14.31.1 and 14.32 bug

[tyo07]

i have a hp presario b1206TU which has an integrated x3100 intel gma there.
when i bought it,i still can play cs,wc3 and even heroes V.

then my friends comes to me and wants to play bf2 and bf2142 together.unfortunately,i can't play it,i try to download the latest patch which is 14.31.1 and 14.32. it's succesfull,but what happen next?every time i enter windows,i can't start explorer,it gives me don't send report,and when i try to log off,it freeze,and when boot up again,it returns again lke that,don't send report and drwatson,then explorer close,windows won't start.it doesn't happen in 14.29 driver. today i download 14.32,first time,only ctf loader get don't send error report,so i play bf2142 and bf2 try to get medium graphic settings. it works. but when i restart windows,after boot up,it comes again,don't send error report coming again,hit my explorer,drwatson,and even though i can enter windows,i can't open anything,if i open taskmgr,taaskmgr get don't send report,same with when i open winrar,and anything.

what happen?the driver's that intel launches doesn't help me,but always make a problem with me,new problem,i hope too much on this laptop,i think i should buy new notebook with nvidia graphics..

[tyo07]

forgot to say hi,sorry for the unpolite things,anyway i use windows xp sp2,core 2 T7100,1 gb of memory.

thx for ur reply and advice.

[davidc1]

The problem in laptops is that the driver support is generally poor and late. Even though that the laptops use same chipsets, the manufacturer itself may have made the drivers work for their laptops. Because Intel is the chipset provider, its a default driver vendor. Whatever the laptop manufacturers do to the original graphics drivers, its having a problem running the Intel supplied driver.

This is a theory of course, but I have seen evidence that it may be true. Certain manufacturers may get special hardware that's not available to general public. Or they might modify the original drivers to suit their needs. The problem is that the driver releases are REALLY slow. They seem to be around 6-7 months behind.

[tyo07]

now i install 2 windows and i can play game like battlefield 2 in vista bbut if i play another games like warcraft 3 and counter strike,the graphics seems wreck down. but i am satisfied if i can play any game with my own way,even it's tired to change windows only to play bf2.