No Custom Driver Updates?

Howdy, new here and all so I'll cut to the point: I simply cannot find any updates more than 2 years old for my current graphics driver. I've had my computer since 2007 and the first couple years were great, as to be expected, and then slowly in this past year it's gotten ridiculous.

If I had to guess, I would assume many BSODs I get would be due to outdated drivers, regardless of the fact I never get the same message twice. I tried the Intel Update Utility and it gave me the following message:

Product Detected: Intel G33/G31
Current Driver Installed: 7.15.10.1666

A customized computer manufacturer driver is installed on your computer. The Intel Driver Update Utility is not able to update the driver. Installing a generic Intel driver instead of the customized computer manufacturer driver may cause technical issues. Contact your computer manufacturer for the latest driver for your computer.

However, I can't find anything from HP (latest update there is actually older than my current), AMI (regardless of being the computer manufacturer, there was nothing to even point me in some vague direction), or anywhere else for that matter.

I would hope that I can still find support for at least this one since it is likely the most important thing take care of before I can whittle away at some of the other drivers *most likely* being out of date.

But, if it means I need to buy a new graphics card to get different drivers, then so be it. Just don't have the money right now (and that's not even knowing how much a good one costs, though I would guess a lot because I play games like WoW and whatnot).

So, advice, price estimates, etc? Either way, thank you for your time and patience.

((P.S. As I've been up an unhealthy amount of time working to get my computer working as today has been *particularly* bad, I apologize if I overlooked something.))

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You would find the latest here

I hit a bit of a snag. When I go to download a driver, it just directs me to the driver update utility, which of course tells me the same thing as in my original post.

Then you have the latest I would say.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng

No you don't have the latest. Go here and fill out this top bit.

This is just demoralizing. I finally find the stuff I need and then I need pre-requisites to install it all. Okay, fine. And now I need to get the pre-requisites for THOSE, as well.

Going to be a very frustrating time until I finally find where I can finally work up again. There any way to just kinda make a shortcut to where I can start installing the next step up for upgrades to the stuff I already have? I don't know how far back this stretches.

Sorry for all the edits.

I had started filling the download page for you but you have the info it needs.

Well I downloaded it for you but there is a problem when i try to post it I will get back to you, I have contacted Admin, if I forget PM me.

The best option is for you to go to the intel site and download this driver.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17408&keyword=%22G33%22&lang=eng


Just click on the download button on the right side.

When I went to use the Setup, I got the following message:

The driver being installed is not validated for this computer. Please obtain the appropriate driver from the computer's manufacturer.

Setup will exit.


So, this is.....I don't even know. Straight-up graphics driver I don't have pre-requisites for nor any of *their* pre-requisites, the media accelerator driver not being valid, and I'm really feeling guilty for constantly having to reply back here, regardless of circumstances.

Not sure what to take this as.

Okay, do this first... D/L gpu-z
Download TechPowerUp GPU-Z v0.4.6 | techPowerUp

And fnd out what card you have.. chipsets don't usually include gpu drivers.

Then start looking for the newest gpu driver.

Yes I will need to know more about your system as that was the latest driver for an Intel G33

All the graphics card name says is Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family.

Here is an image link to the full page it displayed.

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/10/10/19/4sv.png

ilikefree said:

Yes I will need to know more about your system as that was the latest driver for an Intel G33

Click to expand...

Alrighty then, what would you like? I'm not too sure what to put beyond what is in my system specs profile.

Here this sho0uld be it...
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Graphics&ProductLine=Desktop+graphics+controllers&ProductProduct=Intel%c2%ae+G33+Express+Chipset

The g33 uses a gma 3100 gpu, according to intel, so the above should work.

I'm sorry, but as there are 3 pages of downloads from that link, so I'm just increasingly confused and tired and...well, you can guess how sh*tty I feel from honestly trying my best to comply but it won't work. Would you terribly mind please showing the specific one? I went looking through the Vista 32 ones but at least a few I've already tried to install previously and said I didn't meet the requirements. And whenever I go to update my other stuff to try to *meet* those requirements, I can never find the correctly named files.

So, I hate myself for asking for a link directly to the one single driver, but all those links on the page, they just blend together for me. Apologies, it's just this whole ordeal is really "getting" to me, if you know what I mean.

No prob... You've probably been on that rich BC bud... Besides, if i didn't want to help, i'd just stop answering...

But I think then you might have tried my only suggestion:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17408&ProdId=2843&lang=eng

Is this a HP computer? As AMI really doesn't make systems.

The info I wanted was what is the custom driver you have installed as stated in your first post.It may help and it may not.


http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17407&ProdId=2843&lang=eng


Download page link take either the .exe 64bit or the .zip 64bit

Okay, that one download has definitely been tried. And for AMI, not making sense, that's what I thought, but SystemSpecs listed it as the manufacturer. The computer came in an HP case, though, though I'm not sure how much indication that is of it actually being an HP computer in and of itself. However, running dang slim on options so I guess we should just say yes.

Anywhoo, the Intel(R) GMA Driver (I'm amazed I didn't notice this icon earlier) in Control Panel has this to say:

(Attachment to avoid making gargantuan post)

Okay..... I think I know your issue....

I'm betting you have an HP (I found a model that basically fits your specs.), which uses a company modified driver. Now that setup is unsupported, so youre not going to update it.

I think you should zip up your dump files, and get a new topic started to get someone to read it.

Btw, hasve you tested your ram? use www.memtest.org Its a bootable img.

For a referance, any of these ATI cards will work for you, and theyre all under $100.
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