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    Photoshop GPU and Yoga 2 Pro Display Driver

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by lwarley, Feb 28, 2014.

  1. lwarley

    lwarley Newbie

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    When I first bought my Yoga 2 Pro, Photoshop’s latest versions (CC and CS6) ran perfectly with their Graphics Processor (aka GPU aka Intel HD Graphics 4400) enabled.
    However, after an automated update that I didn’t notice, I receive a “display driver stopped working and recovered” message when I open Photoshop. Then I receive an “insufficient memory” message inside Photoshop and Photoshop’s Graphics Processor is disabled.
    Inside Control Panel-Devices, the Display Driver roll back option is disabled. So I download the latest driver from Lenovo (Intel Video Driver for Windows 8.1 64-bit - Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, version 10.18.10.3304, ivga136w8164.exe), install it, and Photoshop works with no error messages and its Graphics Processor automatically enabled.
    A day later, when I open Photoshop I get the same errors. So I reinstall the 3304 driver, Photoshop works fine, and a day or two later the same cycle repeats.
    Anyone have a solution, please?
     
    lwarley, Feb 28, 2014
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  2. Jobine

    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    Intel's HD 4400 does not have it's own VRAM, and since the Y2p runs an insanely high resolution (3200x1800), the GPU is bound to eat up a large portion of your RAM (up to 1.5gb) anyways.

    If you have 4GB of RAM, i highly suggest sending in your laptop back and ordering the 8GB model.
     
    Jobine, Feb 28, 2014
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  3. lwarley

    lwarley Newbie

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    Thanks for the reply, but my question is - why does it revert?
     
    lwarley, Mar 1, 2014
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