40.42.5063 driver but as with previous case, device is Intel HD4600 (i3-4000M).

Will attempt testing on Intel HD system shortly.

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 20:14:38 GMT

Results of testing as follows;

Removal of WU driver and install of 15.40.42.5063 works but installer is in a loop. It keeps trying to reinstall on subsequent reboots (WinSAT test enabled).

Removal of WU driver and install of 15.40.44.5107 system is as before. Instability occurs from lock screen onwards into Windows. Driver also attempts to install on a loop (WinSAT test enabled). Machine is unresponsive with desktop flickering and apps stalling.

Installing build 5107 on top of 5063 - same result as above.

Uninstalling build 5107 returns system to Microsoft Basic Display Adapter, WU finds and install build 4531 and everything is fine. @WannerG_Intel

Not possible to test on anything other than D-SUB on that machine, monitor is VGA only. Board is D-SUB/HDMI.

Am going to a G3258 CPU system on MSI H81M-P33 (similar target system) this afternoon. Will test there also. But it looks like the driver is buggy on Intel HD and not on HD4600 (although I have done no performance testing on that driver). Board is D-SUB/DVI-D, think it's connected by DVI but could be wrong.

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:14:15 GMT

Results on G3258 CPU identical. It was running 5063 build without issue.

Installing 5107 build causes the same lock screen stutter and the system is freezing, screen blanking, apps slow to load, etc.

Removing the driver returns to 4531 WU driver which again works without issue.

The 5107 driver is broken on Intel HD graphics. The screen in this instance is connected via D-SUB but this is not the issue. @WannerG_Intel

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

Wanner_G_Intel — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:27:44 GMT

Hello SJack2,

We will try to test this driver and update this thread as soon as possible.

Wanner G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

ATest16 — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:34:31 GMT

Thank you very much, WannerG_Intel.

Thanks that you did not continue to insist on workarounds. The 5107 build Is buggy, probably for all CPUs it applies to.

Some default behavior of just all working intel graphics driver, for all over the years I have used it, is:

1) It installs perfectly over previous installations of older drivers versions, without uninstalling them first;

2) Even in presence of a dedicated graphics board that goes broke, the Intel usual drivers automatically takes control of the system (after connecting monitor(s) on it, of course, 😉 ).

It is that quality level we are acostumed with, all over the years. Thanks in advance. 👍

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:37:14 GMT

I have to agree, this is irregular to get 'bad' drivers, but bad this one is.

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

Wanner_G_Intel — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 05:56:07 GMT

Hello all,

Thank you for your feedback. It is highly appreciated.

We will update this thread soon.

Wanner G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

Wanner_G_Intel — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:28:25 GMT

Hello all,

We would like to update this thread.

We tested the driver version 15.40.44.5107 in multiple systems with Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors, and other graphics controllers using the same driver. However, we were not able to reproduce the issue you are experiencing.

What we can recommend is that you contact your Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and ask for customized drivers that may address this issue.

It is worth mentioning that your computer manufacturer may have altered the features, incorporated customizations, or made other changes to the software package. To ensure hardware works as well as possible, it would be best to go back to your system manufacturer for driver downloads.

Regards,

Wanner G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:44:08 GMT

These are desktop processors. They should always work with the reference drivers, they are not altered for battery / mobile use.

Can you provide me with the same information I have provided you with your test rig? e.g. specific Intel HD equipped 4th Generation CPU, motherboard and V-BIOS version?

Are your CPUs running all updates with regard to advisories? e.g. uCode should be 0x27 either by UEFI or KB4497165? @WannerG_Intel

As for the suggestion for OEM drivers....

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 02:07:11 GMT

@ATest16 can you provide a little hardware information?

If it is not CPU related it may be chipset related. What is your CPU and motherboard?

My test systems are all on H81M that have the issue.

Z97 and HM/QM87 that the mobile CPUs do not have the issue (but have HD4600 Graphics).

@WannerG_Intel may have tested HD Graphics CPUs on different chipset.

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 02:36:44 GMT

I have also opened a support ticket with MSI.

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

Wanner_G_Intel — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:45:52 GMT

Hello SJack2,

Thank you for your response.

Just to give you an example, here are two of the systems that were tested.

1. Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i3RYH

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (1909 10.0, Build 18363)

Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500 driver version 15.40.44.5107

HDMI* to HDMI* connection

Result: No issue.

2. Dell XPS™ 15 9530

Intel® HD Graphics 4600 driver version 15.40.44.5107

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (1909 10.0, Build 18363)

Built-in and HDMI* to HDMI* connection.

Result: No issue.

***All the systems were up to date.

What we can recommend is that you report this issue to your motherboard manufacturer and ask for a customized driver in case you are having any issues with newer versions of Windows* 10 or with newer applications.

Wanner G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 05:37:36 GMT

Respectfully, these systems have Broadwell and Haswell with HD5500 and HD4600 graphics respectively.

You need to test Haswell Pentium G series CPU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_(microarchitecture)#List_of_Haswell_processors (apologies for the crudely formatted text)

G3470 3.6 GHz 350 MHz 1.1 GHz 53 W March 30, 2015

G3460 3.5 GHz July 20, 2014

G3450 3.4 GHz May 11, 2014

G3440 3.3 GHz

G3430 December 1, 2013

G3420 3.2 GHz

G3460T 3.0 GHz 200 MHz 1.1 GHz 35 W March 30, 2015

G3450T 2.9 GHz July 20, 2014

G3440T 2.8 GHz May 11, 2014

G3420T 2.7 GHz December 1, 2013

G3320TE 2.3 GHz 350 MHz 1 GHz

G3260 3.3 GHz 1.1 GHz 53 W March 30, 2015

G3258[c]3.2 GHz June 2, 2014 *tested

G3250 July 20, 2014

G3240 3.1 GHz May 11, 2014

G3220 3.0 GHz December 1, 2013 *tested

G3260T 2.9 GHz 200 MHz 35 W March 30, 2015

G3250T 2.8 GHz July 20, 2014

G3240T 2.7 GHz May 11, 2014

G3220T 2.6 GHz December 1, 2013

Celeron G1850 2.9 GHz 350 MHz 1.05 GHz 2 MB 53 W May 11, 2014

G1840 2.8 GHz

G1830 December 1, 2013

G1820 2.7 GHz

G1840T 2.5 GHz 200 MHz 35 W May 11, 2014

G1820T 2.4 GHz December 1, 2013

G1820TE

test any of these, please @WannerG_Intel

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

Wanner_G_Intel — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:24:55 GMT

Hello SJack2,

Thank you for your response.

Based on the results obtained, what we can recommend is that you report this issue to your Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).

Regards,

Wanner G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: 15.40.44.5107 unstable for me on 1909

SJack2 — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:29:52 GMT

I have done. They are passing the buck back to you. It is really nothing to do with the motherboard, it is the driver interacting poorly with your CPUs with lesser GPU capability.

Is there a way of escalating this because this is really an issue unless you fix it in an upcoming driver.

I will contact Intel PR if this is not correctly investigated - your test equipment proves what I already know, the driver is faulty on hardware you haven't tested but is applicable.