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Hey guys, I was struggling with the issue of installing the graphic driver of 'Intel 5 GM/GME Graphics Controller Driver' for windows 7. I search a lot through Google and one of the websites I came across is this cool website -- To be exact, I came across this thread: And, unfortunately, what was mentioned did not work for me -- I did not go through all the pages though, so if what I am going to share with you is repeated for some/all of you, then I apologize for wasting your time:). I also tried DriverMax.
I made a backup of the driver from windows vista -- it was the previous operating system on my laptop. And I tried 'painfully' to recover the backup, but I always get the blue screen!!! So, I have to go to the 'Safe Mode' and delete the driver in order to make windows work again. By the way, my laptop is and old Asus (one of the A6 series). -- I am not sure if that's important to know anyway. To make a long story shorter, my case was the common case that I usually read from users who are suffering 'like me' and others from this issue which is the automatic roll back to the standard VGA driver from windows 7 after the first restart.
So, when I install the driver after long hours of different attempts using different ways, I get to a point where I get it work but with a restart requirement. Once windows 7 restarts, it rolls back to the standard VGA just like I did nothing!! Now, the good news is: YOU get to end your journey of suffering just like me Here is the BEST way that worked for me like a ***charm***, you just need to follow it carefully and it is sooooo easy to do. Thanks to 'Lexxion' who wrote this great solution. Here are the steps. Problem When installing 855GM Series video driver Windows 7 reverts back to Standard VGA adapter after restart.
The problem is that 855GM Series video driver is not native for Windows 7 and it will always choose Standard VGA Adapter as native video driver. A lot of older laptops have this video chipset.
I read a lot of tutorials on the net and nothing worked for me. So I figured out a UNIVERSAL way to get it to work, I think:) Solution The only driver that worked for me is: Intel(R) Graphics Controller 6.. The reason why is that Standard VGA Adapter (Win7 native) is the same version (6.) but it has newer release date.