Need video drivers for Intel 810/810e/815/815e series video card

I installed Vista Beta 2 on an older Dell machine with an Intel
810/810e/815/815e series video card. All I can get is 8 bit 800x600 display
settings. I could not find Vista drivers on Intel's or Dell's web sites.
Are there any other drivers, something generic maybe which I could use on
this test machine? For this machine I am not prepared to buy a new video
card as it was headed for disposal anyway. I just wanted to show other
people in our organization what Vista looks like as we probably won't
upgrade our current machines, only replace them when they get old.

Unless either Intel or Dell releases drivers you are out of luck.

I planned to use some decent older computer (1.3GHz, 512MB, fast 40GB
HD,...) to test inhouse developpement compatibility. (That computer is
roaring with XP or 2003 EE.)

The best I got was Vista *pretending* to use 8 bit 800x600 display, when it
was clearly *4bit*.

And while using 16 colors mode, some options in dialog box are simply not
displayed... which is BAD !

I have been able to make my Samsung flat panel 19" seen after I provided
Vista with the constructor CD.

I tried to install the lasted 2000/XP driver for 815 from Intel. Vista was
happy, installed it and asked to reboot.
It did reboot, up to the desktop at nominal resolution.
At which point it "blued" with a Stop C2 ("Bad Pool Caller") !

I think this is only fair as the 815 borrow memory on main memory (if my
memory serves...) Thus I expect that the driver needs to cooperate with the
OS a little.

I hoped to be able to pick-up another driver (some kind of "super-VGA").
But no such thing is available.

The good think is that I spend quite some time in the various configuration
screens.

The bad thing is that I spend a sufficient time to find myself back with
"training wheel". Really looks like Apple to me ! Come on, Windows is for
grown-ups !

Bottom line : frustrating and infuriating experience... will stick to XP a
few more years, I guess.

When you installed the XP drivers in Vista did you run the install SetUp in
XP compatibility mode?

We had another machine in the dust heap with a 32 MB card which I snagged
and it seems to work OK for demo purposes, but between that and 256 MB RAM,
I get no aero glass, but that's just a whiz bang feature that I can't see
much use for in a normal business environment.

Aero actually speeds the computer up. If a system has the hardware to run
Aero much of the graphics processing is dome by the GPU instead of the CPU.
This can make a dramatic difference in the overall speed of Vista on a
hardware challenged pc. On a pc like you have, increasing the RAM and
upgrading the video card to one that supports Aero will make the computer
usable. This needn't cost a lot of money. Less than $200.00 should do it.

I tried to run the setup in XP compatibility mode as well.

As well as I tried installing after disabling the "limited user mode" (Which
is a silly mode when you are *setting up* your system. Can be desirable on
normal daily usage, thought.)

I tried to tell where to find the folder which hold the .inf driver file.
It installs the driver. After the reboot I get the BSoD.
Rebooting to the last known good configuration, Windows complain on a
device which doesn't have a proper driver. It tells me to choose between
Standard VGA and the Intel 810/815... If I pick up the Intel driver, Vista
tells me that there is a wrong syntax in the .inf file !

Just for the sake of completness :
I have been able to install an Intel driver on it.

That is, I used the Intel Embedded Graphic Driver (look for IEGD 5.1 on
Intel site)

Vista will still ask for a video controller driver, but it is working
perfectly in 32-bit colors mode and happy in 1280x1024.

That way I have a nice computer for basic windows Vista testing.

I tried installing the driver, using the device manager with no luck and also
setup. How did u install it? this is a laptop, and i ahve the same issue.

please somebody help us with the 815 chipset is there a way to get out of the
low resolution can we use the old driver (i tried but i got a blue screen)

i have asus cusl2 and p3 800

I am afraid you are out of luck. Even the 915 chipset is not supported in
Vista as you can see from the following:

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-023606.htm

Mine is stuck at 800x600 4bit, too. But if I connect to it via Remote
Desktop, it is willing to almost fill my 1680x1050 display. Guess how
I use it...

Have you tried the XP drivers? I did that with an 845G chipset - seemed
to work. Installed the application using compatability mode.

[Adrianus]

I did experience the same problem, basic graphics with Vista on this old platform.
The solution to the problem of the BSOD screen after installing the available (version 6.7 or older) XP driver for the 82810E graphics controller is indeed the use of the IEGD 5.1 utility, which can be dowloaded from the Intel site.
When dowloaded, the setup.exe will not run without fault, because the default ssigd.inf file is not complete and some needed files are missing.
You have to replace the ssigd.inf file of the IEGD utility, by the renamed .inf file of Intel (version 6.7 in zip format dowloaded) and merge the existing files of the 6.7 to be able to run the utilility succesfull, which creates 2 compatible driver options in the Windows install screen: '810E embedded graphics controller" version 4.1 and 5.1.
After manual restart, install a driver with the Windows device management, clicking the option for compatible drivers; they appear beside the standard VGA (unwanted) option and you can choose and install.
After restart no BSOD but a 600x800 screen appears which can be configured in the normal procedure to other more suitable configurations.

[Adrianus]

Maybe the above procedure can be simplified to; not changing the standard ssigd.inf of the IEGD utility, simply run it (with ending in error) and install manually the created compatible "810E embedded graphics controller", (or other driver up to 945GM depending on your motherboard), after restart, in Windows Vista or Windows 7 Device Management.

Wish you luck with these procedures.