Vista - Blue screen of death under Vista Ultimate 64-bit

After I didn't get any help or useful information from Intel's graphics
support team, I would like to address my problem here.

The hardware described below was running under Windows XP Professional and
Windows Vista RC2 32-bit without any problem for about three months.

- Intel(R) Desktop Board DG965WH,
- Intel(R) CPU E6600,
- 4GB Corsair RAM, 800MHz (5-5-5-13),
- Hard disk drive 400GB Samsung HD401LJ,
- Dell LCD monitor 2405FP (resolution 1920 x 1200)
- ADD2 DVI card and alternatively onboard VGA

The onboard graphics of the G965 worked well under both systems and I could
use Vista's 'Aero' mode.

Recently I installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit. From the beginning the graphics
support doesn't work in combination with the ‘Aero’ mode. The system crashes
very often and immediately after starting certain applications, e.g. Outlook.
Starting ‘3DMark2006’ produces the same result. A blue screen of death (BSOD)
is displayed after some seconds. Then, after the system comes up, Microsoft's
error diagnostic always indicates that the graphic driver caused the crash.

In addition to the crashes, most time and immediately after the system
start, black and colored thin pixel lines and black and colored squares are
displayed across the monitor.

In the meantime I tried all of the graphics driver versions, destined for
Windows Vista 64-bit, which are downloadable from Intel's homepage, but
unfortunately without success. '15.1' (15.1.0.1187) is the latest version I
have tested.

I can reduce the number of system crashes and I can increase the time
between them, if I switch off Vista's 'Aero' mode. In this case BSODs don’t
occur and driver or system restarts are rarely. Sometimes Vista notifies that
the graphics driver doesn’t react and that it is repaired. Mostly it goes
along with a black screen and a reboot.

Due to the fact that neither Windows XP SP nor Windows Vista 32Bit RC2
caused a problem in combination with the G965 X3000 onboard graphics of the
DG965WH motherboard, I assume that the problem is caused by the G965 64-bit
graphics driver destined for Windows Vista.

Up to now I want to avoid installing an external graphics card. I intend to
keep on the onboard graphics. But if there is no way the get running 3D
support under Vista Ultimate 64-bit in combination with the G965 X3000, I
will reconsider my decision.

Intel's graphics support team states, that not the driver is causing the
system crash but Vista 64-bit itslef.

Any idea what’s going wrong? Is there somebody who has the same or a similar
problem?

"saxonyfrank" wrote:

> After I didn't get any help or useful information from Intel's graphics
> support team, I would like to address my problem here.
>
> The hardware described below was running under Windows XP Professional and
> Windows Vista RC2 32-bit without any problem for about three months.
>
> - Intel(R) Desktop Board DG965WH,



> - 4GB Corsair RAM, 800MHz (5-5-5-13),
> - Hard disk drive 400GB Samsung HD401LJ,
> - Dell LCD monitor 2405FP (resolution 1920 x 1200)
> - ADD2 DVI card and alternatively onboard VGA
>
> The onboard graphics of the G965 worked well under both systems and I could
> use Vista's 'Aero' mode.
>
> Recently I installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit. From the beginning the graphics
> support doesn't work in combination with the ‘Aero’ mode. The system crashes
> very often and immediately after starting certain applications, e.g. Outlook.
> Starting ‘3DMark2006’ produces the same result. A blue screen of death (BSOD)
> is displayed after some seconds. Then, after the system comes up, Microsoft's
> error diagnostic always indicates that the graphic driver caused the crash.
>
> In addition to the crashes, most time and immediately after the system
> start, black and colored thin pixel lines and black and colored squares are
> displayed across the monitor.
>
> In the meantime I tried all of the graphics driver versions, destined for
> Windows Vista 64-bit, which are downloadable from Intel's homepage, but
> unfortunately without success. '15.1' (15.1.0.1187) is the latest version I
> have tested.
>
> I can reduce the number of system crashes and I can increase the time
> between them, if I switch off Vista's 'Aero' mode. In this case BSODs don’t
> occur and driver or system restarts are rarely. Sometimes Vista notifies that
> the graphics driver doesn’t react and that it is repaired. Mostly it goes
> along with a black screen and a reboot.
>
> Due to the fact that neither Windows XP SP nor Windows Vista 32Bit RC2
> caused a problem in combination with the G965 X3000 onboard graphics of the
> DG965WH motherboard, I assume that the problem is caused by the G965 64-bit
> graphics driver destined for Windows Vista.
>
> Up to now I want to avoid installing an external graphics card. I intend to
> keep on the onboard graphics. But if there is no way the get running 3D
> support under Vista Ultimate 64-bit in combination with the G965 X3000, I
> will reconsider my decision.
>
> Intel's graphics support team states, that not the driver is causing the
> system crash but Vista 64-bit itslef.
>
> Any idea what’s going wrong? Is there somebody who has the same or a similar
> problem?
>


That sounds like the onboard graphic card is not good enough to run vista 64
bit.
You may want to get an external graphic card . Also, make sure you disable
the other graphic card in the bios to avoid any conflict.