Custom Driver : Intel HD Graphics & ATI Combo (Alpha) - by nIGHTmAYOR

nIGHTmAYOR · 08 Apr 2020

** Project discontinued due to lack of interest / rarity of hardware **

Intel HD Graphics 2000/3000 & ATI Combo Alpha (by nIGHTmAYOR)

Full Name : Intel (R) HD Graphics

Version: 20.21.4459 Alpha Version

Rebranded : Intel (R) HD Graphics Family

Platform : Windows 10 x64 (Backward Compatibility 7 , 8 , 8.1)

Q : What's this driver ?
A : This is a work in progress attempt to revive custom combo laptops done
pre the era of "Dynamic Switchable Graphics Technology" developed by AMD
to co-work with Intel , as to let these laptops still have switchable graphics on
Windows 10

Attention :
1 - This driver is aimed for a pretty specific laptops released with GPU specs :
Intel HD Graphics 2000 or 3000 with early generation switchable ATI GPU combo
If you do not possess such hardware do not even attempt to install this driver

2 - This is not a tested or guaranteed stable version what so ever it is released
under the agreement that it may crash your system , require you to reset it or may
make you lose data , it is out for Alpha and Beta testers only under no guaranty
what so ever it may work or behave well

3 - I do not own such a hardware , I am just doing this project in a blind manner to
help others

~~>>DOWNLOAD REVISION 1<<~~ (04/04/2020)
~~>>DOWNLOAD REVISION 2<<~~ (06/06/2020)
~~>>DOWNLOAD REVISION 3<<~~ (09/09/2020)
~~>>DOWNLOAD REVISION 4<<~~ (10/10/2020)
~~>>DOWNLOAD REVISION 5<<~~ (12/10/2020)
~~>>DOWNLOAD REVISION 6<<~~ (01/01/2021)
~~Stand By for REVISION 7~~

Supported Hardware List :

//Intel GPU Support :
Intel HD Graphics 2000
Intel HD Graphics 3000

//ATI / AMD GPU Support :
Radeon (TM) HD 6370M
Radeon (TM) HD 6470M
Radeon (TM) HD 6470M
Radeon (TM) HD 6490M
Radeon (TM) HD 6630M
Radeon (TM) HD 6650M
Radeon (TM) HD 6750M
Radeon (TM) HD 6770M
AMD Radeon 6600M and 6700M Series
AMD Radeon HD 6400M Series
AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series
And many more now...

1 - Make sure you have System Restore enabled before installation for safety

2 - Also it is recommended to have the latest mother board Bios installed

3 - Run the steps according to their exact numbers

4 - Always use run as Administrator to Run a step

5 - Starting step 2 the PC will restart so make sure you save all your work

6 - If you have already installed several other drivers and this one fail to install , a probable cause might be you need to remove previous drivers , if found to be hard try to update to Windows default first

7 - A red dialogue should pop up to inform you that you are about to install an unsigned driver where you have to click install to that , it's what we are doing here anyways

8 - Some Anti-Viruses have odd features called "Containment" or "Run Virtual" and sometimes these take control and setup the driver in a virtual machine like environment and not really install it (Example Comodo or Kaspersky) in all cases if you want to ease up your life just disable your Anti-Virus during setup , you can always scan the driver first just to make sure everything is clean and to note , this one shouldn't be hated by any Anti-Virus as it is constructed from all official files

9 - When all steps are done make sure to enable Intel Control Panel through Right Clicking Desktop > Graphics Property or alternative translation

10- Enabling Tray Icon is accessible through : Right Clicking Desktop > Graphics Options or alternative translation

11- If you can't find Graphics Properties / Options do re-install the driver

12- It is better to make sure Intel Control Panel is set to the following :
3D > 3D Preferences > Performance
3D > Vertical Sync > Applications Settings Power > Plugged In > Maximum Performance

13- That's it , you are done , dismissed

P.S
a. Consider this driver a beta until someone reports back it gave him no problems

b. I do not take personal demands (Like for example do not even bother ask for 32 bit
version)

Cheers,

nIGHTmAYOR

01/01/2021

LiorA · 10 Apr 2020

Can you provide the source code ?

Your attempt to help is appreciated, but one need to be safe about what he is downloading & installing..

nIGHTmAYOR · 11 Apr 2020

LiorA said:

Can you provide the source code ?

Your attempt to help is appreciated, but one need to be safe about what he is downloading & installing..

no sweety i did not ask from you to take any risk , wait till someone who knows stuff about beta testing take the bullet , there might be a long process of tweaking before this thing is final .

DrGouh · 13 Apr 2020

Thanks for making that project.
I tried it since I had an Intel HD Graphics and I thought it would work with the AMD Radeon HD 7650M even if it wasn't in the supported models...
Can I hope for a future support for my GPU ?

nIGHTmAYOR · 13 Apr 2020

DrGouh said:

Thanks for making that project.
I tried it since I had an Intel HD Graphics and I thought it would work with the AMD Radeon HD 7650M even if it wasn't in the supported models...
Can I hope for a future support for my GPU ?

actually i am willing to work with whomever willing to try .
so what was the quit message you had may i know ?

DrGouh · 13 Apr 2020

It was in French but it basically said that I didn't meet the requirements, I didn't have the required configuration.

LiorA · 24 Apr 2020

nIGHTmAYOR said:

actually i am willing to work with whomever willing to try .
so what was the quit message you had may i know ?

Still don't want to share the code ?

I have 6770M, but Im afraid to install something that will damage my laptop..

nIGHTmAYOR · 24 Apr 2020

LiorA said:

Still don't want to share the code ?

I have 6770M, but Im afraid to install something that will damage my laptop..

I have had no serious responses for this thread actually that I plan to discard the whole thing .

Like I said I needed some Alpha/Beta testers but apparently such hardware turned out to be rare unlike other hardware I released drivers for .

So I wont be just developing and providing for just 1 person or 2 , that is highly irrational .

I'm giving this 30 days from day of posting then locking it down actually .

@DrGouh , I highly appreciate your interest but since I had no feed backs on previous release I cant just continue developing it .

LiorA · 09 May 2020

@nIGHTmAYOR

There are more than one people that are interested in this switchable driver.(I can provide links)

I'm a B.S.c computer science grad.

They apparently afraid to install it.(And I also a bit)

Can we think about a solution ?

nIGHTmAYOR · 09 May 2020

LiorA said:

@nIGHTmAYOR

There are more than one people that are interested in this switchable driver.(I can provide links)

I'm a B.S.c computer science grad.

They apparently afraid to install it.(And I also a bit)

Can we think about a solution ?

Thanks for your interest but you are only speaking for yourself , as of now the project is discontinued .

Sorry for the inconvenience and best regards .

P.S On a side notice who would even bother try to hijack a decade old piece of hardware , if owners had any money they would rather buy new ones , and even if it was about mining then clearly one would opt to hack a capable machine , a miner would kill that old tech right off and render its users unhappy , this is all about sympathy for the incapable hon , hope i am not offending .