Intel HD graphics driver causing reboots
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Written in May 2011. Kept as it was, so versions, links and details may be out of date.
I haven’t purchaed a dedicated graphics card yet for my new build so I’m using the Core i5’s built-in GPU. This updated GPU is a major improvement over past integrated GPU attempts. After installing the latest Intel HD graphics driver I found my system in a reboot loop every time it went to load Windows. Weird since this was a new Windows install with Intel drivers that had been out since December. After some Googling I found Windows 7 needs to be updated to Service Pack 1 for these graphics drivers to work properly. I guess I should have done that first anyways, but oh well. So if your having issues with the Intel HD graphics driver rebooting your system after installing, update Windows 7 to Service Pack 1 first.