J.D Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 A year ago I bought a Lenovo B50-70 Lappy, Intel i5 and put a Samsung 850 EVO 500gb SSD in it - OS is Win7 Pro x64 All works fine except never been happy with the graphics display colours and brightness .There was a recent driver update dated February 2015 . There was no noticeable improvement so I waited for further updates but there has been none .The Graphics is an Intel 4400 but it will not allow me to use an Intel driver update where there are many drivers much later than Lenovo's modified version dated Feb' 2015 .(the msg is to use the manufacturers driver) My question is: Is there a way of using Intel drivers of much later dates that might fix the poor quality problems and if so how do you do it to get around Lenovo's protection) If there is away around the problem, I hope it won't screw up my Lappy or damage anything Thanks guys for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALLONN7 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Did you use the Intel automated updater or downloaded the latest version and tried to install it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Yes I have D/L Intel drivers and tried: 1) Using the setup exe where the installation will not start and and error msg says to obtain the driver from the computer manufacturers site 2)Via Device Manager I've tried using Update Driver and point it to a folder containing all the files from the zip - the msg given there is I have the best driver already installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALLONN7 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Understand... I think this will be your last shot... Please report... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Tried Driver Booster several times where it does identify the correct Intel driver but cannot install it with the error msg as in 1 above Thanks for your help anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALLONN7 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Sorry to hear it... 31 minutes ago, J.D said: Tried Driver Booster several times where it does identify the correct Intel driver but cannot install it with the error msg as in 1 above Thanks for your help anyway The next time you consider buying a notebook, buy it from a company that allows you to update drivers other than their own. HP is one o' them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Thanks Joe, I have 10 18 10 3993 dated Feb 2015 currently installed (Intel Video Driver(x64) for Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 3 hours ago, J.D said: A year ago I bought a Lenovo B50-70 Lappy, Intel i5 and put a Samsung 850 EVO 500gb SSD in it - OS is Win7 Pro x64 All works fine except never been happy with the graphics display colours and brightness .There was a recent driver update dated February 2015 . There was no noticeable improvement so I waited for further updates but there has been none .The Graphics is an Intel 4400 but it will not allow me to use an Intel driver update where there are many drivers much later than Lenovo's modified version dated Feb' 2015 .(the msg is to use the manufacturers driver) My question is: Is there a way of using Intel drivers of much later dates that might fix the poor quality problems and if so how do you do it to get around Lenovo's protection) If there is away around the problem, I hope it won't screw up my Lappy or damage anything Thanks guys for any help Try uninstalling everything with a program mentioned on nsane, display driver uninstaller (i think) - then try install the latest one from intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I am having same problem with my Pentium N3700 based Lenovo yoga 300 notebook. Latest drivers from intel don't work and lenovo is always too late to stick with latest drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 You need to uninstall the drivers and use a driver cleaner this is like trying to downgrade directx directx wont let you install a earlier version of directx because of a migration file. Uninstall the driver and search for any remnants using a device driver cleaner and then try to install the driver you want to install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recruit Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I have two ThinkPad laptops from Lenovo ( X220 - I5 & T450s - I7 ). Always I am using an app. called ThinkVantage System Update in order to update my drivers onto them. Generally, I am happy with this way, even if they make and some mistakes sometimes : for e.g one week ago a new bios update for T450s was released and appeared into the app. , but the file has not been downloaded for several times. Only after some days it has been downloaded and installed . There isn't also an app. to update drivers for non - business laptops from Lenovo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gipsy Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 look to the label on down side of your laptop. there u can find your model number looks like 2****(5 digits) go to Lenovo support site & download previous driver,then install thru device manager-update driver-browse for driver software on your computer. Intel driver updater sucks imo. unfortunatelly all TN matrix nowday's notebooks r shitty so if u need good colors-IPS notebooks r only one solution. btw.u can try to correct colors thru control panel-display-color calibration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 @gipsy Yep, TN panel sucks specially when you have 360 degree rotating touchscreen laptop. Viewing angles are very poor and average clarity. Sorry, it's a bit off topic though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gipsy Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 random fact-best colors i got on TN was on windows 8.1,win 7 & 10 colors sucks even when i tried calibrate a display thru Atrise Lutcurve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Outcome, I down-graded to previous driver and it looks much better . Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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