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**mrdek11** · 01-12-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by msterling

Something must be different. My PC is a Dell Optiplex GX80. It is not a powerful machine with a Celeron 1.8gHz, 1GB RAM and 40GB HD. Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller is what appears in device manager. Driver version is 6.14.10.4342 dated 6/21/2005. I D/L'ed direct from Intel at the link in my previous post. It could be something different in your hardware. Can you change the size of graphics memory in your bios settings? It might make a difference. Did you install any other drivers? It is a beta so you might consider installing Windows 7 from scratch and try the driver again.

I just installed Windows 7 and the driver today but it has not crashed and runs smoothly with the basic stuff I have tried so far.

Thanks for the tips!
The Graphic buffer size is already 8MB, which is the maximum my BIOS will allow.
The machine I'm using is an eMachines T2862 (also not a very powerful machine) with a Celeron 2.66ghz and 768mb of RAM. The default specs are here: eMachines T2862 PC Desktop - Product details and features - DealTime

Hmm I actually just realized I have the 845GV chipset, but Intel is convinced it uses the same driver install. That must be what's different.

01-12-2009	#8 (permalink)
mrdek11 Windows 7 B7000/Os X Leopard 5 posts	Quote: Originally Posted by msterling Something must be different. My PC is a Dell Optiplex GX80. It is not a powerful machine with a Celeron 1.8gHz, 1GB RAM and 40GB HD. Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller is what appears in device manager. Driver version is 6.14.10.4342 dated 6/21/2005. I D/L'ed direct from Intel at the link in my previous post. It could be something different in your hardware. Can you change the size of graphics memory in your bios settings? It might make a difference. Did you install any other drivers? It is a beta so you might consider installing Windows 7 from scratch and try the driver again. I just installed Windows 7 and the driver today but it has not crashed and runs smoothly with the basic stuff I have tried so far. Thanks for the tips! The Graphic buffer size is already 8MB, which is the maximum my BIOS will allow. The machine I'm using is an eMachines T2862 (also not a very powerful machine) with a Celeron 2.66ghz and 768mb of RAM. The default specs are here: eMachines T2862 PC Desktop - Product details and features - DealTime Hmm I actually just realized I have the 845GV chipset, but Intel is convinced it uses the same driver install. That must be what's different.
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