For those with GM45 4500MHD and win 7

Intel has a driver Update 11/3/09 Driver compiled released 11/7/09
Dell's win 7 driver is from 8/09 this may have the fix for Areo that we all are looking for, I just applied it today to see how it works.

Link to Intel

good Luck

 

New interface too

 

Cool thanks I will give it a go!

 

My estimated Battery life increased from 3.5 to 5.5 with the new power saving setting on the new panel too.

This may be bigger update then I thought?

 

? +2hrs.

Is it just an estimate or does it actually give u the extra 2 hrs?

 

Ok this driver still does not fix the Blur effect problem with Areo
those of you with this problem know who you are
So I uploaded the fix, it tweaks the registry

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2Q8X3B4W

I found this when researching for a fix, it has worked for me 100%
Must run as administrator and then reboot after the fix

You do this after the current above driver is installed.

If you install another driver it overwrites the fix.

Sorry I thought it worked but I had to reinstall Win 7 today (Long story) and found out the new driver still has an issue.


The Battery life, 6 cell surfing and watching movie with new driver on battery saving mode, I got 4 hours
I think thats acceptable, I got an extra 30 min from before.

I posted the early estimated battery life, I was too excited sorry............

 

In case don't want to wait the 45seconds for the megaupload download, the linked hideblur.reg contents are:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM]
"HideBlur"=dword:00000001

 

Thanks, it does fix it on my 1555 as well as my moms 1555

 

Any idea if this upgrades the resolution for 2 external screens? I think it was limited to 1024.

 

Intel graphics driver (x64) 8.15.10.1986 caused a pinkish blur on my extended desktop display (LCD TV @ 1920 x 1080). No probs with the 8.15.10.1892 driver.

 

I wanted to put 2 monitors 24' with that resolution: 1920 x 1080

 

Another tool to fix this is using this

http://www.mediafire.com/?ngjmtjytz2n

it will enable pure transparency that will solve this as well.

 

Ok I exhausted with this problem, Hopefully the new drivers will work for some, for me it did not really fix it like I thought, in fact now I cannot roll back to the Vista Drivers that did work............I emailed intel
Oh this Video card is

GM45, or 4500MHD or R4 series, OMG I'm so tired of intel and its name game!

Ok I told him I used the latest drivers and I told him the other drivers I used.
Its the stock "You do not know what your doing, we do" crap

So I uninstalled the driver with win7 and let it put a driver on upon reboot, it ended up being the original win 7 driver and it has worked soooo much better.

Maybe Intel can get their Heads out of where the Sun doesn't shine and actually test the drivers.

Good luck everyone