Universal Driver set for all Switchable (Intel/ATI) Graphics!

Hello.
I own a SONY VAIO SE for a short time now and im considering to switch to the unofficial drivers. Since its brand new i dont want to do any harm to the system already.

So i have a few questions. Since the Manual couldn't answer all my questions. I am hoping someone here would be kind to help me.

1) I would like to know if someone could explain a bit more to me what DSE does. Although ive read the Manual i havent understood yet how this thing really works.
I know it enables the installation of unsigned drivers but i would like to know how this thnig works in matters of what it does to the system.

2) The Manual says that DSE has to be ran only once. Does that mean you can uninstall it afterwards?
It says that DSE is supposed to eliminate the slowdown of the system. Wouldnt the slowdowns reoccur if you run it only once / if you would uninstall it?
Are you supposed to enable / install it again for everytime you upgrade the drivers?

3) Why do need to swipe the system of old drivers? Couldnt you just install it over the old drivers? What if you overlook some remains of the old drivers

4) If somethings not working right can you just install the oem drivers? How would you do that? Are you supposed to also swipe the system of the old drivers?

5) How high are the chances really to damage something? And if so what would be damaged?

I really hope somebody will help me. Thanks in advance.

 

12.3 is suppose to work for Switchable Graphics right?

Just tried it and no video playback.
Sony SE VPCSE190X
Windows 7 64bit

I tried reinstall with YUC in between a few times.

 

^ latest UnifL is Catalyst 12.2 we r expecting 12.3 soon!

 

redroom,

You sound like you want to be a modder yourself Are you from spain?

1. DSE is performing simple task - adds a record to {current} system, a string that tells windows not to block non-certified drivers.

2. Uninstallation - FAQ is covering it, idk how did you read.

"Is supposed to eliminate the slowdown of the system" - in comparison to other "solutions", like RDP. DSE is not affecting performance of the system in any way.

3. To make new drivers work in full power with ITS settings, not combined with old driver.
Especially cleaning is mandatory for CCC1 drivers.

4. Yep, just run YUC again to clean up current set and you can freely install any others, including OEM.

5. Damage is hypothetical, but i always face such people everyday spamming me that I(!) "broke" their systems and they cant install other drivers etc.

In 99% This happens because people DONT read or simply skip some steps as they think they are not important. Well, if certain steps are mentioned and people ignore it, any kind of sh*t may happen. Again, such people usually like to use their "favorite and superfast" cleaners instead of "YUC" or "Manual Cleaning Procedures" described in FAQ that likely to result failure in any way. Then they run to me and start to cry about their system "not loading".

IF YOU will read FAQ carefully and perform all steps - you ll be just fine.

But w/o faq, typical pattern for is: Download UnifL-->Launch UnifL-->Install DSE(if never installed)-->Run YUC(if drivers are installed)-->Customize UnifL(according to your needs)-->Install UnifL.

For now i cant imagine how to make it simplier, its already very simple.

Cheers,

L.

 

Tank you very much for your response.
No i dont want to be a modder, but thanks for asking.
I try to avoid technical stuff most of the time, but sometimes in a few cases (like this one) there seems to be no way around, because i dont want to mess up my system.
Im also not from spain.

As i mentioned i knew what DSE is for and that you have to run it only once.
The thing that im interested in is: if you would remove it AFTER you installed a version of the UnifL driver, wouldnt the slowdowns reoccur? If not, i would have to install it everytime i would upgrade a version of the UnifL driver and then uninstall it again after i installed the driver, right?

What i also forgot to ask was: if you have already running a version of the UnifL driver and you just want to upgrade it, do you also have to run YUC and clean the remains of the driver even it was already an UnifL driver?

Thanks again, greetings, redroom.

PS:
Since i can talk to the maker of these drivers: do you create your drivers in a similiar way explained in this thread?:
How to mod CURRENT Cat.-Versions (10.7 or newer) for WinXP
If so, what install file from amd do you use? In example: what installer from AMD did you use for the 11.2 version?

 

If you would remove it AFTER you installed UnifL. driver simply wont load - will give you error. DSE should stay all times.

DSE is installed once. Only once in system. There cant be ANY slowdowns... at all. I mean it. I dont know how to explain you that.

About upgrading:
Well, you could try installing it on top but there is no guarantee that newer set will use its own settings instead of combined with prev set.

Never read this article, yet its interesting and for sure useful for beginners.

I use official releases, yes, combination of configs. Lots of preparations. In other words, its pretty long and hard job with high risk of mistake.

Yet, latest versions are showing great results. The Only problem people usually face is to install UnifL.

 

What am I doing wrong?

Sony VPCSE190X running Windows 7 x64

I uninstalled everything AMD, run YUCC verifies that nothing is installed, restart.
Install 12.2 U5
Again no video players work, nor does youtube etc.

I have tired other versions from leshcat too, and they never work.
I am near positive I have followed all the instructions.
Would someone please help me with this. Are these not meant for the Sony SE?

Also where did I get 12.3 pre-WHQL from? It's the same format as the others, but now I don't see it on leshcat's blog?

 

Catalyst 12.3 Pre-WHQL UnifL

 

But no one knows what might cause me to get no video in players, youtube, etc?

 

^
double check uninstall of previous versions ... use Driver Sweeper!

 

Still no dice unfortunately.

Has anyone with an SE actually got 12.2 U5 to work?
I want to do a fresh install of Windows soon, but I find it odd that this thing simply refuses to work.


Video works if I switch it to stamina mode.

 

SE series might need some specs.

Please navigate to mine FAQ's Chapter V on blogpage.

 

I had the same problem with video playback and flash video. Flash video works if video acceleration is disabled, and local videos work using VLC player. However I uninstalled it because I was having too many other weird glitches. I'm trying out 12.3 now.

 

Sorry for this basic question, but why would I need this and not use the official driver provided by Sony?

 

because these are newer and that usually means more bug fixes and optimizations. however, if the older SONY drivers are running fine for your needs, there's no rush to update them if you ask me.

 

post delete wrong thread

 

Well for the first time i tried to play flight control HD and it said opengl software renderer is bad and the game lagged like crazy (doesnt do that on ipad). anyway i read and found out that my open gl drivers are just old. can someone point me to drivers that work without technical glitches? vpc-z21cgx 2011 laptop

i am running stock sony drivers. sorry. i mean, does anyone have a working exe where i do not have to modify the inf as i probably will mess it up!

 

just link from first post : [ http://leshcat.blogspot.com/2012/03/hi-again-leshcats-catalyst-12.html] they work very well.Just in one part click on the Z2 button, and everything is fine. No manual labor.

 

Catalyst 12.3 WHQL UnifL is out.

 

Newest version is working well so far for my SONY VAIO Z2 except that I still have the undock problem of the PMD.

After clicking on the (physical) button to undock a warning will appear:
"You cannot eject your computer because the driver '\Driver\amdkmdap' is preventing a device from being stopped right now. Try closing all applications and ejecting the computer later."

I have to switch from the external to the notebook display and remove all usb devices from the PMD (even the USB hub or I'll get a "USB2.0 Hub is preventing a device..." error) to be able to undock it at runtime. Or shutdown and restart it which is less hazzle thanks to the SSDs.

 

I have taken to just ignoring the messages and simply unplugging the PMD. It works most of the time and for those times that don't work, I just reboot.

 

Re: 12.3:

A truly great package!

Ran the YUC, rebooted, ran the install. No issues. All settings (e.g. multiple monitors, orientations, etc.) retained.

What more could I ask for?

 

I do have a new problem with the Sony Z2.

After resuming from sleep my display backlight won't get turned on.
It's reproducable as it will fail every time I put it to sleep and then turn it back on. I can connect it to an external display, press Win+P and the right arrow key three times to get it to show the screen on the external monitor.
Changing the screen brightness has no effect.

I can't reinstall the drivers at the moment as I'm not at home over easter but didn't bring the PMD - need to live with that for now.

 

Everything is working for me except changes in brightness aren't smooth anymore.

 

has anyone noticed any game frame rate improvements over the stock drivers?

 

Alright sent you an email with the data the FAQ requests.

 

I think I'll downgrade to the last version or are here any improvements?
The last version didn't have the bsod on wake from sleep error.

 

did u upgrade ur BIOS?

 

Yes to R0172H5. But that's some time ago, sleep did work after that update.
Or is there a newer one? VAIO update doesn't show one though.

 

I really appreciate leshcat and his team for this package. However, I wonder if there is a way to change the Intel driver (2696) cuz I don't really want to install a test driver into my system. And the 2559 is kinda old D:

 

guyz good work on driver.. =D
was gettin screen tear on css tf2 n l4d with stock one
n still get em with this one
on vaio c series vpccb35fg

its like this
Screen tearing | Counter Strike: source AMD HD 6870 - YouTube

and also vsync dont fix
tried p much everything
6630m/intel 3000 hd D =

 

Neuntoter, did you have a resolution for this? I am experiencing the same issue...

thanks

Sev

 

@leshcat:
At your blogpost you posted that you can't find 2696 on the intel server, if you still haven't got them, here are the links: Intel GMA Drivers - Intel GMA releases - LaptopVideo2Go Forums - Page 5

 

Wanted to say thanks for creating something that should be done by Sony.

As others have reported I'm unable to hot undock. I wanted to share my work around to the problem as I Dock/Un-Dock many times through out the day. I use an App called DEVCON from Microsoft. It is included in their Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 7.1.0. and it is extracted from the install file "WDK\setuptools_x64fre.ms. I then create the following shortcuts:

C:\devcon\setuptools_x64fre_cab001\devcon.exe disable *DEV_6740
C:\devcon\setuptools_x64fre_cab001\devcon.exe enable *DEV_6740

The above shortcuts allow me to enable/disable the ATI card thus allowing me to Dock/Un-Dock. After I create the shortcuts I assigne hot keys, so I don't even have to click on anything.

The only other thing I have noticed is that if I sleep my system my LCD goes dead. Only the laptop LCD is affected. Any external monitor attached works just fine. I'm still working to figure it out.

Thanks again for an awesome driver package.

 

^
update ur driver to renesas/nec usb3 drivers v2.1.32.0 (uninstall any old ver. first)
then update Renesas USB 3.0 Firmware to 4.0.1.5.0.2 (disconnect all USB3 and Run upd720200 a.bat as Administrator)
that will solve "all" PMD issues!

LINK
MD5: f0d152bb6a37944cf2e086be701c27bb

 

^
Thanks mak1, it seems to work great!
How did you come to this idea?
Why doesn't the SONY Updater have these files.. I begin to think that there are more outdated drivers in my system.


For others:
I had some problems at first because the bat file got me the following error message:

I resolved that by disconnecting the Z2 from the PMD first, then uninstalled the usb 3.0 drivers (you'll find that option in "Uninstall a program" btw!) and reinstalled it.
Then I could reinstall the new driver version and update the firmware.
If you're going to connect the PMD now it will use the new drivers and firmware for both devices - check that you have both in the USB 3.0 Host Controller Information utility:
"Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller"
"Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller 2"
At first I had one with firmware 4012 the other one with 4015 - after using the above method both have 4015.

To undock I have to disconnect external monitors first (by pressing Win+P) but then it works fine. Kudos mak1!




Edit: damnit - now it doesn't work anymore

I get an error that "HID-compliant consumer control device" is still running and cannot get stopped.
When I unplug everything I'll get "Reneseas Electronics USB 2.0 Hub" cannot be stopped...

 

I've no relevant issues her with the above driver/fw - Catalyst 12.3 WHQL UnifL combinations, in fact it has solved my previous issues with 3D display, worke smoth with my new HMZ-T1 as well.
Her is a summery of the solved/enhanced functions of Renesas/Nec v2.1.32.0 WHQL USB3 drivers:

A. Add function:
A-1. IOCTL_USB_USER_REQUEST(UWSBUSER_GET_POWER_STATE_MAP) is supported.
A-2. HUB's icon isn't shown on the Devices and Printers of Windows7.

B. Modified driver bugs:
B-1. There is a possibility of BSOD when OUT transaction with data shorter than 8byte
is transferred. Short packet is out of this issue.
We have never seen this BSOD on the real system. We found this on code review.
V2.1.16.0 or later version includes this bug.
B-2. There is a possibility of BSOD when a user changes the resolution of the video
capture application and an ISO device is disconnectd.
We have never seen this BSOD on the real system. We found this on code review.
B-3. There is a possibility of BSOD when OverCurrent indication occurs before Windows
OS detects the device.
We have never seen this BSOD on the real system. We found this on code review.
B-4. USB3.0 Devices connected with USB3.0 HUB are not detected after S3/S4 resume.
This issue occurs only under the following conditions.
- C_PORT_CONNECTION of the downstream port of the hub is not changed after resume.
- The PERSTB of the system is asserted after resume.
B-5. Driver did not check the descriptor size. If USB devices send the descriptor
with invalid size, driver might behave in undefined operation.
B-6. When BIOS does not release the ownership of xHCI after S3/S4 resume, host driver
should not have been loaded.
B-7. Wrong bandwidth information is displayed in the popup message when available
bandwidth is consumed.

C. Solved interoperability issue caused by function driver or system:
C-1. PC freezes when any of the specific devices are disconnected.
C-2. The following specific devices can't work
i) The specific Wireless Headset does not produce sound in Windows XP enviroment.
ii) The specific Keyboard is not detected. This issue only occurs on V2.1.16.0 .
iii) The specific Keyboard is not detected after remote wakeup under the condition that ForceHCResetOnResume is set to 1.
iv) The specific AV Portable Player disappears from Device Manager after it is disabled in Device Manager.
v) Time from when the specific USB2.0 Flash is connected until it is detected is over 30 seconds. This issue only occurs on V2.1.16.0 on uPD720200A.
C-3. PC freezes when the specific Audio device is disconnected actively. This issue only occurs on V2.1.25.0 or later version.
C-4. Monitor function of the specific docking station cannot work correctly after resume when multi-display mode is used.
C-5. When multiple USB3.0-hubs including the specific hub are connected by cascade connection and host driver is disabled and enabled, the hub connected with the specific hub's downstream port is not detected.
C-6. When one of the multiple USB3.0 hubs in cascade connection is the specific HUB, it is not detected after S3-Resume.
C-7. When a specific smart phone is working in tethering mode, communication speed is too slow to keep the connection.

 

Hopefully Leshcat will update UnifL to 12.4 WHQL soon!

 

^I didn't see a real killer feature in 12.4 - is there?

And after two restarts the undock does work again. Maybe not "all" issues are fixed but definitely is better than before (where it wasn't working at all hehe).

 

^
Official AMD-(8.961)-catalyst 12.4-WHQL
Drivers get full WHQL certification from MS lab from April 5,2012
Direct3D Version: 7.14.10.0903
OpenGL Version: 6.14.10.11631

Release note :

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.4 Windows release includes :

NEW FEATURES :

Windows XP support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
•In addition to Windows 7 and Windows Vista support, Catalyst 12.4 now also introduces Windows XP (64-bit/32-bit) support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series

Super Sampling Anti-Aliasing: Level of Detail (LOD) Image Quality enhancements
•Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
•LOD Image quality enhancements have been improved when enabling Super Sample Anti-Aliasing and Adaptive Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center for DirectX® 10 and DirectX® 11 applications.
•Applications must support in game Anti-Aliasing for the feature to work (Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center is not supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications)

Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA): Significant performance enhancements
•Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series, and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
•MLAA now operates up to 80% faster than previous versions

Texture filtering quality improvements
•Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
•Improvements have been made to the texture filtering algorithm (for both DirectX9 and DirectX10/DirectX11 applications) to increase the quality of rendered textures, with no impact to performance

RESOLVED ISSUES :

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System :

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 12.4 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
•Elder Scrolls: Skyrim: no longer hangs on single GPU configurations when used with AMD Catalyst 12.3 CAP1 and later CAP releases
•Elder Scolls: Skyrim: flickering square corruption is no longer observed.
•Rage: Vsync is no longer disabled after task switching.
•Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: no longer crashes when launched in High Performance Mode.
•Stalker – Call of Pripyat: flickering is no longer observed in trees with specific Catalyst Control Center settings.
•Tom Clancy HAWX 2: no longer crashes on game launch.
•Windows Media Center: no longer crashes when run in Eyefinity mode and High Performance mode settings.
•AMD Steady Video: an error message is no longer displayed when enabling AMD Steady Video for the Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 plugin.
•Duplicating displays no longer generates random corruption.
•Tearing is no longer observed on the third screen in 3x1 and 1x3 Eyefinity configurations.
•A system crash is no longer experienced when enabling Crossfire in a 4 display configuration.
•The advanced video quality settings are now correctly displayed in the Catalyst Control Center.

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System :

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.4 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:
•The Catalyst Control Center now renders correctly when launched while playing a Bluray disc using WinDVD.

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System :

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.4 software suite for Windows XP. These include:
•Dirt 3: a system hang is no longer experienced when running game at maximum in game settings.
•Dragon Age 2: visual corruption is no longer observed.

KNOWN ISSUES :

Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system :

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:
•Blocky video corruption may be observed while using Windows Media Player to playback HD WMV content.
•The Catalyst Control Center may experience random crashes in specific configurations.
•A green screen may be triggered when playing back Flash content using Google Chrome and Firefox.
•The Unigine Tropics demo may experience random crashes when run with shaders=low and Vsync enabled.

Known issues under the Windows Vista operating system :

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst™. These include:
•Cyberlink PowerDVD may crash when enabling BOB de-interlace mode.

Known issues under the Windows XP operating system :

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst™. These include:
•The system may fail to resume from sleep/hibernate mode is some configurations.

 

The USB firmware/driver update fixed my hot dock/un-dock issue. The dead LCD problem I was having coming out of sleep was due to me picking the wrong Intel Graphics Driver. I thought I had 2nd Gen Intel in my system, but I guess I don't. Currently everything is working great and I have no issues. Thanks for the awesome support!

 

Is the driver unavailable?

The link in the first post ( http://leshcatlabs.org/files/Catalyst 12.3 WHQL UnifL.exe) gives me '404 — File not found.' message.
Same message when trying to download from leshcats page as well:
Catalyst 12.3 WHQL UnifL for Switchable Graphics

 

Anyone have a mirror link?

 

is this driver available anywhere on Renesas' website?

 

You can get both the driver and firmware from here: RENESAS/NEC Drivers & Firmwares

 

12.4 will be released soon!

should be their if they have a public drivers download links/FTP!

 

You do have a 2nd gen intel chipset if you have a Sony S2.
I had the same problem with the 2696 driver and the lcd not turning on after sleep, though. Let's hope the 12.4 release contains an updated version

 

So we should just wait for 12.4? Was 12.3 removed because 12.4 is coming?

 

^
Updated link on 1st page

 

Awesome. Thanks!