It was said that few [if any] onboard graphics solutions would successfully run aero interface. This was months ago, but most people don’t pay attention unless they are really into hardware.

I was looking on ebay yesterday at a system someone was selling. The user claimed that there was a video card included with the machine. I questioned the seller as to the nature of the card, because none was visible in the picture of the inside of the machine [just an empty PCI-e slot, the picture showed a machine with nothing in any slot] The seller said he had not even thought about it when he wrote the ad for the machine! He had no idea what WAS providing video output until I questioned it, even though he had taken the supplied picture.

Bull. If Intel wanted to make it happen they could. They want to force new hardware and leave the millions of users wanting an upgrade. Boycott them I say>

Hi Marc,
It’s fortunate that you noted what the seller, in this case, was not selling. It makes one wonder how many others would of questioned the seller before the purchase?

Thanks for you comments and for sharing your experience with us. Regards, Ron

Heh terribleted,
Could be. It wouldn’t be the first time a vendor dropped support for a older hardware product for monetary gain.
Thanks, Ron

What the…

Display adapter type: Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - XDDM)

Total available graphics memory: Not detected
Dedicated graphics memory: 0 MB
Dedicated system memory: 0 MB
Shared system memory: 0 MB

I take it that when you ment not enough of a memory table you did not mean no memory right? because it looks like vista just can’t find it. My dell inspiron 1300 has a vista capable sticker on… i would expect it’s graphics card then to support aero, after all… it says that there is zero gaming graphics, it says it cannot be detected on vistas experience thing, this is total bull… its more like a driver problem!!!!!!!!!!!

both of my laptops are the same, one is another differant model by dell and has the same graphics card, and has the same problem on vista! this f-in sucks!

Hi PO
I’d call Dell.. Since you bought a Vista capable machine, one would think that this would include Aero support. See what they have to say. The wheel that squeaks…….
Best of luck, Ron

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Hi PO
I’d call Dell.. Since you bought a Vista capable machine, one would think that this would include Aero support. See what they have to say. The wheel that squeaks…….
Best of luck, Ron

Vista capable machines DO NOT mean, let me repeat, DO NOT mean that Aero will be available on the machine. Vista Capable simply means that Vista will be able to run on it at its basic core. If you need a machine to run the AERO package, the computer purchased needs to have a sticker that states “Vista Premium Ready.” There is a big difference. Hope this clarifies any misunderstanding.

Dale

Hi Dale,
You are absolutely correct. Capable does mean it will run ‘basic only’ and not Aero. Thanks for the refresher. I must of ate to much turkey yesterday when I posted this.

Again, thanks for the comments. Ron

It is very sad to learn that I wont be able to exprince the best of vist Aero™ 3D graphics… I have more than 5 laptops, all using the old 915 chipset..
Q. Can I purchase some sort of a card (or a module), or a slot of some kind, to get or run the new Windows Aero™ 3D on my laptops..???
ATI has a “test your hardware” to find out if your system is able to run the stuff.
http://ati.amd.com/technology/windowsvista/AreYouVistaReady.html
But information outputed suggests only new laptops , but no extra hardware. Please .. if any one know of such a plug in, or even a pc card tell me. THNX

“Vista Premium Ready” should support aero, not really!!! I bought VGN-TX47GP/T, after upgrade to Vista, following message is same as you.

Total available graphics memory: Not detected
Dedicated graphics memory: 0 MB
Dedicated system memory: 0 MB
Shared system memory: 0 MB

Thanks to everyone who has commented on this issue. No solution appears to be forth coming. Ron

I’ve got a simple solution, buy a mac!

Hello Richard,
But that would take all the fun out it. Us PC users like to be tortured! LOL

Have a good one, Ron

Ron,

Glad you saw the funny side!
I’m a mac user but i’ve also got a sony vaio laptop, just installed vista and the built in camera now seems to be useless. So, back to XP for me I think.

Hi Richard,
You wouldn’t be the only one who went back to XP. Drivers still seem to be the major headache for some users. Heck it only took me five months to finally get my sound working in Vista.

Regards, Ron

If you run the windows update after you install vista it usually finds most of the drivers. At least it did for me.

Hi Steve,
There is no updated driver for the 915. This is why people are pissed at Intel.
Thanks for the comment.

If you are referring about my sound problem, I ran every update known to man. Then on a whime installed the old XP driver which worked and shouldn’t of. LOL

Thanks again, Ron

from my experience dealing with drivers and pc for over 20 years , I have noticed recently that after vista came out they mentioned on dell pcs that not all the drivers are yet developed ,, after vista became official they stated that the intel 910/915 series are not compatible with Vista, however from my research I have noticed that HP came out with a driver for those video chipsets and gives you all the features you had under the XP platform.
just go to hp.com and search for the 910 /915 driver and you will be happy … tried it personnally and it works fine.

Hello Baba Doblo,
Thanks for the information. I will check into it.
Ron

Hello Baba Doblo,
Thanks for the information. Do you have a link to where the drivers can be located? TIA
Ron

Greetz from Spain & first of all sorry for my poor english…

I work as a computer engineer in a store, and I own two laptops with the i915 graphics card inside. Yes it is true Aero still don’t work in any of them, but anyway Vista Ultimate without Aero is performing pretty well. Both laptops have 1 Gb RAM and an Intel Centrino Pentium M inside. I of course would like to watch Aero on my two machines… but yep, If at last I can’t sure I won’t die… LOL. I’ll continue tryin’ so any news about this will be welcome. Thanx for this good feed, Ron & everyone!

An idea… I’ve read at someother web an interesting quotation… Some people say that with the beta versions of Vista this chip worked well, also running Aero without trouble. So… Could we extract the driver from the beta version and then install it manually under our definitive versions of Vista??? What would happen???? Mmmmmm…. Maybe I’ll try, as I have a copy of Vista Ultimate Beta. Who said ‘DANGER’ having as we have good assurances???? LoL

What do U think ’bout this, guys? Let me know… Tanks & regards from the sunny Spain!

Manuel Novoa - Spain ,
First of all thanks for the comments.

Interesting about the drivers in the beta working. I’d give it a try.

Let us know what happens.

Well, at last yesterday I was testing some new drivers, and here are the results. First, the configuration of the laptop where I was runnin all this stuff: HP Compaq V4000 series, 1 Gb RAM, 80 Gb HD (IDE), of course the infamous chipset i915, running Windows Vista Ultimate spanish with the nope patch, 100% updated till now. First I tried a driver extracted from the Windows Vista official beta. It didn’t worked. Well, yes it worked, but no difference. Maybe a slowdown in the overall performance, but no Aero, and the performance score remained at 1 (poor graphics). Then I tried a driver some people stated to work well with Vista and Aero, the famous Lakeport driver from Intel. The only result: A totally frozen computer with HDD running and running but, no Vista, no Aero. Ought to restart in safe mode, then deleted video card from control panel, and restart again to be able to run Vista at the initial condition.

Anyway, I MUST say again the very same: Vista is running so fast and so smooth in my laptop, but with no transparency and no Aero. Never mind. I know it’s Vista capable, altough it came originally with an XP Home licence. To everyone which is feeling bad with Intel/Microsoft: Vista runs better at my PC than XP. That’s a reason for switching to it. Vista is more stable than XP, assuming both are completely updated as it certainly is. Vista is -still with Aero- too much pretty and intuitive than XP. Well, maybe it will be a traumatic transition for someone, but hey, it was the same with DOS/Win 3.x, or Win 3.x/95, or 98-ME/2000-XP. This is nothing new. I still like Inteñ chips, and certainly I can’t blame them because when I adquired my laptop it cames with XP and there was no Vista, only rumours. To watch Vista running so well with this somewhat “old” machine (a year and a half) makes me very very happy…

Anyway, thanks Ron and everyone for your interesting inputs, and may God be with all of U and your families.

P.s. Sorry again for my bad english, It’s the lack of practice… See ‘ya soon!

Enable Aero Glass On NoN - WDDM Video Cards:-

By Hubbak Khan

If you have upgraded your >4 year old computer to Vista (versions with aero effects), this is disabled because your video card doesn’t pass the WDDM specs.
Here is how to enable those cool-looking Aero Effects:

1. From the Start menu, click All Programs and then expand Accessories.

2. Right click on “Command Prompt” and click “Run as Administrator”.

3. Click on “Allow” from the Windows Security dialog.

4. In the Command Prompt window, type “regedit” (without the quotes) and press Enter.

5. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM (if this key doesn’t exist, create it)

6. Create a new DWORD (32-bit value) of UseMachineCheck, and set its value to 0.

7. Create a new DWORD (32-bit value) of Blur, and set its value to 0.

8. Create a new DWORD (32-bit value) of Animations, and set its value to 0.

9. from the Start Menu, Click “Run”

10. Type “cmd”, and click Ok

11. At the command prompt window, type “net stop uxsms” (without the quotes)

12. after that finishes, type “net start uxsms” (without the quotes)

13. Reboot

12. Goto Personalization in the Control Panel, Click on Window Color and Design

13. Apply Aero !!!!!!!

By Hubbak Khan

Good thing. Vista is bad enough. You can upgrade your graphics card though…. Intel should think about the future if they are building onboard graphics…

there is no way (including registry hack) to get AERO working on a 915 processor. There is no point in trying.