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Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Family Graphics Driver update and now my screen looks like a broken mosaic 😭

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by Luca N.Jump to the reply

yeahhh check that the PCIe power connectors are fully seated and not melted or discolored. power issues can prodcue artifacts under load.

  1. Noor Petrov
    @npetrov

    pls tell me this is a driver thing. Glitches in the browser on my editing workstation, starting right after teh Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Family Graphics Driver update:

    gpu artifacts

    The card isn't new but it's never shown anything like this before. Temperatures look normal, i've tried a different cable and teh artifacts are the same. i'd like to know what to test before i convince myself it's dead... i also do some photo work on the editing workstation, so i realy need to know whether i can trust what i see on screen right now.

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  2. Ruben Park
    @ruben_stack

    do they appear in screenshots, or only on the monitor?

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  3. Luca N.
    @thread_fox

    long time lurker first post lol told my boss it would take 10 minutes... its been 20 minutes

    my pc fans sound like a jet taking off but sure

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  4. Noor Petrov
    @npetrov
    in reply to @thread_fox

    Booted into Safe Mode and the screen was clean. Back to normal mode, artifacts in the browser again. hope thats enough info 😅

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  5. Jonas R.
    @jreid

    ur BIOS observation is a good clue 🔥 If artifacts appear only after Windows loads the driver, but not in BIOS or in Safe Mode (which uses teh Microsoft Basic Display Adapter), that leans towards driver/software. If they show up in BIOS too, think hardware. worked for me anyway 🤷

    RAM prices doing their own thing again smh

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  6. Zane Moreau
    @zanem268
    in reply to @jreid

    hmmm if artifcats persist after DDU and an older driver, and even appear in BIOS, back up ur data and look into warranty. dont keep stress tetsing a card that shows artifacts in BIOS. good luck man!

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  7. Jonas R.
    @jreid
    in reply to @zanem268

    oof do a proper clean install of the previous driver: download it from teh vednor support page, boot into Safe Mode, run DDU, reboot, then install. A plain rollback in Device Manager sometimes leaves the problematic profiles in place. hope that helps :)

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  9. Zane Moreau
    @zanem268

    ok so test with a second display output or a different port. if artifacts move with the screen content in screenshots, its rendering (GPU). if they dont appear in a screenshot but do on the monitor, teh cable, port or monitor itself is involved.

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  12. Luca N.
    @thread_fox
    in reply to @zanem268

    Reset any overclock or undervolt, especially memory clock. Artifacts that look like small colored blocks are often VRAM instability, and a driver update can change memory behavior enough to tip a marginal OC over.

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  14. Luca N.
    @thread_fox
    in reply to @jreid Accepted solution

    yeahhh check that the PCIe power connectors are fully seated and not melted or discolored. power issues can prodcue artifacts under load.

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  15. Zane Moreau
    @zanem268

    idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh

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  16. Zane Moreau
    @zanem268

    yesss fianlly got it working, thanks everyone

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  17. Jonas R.
    @jreid

    Id test in a second PC if u can. Its teh only test that realy separates teh card from everything else.

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  18. Noor Petrov
    @npetrov
    in reply to @thread_fox

    @thread_fox omg finally sadly it was hardware, artifacts showed in BIOS after a few days... warranty claim is in... thanks for helping me figure it out fast.

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