Intel® Graphics Software
6.6 Production Version
Release Notes


January 29, 2002

Microsoft* Windows* 95
Microsoft* Windows* 98
Microsoft* Windows* 98 Second Edition
Microsoft* Windows* Millennium
Microsoft* Windows* NT* 4.0
Microsoft* Windows* 2000
Microsoft* Windows* XP

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Revision History

Date Driver Revision Build Number Draft/Changes
January 29, 2002  6.6 Production Version  3004  Since 6.6 Production Candidate 2.0
January 16, 2002  6.6 Production Candidate 2.0  3004  Since 6.6 Production Candidate 1.0
January 10, 2002  6.6 Production Candidate 1.0  3001  Since 6.6 Beta Candidate 7.0
January 3, 2002  6.6 Beta Candidate 7.0  2995  Since 6.6 Beta Candidate 6.0
December 27, 2001  6.6 Beta Candidate 6.0  2993  Since 6.6 Beta Candidate 5.0
December 19, 2001  6.6 Beta Candidate 5.0  2986  Since 6.6 Beta Candidate 4.1
December 12, 2001  6.6 Beta Candidate 4.1  2981  Since 6.6 Beta Candidate 4.0
December 12, 2001  6.6 Beta Candidate 4.0  2979  Since 6.6 Beta Candidate 3.0
December 5, 2001  6.6 Beta Candidate 3.0  2974  Since 6.6 Beta Candidate 2.0
November 29, 2001  6.6 Beta Candidate 2.0  2969  Since 6.6 Beta Candidate 1.0
November 21, 2001  6.6 Beta Candidate 1.0  2966  Since 6.5.4 Production Candidate 1.0
November 15, 2001  6.5.4 Production Candidate 1.0  2964  Since 6.5.2 Production Version
November 5, 2001  6.5.2 Production Version  2951  Since 6.5.2 Production Candidate 1.0
October 30, 2001  6.5.2 Production Candidate 1.0  2951  Since 6.5.1 Production Version
October 26, 2001  6.5.1 Production Version  2939  Since 6.5.1 Beta Candidate 1.0
October 15, 2001  6.5.1 Beta Candidate 1.0  2939  Since 6.5 Production Version
October 11, 2001  6.5 Production Version  2933  Since 6.5 Production Candidate 2.0
October 3, 2001  6.5 Production Candidate 2.0  2933  Since 6.5 Production Candidate 1.0
September 28, 2001  6.5 Production Candidate 1.0  2930  Since 6.5 Beta Candidate 5.0
September 13, 2001  6.5 Beta Candidate 5.0  2921  Since 6.5 Beta Candidate 4.0
September 5, 2001  6.5 Beta Candidate 4.0  2911  Since 6.5 Beta Candidate 3.0
August 29, 2001  6.5 Beta Candidate 3.0  2903  Since 6.5 Beta Candidate 2.0
August 22, 2001  6.5 Beta Candidate 2.0  2891  Since 6.5 Beta Candidate 1.0
August 17, 2001  6.5 Beta Candidate 1.0  2882  Since 6.4.1 Production Version
August 15, 2001  6.4.1 Production Version  2872  Since 6.4.1 Production Candidate 1.0
August 6, 2001  6.4.1 Production Candidate 1.0  2866  Since 6.4.1 Beta Candidate 2.0
July 25, 2001  6.4.1 Beta Candidate 2.0  2855  Since 6.4.1 Beta Candidate 1.0
July 18, 2001  6.4.1 Beta Candidate 1.0  2842  Since 6.4 Beta Candidate 14.0

 

Intel® Chipset Graphics Support

The Intel® Graphics driver contains support for the following Intel Chipsets:

Supported Operating Systems

The Intel® Graphics driver is designed for the following Microsoft operating systems.  

New Features 

Features Added in 6.6
Reference No:  Description
ID: NA

Issues Resolved 

Issues Resolved in 6.6 Production Version-Build 3004
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 1001265 w-DCT450A-Graphics Bus DDraw Blt-stretch-color key-AGP to Primary-FAIL Windows XP, Windows 2000
ID: 1001863 w-DCT450A-Direct Draw-Blt - Stretch-Color Key - Vid to Primary fails Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium
ID: 1001466 Stuck at 16 colors and 640x480 or 800x600 with NEC XE17 monitor Windows 2000, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.6 Production Candidate 2.0-Build 3004
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 1001265 w-DCT450A-Graphics Bus DDraw Blt-stretch-color key-AGP to Primary-FAIL Windows XP, Windows 2000
ID: 1001863 w-DCT450A-Direct Draw-Blt - Stretch-Color Key - Vid to Primary fails Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium
ID: 1001466 Stuck at 16 colors and 640x480 or 800x600 with NEC XE17 monitor Windows 2000, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.6 Production Candidate 1.0-Build 3001
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 1000804 W-DCT450A-WinXP-Flip lock fails Windows XP
ID: 987288 WinDVD freezes when Fn+F8 is done (switch from LFP to CRT) Windows Millennium
ID: 1001190 Display turns into gray vertical lines when resumed from DPMS with Digital LCD in 1280x1024x24 Windows 2000
ID: 997122 Desktop color corruption occurs when system comes back from "Turn off monitor" Windows XP, Windows 2000
ID: 1000511 Display corrupts like stripe on SXGA 24bit color Windows XP
ID: 9811393 WinME: conformance test failure: secondary color API Windows Millennium
ID: 257303 Trouble with multitexturing and enabling object linear texgen NA
Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 7.0-Build 2995
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 985622 Cannot switch to FP, only if FP freq is unique and both CRT and FP attached Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition
ID: 1000500 While playing DVD, display can be switched to the env where it is not allowed to create H/W overlay Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 6.0-Build 2993
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 999899 Corruption on second menu in Descent 3 Windows XP
ID: 997176 TV Hotkey Fn+F11 fails on XP Windows XP
ID: 997086 Vertical stripe pattern on video after wakeup Windows 2000, Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 5.0-Build 2986
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 999664 Current code does not support latest CH7009 RUE Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows NT4.0, Windows Millennium, Windows XP
ID: 997086 Vertical stripe pattern on video after wakeup Windows 2000, Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 4.1-Build 2981
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 997086 Vertical stripe pattern on video after wakeup Windows 2000, Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 4.0-Build 2979
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 996551 Cannot enter S3 in XP Windows XP
ID: 749442 Microsoft Stress Fix for production-kghal.c Lines 1480, 4204 Windows XP
ID: 792670 W-DCT450A-Win XP-After loading the driver, system continuously reboots Windows XP
ID: 997108 PV 6.5 graphics driver fails to run NTSC_M and PAL_B at the first time use Windows 2000, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows NT4.0, Windows Millennium
ID: 996549 LCD turns off interval Windows 2000, Windows XP
ID: 995982 W-DCT450A-DX8-Memory texture management fails Windows 2000, Windows Millennium, Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 3.0-Build 2974
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 988356 System hangs after resuming from hibernate on CRT only Windows Millennium
ID: 988235 When you wake the system, the software has a GPF Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition
Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 2.0-Build 2969
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 987601 WDCT450A-WXP/2K/98 lightmap-Mix fails Windows XP, Windows 200, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 98 Millennium
ID: 992899 Issues with WinXP Plus! screensavers, includes issue of WinXP plus not getting installed on i81x system Windows XP
ID: 992674 Visual Anomaly D3D: Labyrinth Ball is not rendering reflective surface correctly Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.6 Beta Candidate 1.0-Build 2966
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 982380 Display gets green part by switching Ctrl+Alt+F1 and Ctrl+Alt+F3 while playing DVD, and sometimes hangs. Windows XP
ID: 993818 FP display comes up in 8x6x4 Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.5.4 Production Candidate 1.0-Build 2964
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 993818 FP display comes up in 8x6x4 Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.5.2 Production Version-Build 2951
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID:  None
Issues Resolved in 6.5.2 Production Candidate 1.0-Build 2951
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 992060 System locks in 800x600x4bpp Windows XP
ID: 988406 WinXP Serious Error (0x8e) occurs on integrated graphics Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.5.1 Production Version-Build 2939
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID:  None
Issues Resolved in 6.5.1 Beta Candidate 1.0-Build 2939
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 985578 ACPI: PS2 mouse fails to resume the system from S3. Windows 9X- Windows XP
ID: 984404 Display lost when user logs off 20 min. after fast user switch Windows XP
ID: 982369 System hangs when coming from standby in W2K Windows 2000- Windows XP
ID: 985621 848x480@60Hz EDID-less panel causes driver to fail loading Windows 2000- Windows XP, Windows 9X, Windows NT4
Issues Resolved in 6.5 Production Version-Build 2933
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID:  None
Issues Resolved in 6.5 Production Candidate 2.0-Build 2933
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 985580 Reboot D3D SDK Apps: App reboot when full screened from minimized Windows 2000- Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.5 Production Candidate 1.0-Build 2930
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 982273 WHQL : Reboot DCT450 FUS Reboots system Windows 2000- Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.5 Beta Candidate 5.0-Build 2921
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 980318 After loading GFx driver upon reboot if an external fp is attached the system will continuously reboot on NT5 Windows 2000- Windows XP
ID: none Delay in VCH initialization Windows 2000- Windows XP, Windows 9X
ID: none New CUI label Windows 2000- Windows XP, Windows 9X
ID: 972163 Monitors are being taken out of range Windows 2000- Windows XP, Windows 9X
ID: 976425 Missing functionality - CUI cannot switch to 100Hz Windows 2000- Windows XP, Windows 9X
ID: 977961 System reboots when coming from standby Windows 2000
ID: 974411 System monitor blanks on return from standby Windows 2000- Windows XP
ID: 972080 Display corrupts like stripes on SXGA 24 bit color Windows 2000- Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.5 Beta Candidate 4.0-Build 2911
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 972209 Corruption appears on desktop after switching to CRT when DVD is running Windows 2000
ID: 958588 Invalid General Protection error message when changing color depth while running Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel Windows 98 Second Edition
ID: 246799 Multiple stripes on CRT/LFP while switching using hotkey or opening CUI page Windows 2000, Windows 98 Second Edition
ID: 246804 Addition to a third party module to support the sharpness feature in the CUI. Windows 2000- Windows XP, Windows 9X
ID: 970689 Driver outputs unusual frequency after system returns from standby Windows Millennium
ID: 970838 Unattended install of driver causes BSOD Windows NT 4.0
Issues Resolved in 6.5 Beta Candidate 3.0-Build 2903
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 978551 W-DCT400A Update overlay Bob test corruption when resizing window Windows 9X
ID: 976629 Functional Failure- FP : Signal loss to external Flat Panel when selected through hot keys and CUI Windows 9X, Windows 2000- Windows XP
ID: 976888 System will wake out of S1 standby to a blank screen or reboot Windows 2000- Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.5 Beta Candidate 2.0-Build 2891
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 970641 Error message is shown during start up and game goes to desktop Windows XP
ID: 970805 D3D: Pixel Table Fog emulation not properly supported Windows 2000- Windows XP
Issues Resolved in 6.5 Beta Candidate 1.0-Build 2882
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 970972 848x480 is supported in the NEC DFP EDID but is not an option when changing the setting on the desktop Windows XP
ID: 974939 6.13.xxxx driver version changes for XP/2k driver Windows 2000- Windows XP
ID: 972197 Changing resolution while WinDVD playing causes crash on Win9x Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 98-Millennium Edition
 Issues Resolved in 6.4.1 Production Version-Build 2872
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: none CUI Rundll error Windows XP
ID: none Driver version change from 5.13.1.xxxx to 6.1.13.xxxx Windows XP
 Issues Resolved in 6.4.1 Production Candidate 1.0-Build 2866
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 972783 W-WM-DVD Test OverlayScale Test and UpdateOverlayBob Test Fails Windows XP
ID: 974609 Green Screen when overlay is reduced Windows XP
ID: 974139 DCT450XP D3D DX8 D3D DX7 - Get Info test failes Windows XP
ID: 244545 Display back out when install "AIM External TV Encoder" after driver install Windows XP
ID: 972059 Macrovision signal disappears with XP fast user switch Windows XP
ID: 973150 Stripe pattern sometimes happens after WIDE FP comes back from monitor power saving Windows XP
ID: 974939 6.13.XXXX driver version changes from XP/W2K driver Windows XP
ID: 972892 Progress bar not seen when using Phlash6 utility Windows XP
 Issues Resolved in 6.4.1 Beta Candidate 2.0-Build 2855
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 968987 At 640x480, YUY2-format stream could not draw correctly with TV Out Windows XP
ID: 966981 New HW found and error occurs during installation of AIM module whenever XP starts Windows XP
 Issues Resolved in 6.4.1 Beta Candidate 1.0-Build 2842
Reference No:  Description  Affected OS's
ID: 903470 After Hotplugging CRT, switch display with hot key and notice display will blank Windows 2000
ID: 970805 D3D : Pixel Table Fog emulation not properly supported Windows 98-Millenium, Windows 2000
ID: 965869 XP AIM modules detect as unknown and do not install properly Windows XP