any Intel HD graphics (Celeron N2830) drivers available?

[Kmuland]

Hi guys!!

Im trying to install vista on a Celeron N2830 laptop. Most of the essential drivers are available but the  Intel HD graphics driver.

Anyone know about any official or unofficial/tweaked driver for these Celeron NXXX Intel HD graphics videocards?

[WinClient5270]

Hello.

It looks like the Celeron N2830 has Intel HD 4000 series graphics, which can be downloaded for Windows Vista here: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/20758/Graphics-Intel-HD-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-Vista

For some reason, Intel made the Intel HD 4000 series drivers for Vista extremely difficult to obtain. This is basically a needle in a hay stack... 

[Kmuland]

thank you so much for the help!!!!

I tried several drivers but I always had the unsupported OS box at the startup.

Ill try this new driver and report back if it is working, so other people will get this info useful!!

Thsnks

[Kmuland]

Sadly the driver installer does not work .. it reads that computer does not present the minimum OS requirement

I tested also unpacking the drivers and installing via .inf files.. but it was not succeeded

Edited December 15, 2016 by Kmuland

[dencorso]

On ‎14‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 11:35 PM, 2008WindowsVista said:

For some reason, Intel made the Intel HD 4000 series drivers for Vista extremely difficult to obtain. This is basically a needle in a hay stack... 

On ‎15‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 3:41 PM, Kmuland said:

Sadly the driver installer does not work .. it reads that computer does not present the minimum OS requirement

Now you know firsthand what you were told before. There's no known Intel HD 4000 driver for XP. You're on a wild goose chase.

[WinClient5270]

Hmm... I think I might've found XP drivers for Intel HD 4000. Have you tried this yet? Here's the link (for XP 32 bit): https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22642/Intel-HD-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-XP-exe-?product=81499 Just to clarify, this is for Intel HD 4000 ONLY. It WILL NOT WORK with Intel HD 4200 or 4600, for example. From my understanding, Intel HD 4000 series graphics is included in the Ivy Bridge family of processors, which is supposed to support Windows XP. It was not until Haswell (HD 4200 and later) that XP support became half-baked (there are chipset drivers for XP on Haswell, but no USB 3.0 or GPU drivers, if I'm not mistaken).

As for Vista, you might want to make sure you have SP2 installed if the installer isn't working. Judging by the driver installation exe filename containing "Win7", this tells me that Intel most likely backported the Windows 7 drivers (and lazily at that, I might add), and if your install of Vista is lacking updates, it may also be lacking some dependencies needed for the drivers to work. The link I sent before really ought to work, as I along with a few others here have used this driver before and it works just fine on Vista (SP2). If you already have SP2 installed or if you install SP2 and still get the error, you might have accidentally downloaded the incorrect version of the driver, as there are 32 bit and 64 bit versions available, and you need to ensure that you download the correct version pertaining to your version of Vista (I've accidentally downloaded the wrong drivers before, it happens ).

If anyone is curious, here's where I found the XP driver: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/81499/Intel-HD-Graphics-4000 They are clearly listed here. If they don't work, Intel has some serious issues to work out with their site, because it clearly says Intel HD 4000 at the top... Notice how the Windows Vista drivers are nowhere to be found... Like I said, needle in a hay stack. 

Hope I helped.

Edited December 16, 2016 by 2008WindowsVista

[Kmuland]

@2008WindowsVista
Ok.. I tested with the XP drivers for Intel HD 4000 that you linked to me.. and the problem continues. The installer does not work. It reads that I dont have minimum system requirements.
I wonder if drivers would run with a tweak to disable the OS check or it is really a problem of drivers not designed for this videocard.

Edited December 16, 2016 by Kmuland

[Kmuland]

I have found a partial solution
http://navozhdeniye.narod.ru/vbemp.htm
Universal VESA/VBE Video Display Driver
(for Windows NT Architecture)

I tested in vista and its working perfectly!
It provides the basic GDI acceleration for desktop apps.. so vista is running smooth now!! (Tested 7/8 in last week and the performance of vista is superior)

Are there more Universal video drivers like these VBE?
I know that its much to ask .. but some basic 3D acceleration and overlay mixer for video would be enough.

[jaclaz]

Well, that is bearwindows' VBEMP, another page:
http://bearwindows.zcm.com.au/vbemp.htm

and some background:
http://reboot.pro/topic/2325-universal-windows-9xnt2kxp2003-video-driver/

didn't know that it worked on Vista too (it is supposed to be for WinNT/2K/XP/2K3), as a matter of fact the Author states:

Quote

My driver does NOT support any editions of Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8.

jaclaz

 

[dencorso]

3 hours ago, jaclaz said:

Well, that is bearwindows' VBEMP: I didn't know that it worked on Vista too (it is supposed to be for WinNT/2K/XP/2K3)

It must be Michal Necasek's VBEMP for VirtualBox he's referring to. That one is supposed to support up to Win 7 SP1...
And the universal VBEMP cpl addon should work, too, for fine tuning it.

[jaclaz]

Does this mean that the Virtual hardware of virtualbox is compatible with Kmuland's laptop hardware (or viceversa) or that the VirtualBox driver is "not only for virtualbox"?

The driver info is here:
http://www.os2museum.com/wp/nt-video-miniport-for-virtualbox-with-source-code/

but it doesn't mention anything about "real hardware".

jaclaz
 

[dencorso]

49 minutes ago, jaclaz said:

Does this mean that the Virtual hardware of virtualbox is compatible with Kmuland's laptop hardware (or viceversa) or that the VirtualBox driver is "not only for virtualbox"?

Neither. It seems both do comply with the VESA standard in a well-behaved manner, just that. My 2¢ only, of course!