Laptop Blue Screen Due To Intel Onboard GPU

[AverageNinja]

Hey guys,

So as some of you may or may not know my laptop's HDD died recently. I grabbed the drive out of my PS3 as a temporary solution and installed Windows 8.1 on it. It seems to be working fine, though there's one (annoying) problem.

When I'm playing games (mainly Dark Souls at the moment), blue screens will occur. It's not that it happens after a set time, sometimes it'll happen in 10 minutes, sometimes after a few hours. Needless to say it's quite frustrating.

I think I already know what the problem is: the Intel Onboard GPU. The dump says the following:

Dump File: 050515-24671-01.dmp
Bug Check String: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Bug check code: 0x000000d1
Parameter 1: 00000000`00000028
Parameter 2: 00000000`00000002
Parameter 3: 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4: fffff801`386a5c47
Caused by driver: igdkmd64.sys
Caused by adress: igdkmd64.sys+62c47
File description: Intel Graphics Kernel Mode Driver
Product name: Intel HD Graphics Drivers for Windows 8(R)
Company: Intel Corporation
File version: 10.18.10.3308
Processor: x64
Crash adress: ntoskrnl.exe+153fa0
Full path: C:\Windows\Minidump\050515-24671-01.dmp
Processor count: 2
Major version: 15
Minor version: 9600

Now before you suggest me that I should disable the onboard graphics, I tried. That's the main problem. The system sees my Intel GPU as the main display adapter. When I disable it, at first my second monitor stops working. Then when I restart, the second monitor is the only thing that'll work. At 4 possible resolutions. One thing I haven't tried yet is to reinstall the Nvidia drivers after disabling the Intel GPU, so I'll try that right now.

Suggestions on what to do are always welcome

Cheers!

AverageNinja

 

[barnsley]

It looks like its the driver of the intel GPU that is causing the issues. Have you tried updating the driver?

 

[AverageNinja]

It looks like its the driver of the intel GPU that is causing the issues. Have you tried updating the driver?

I did, multiple times. I tried drivers from the ASUS (laptop manufacturer) website, from Intel's website. Even tried installing Intel's latest Windows 8.1 optimized drivers (won't install as they're 'not compatible' somehow, even though it lists my CPU as supported).

Just tried disabling the Intel display adapter well that was a nightmare
Display would always state 'out of range' at 90Hz. Didn't even get to reinstalling the Nvidia drivers, just had to go into safe mode and enable the GPU again.

I might also call ASUS when I get a new HDD (TTL is sending me his old drive, thanks again dude, you rock ), and ask them for a good Windows 8 image with all the ASUS utilities and my old Windows 8 key. For now I really want to try and fix this though. Attempting to enter Blighttown and getting a BSOD at the nearest tough enemy isn't ideal :lol:

EDIT: I just checked and there are Recovery DVD's for €30 (just drivers) up to €70 (Windows and Drivers). Makes me wonder why those aren't included in the box. You need to fill in your laptop's serial number and they're bound to ASUS products so it's not like you can exploit it for free Windows.

EDIT2: I seem to have fixed it by installing old drivers. The one that used to be on my old laptop that is. Strange thing is these are Windows 8 optimized and work fine, while the ones Windows 8.1 made my laptop crash. Well, glad that's sorted out.