Intel HD not working while using GeForce 660

MegamanXGold · Apr 5, 2014

I just set up my 660GTX with 3 monitors, which works great. But I wanted a utility monitor, and thought the Intel HD 4600 Graphics on my i7 would do the trick. I can't seem to install the graphics driver (says my system doesn't meet the requirements... lol) and Windows doesn't seem to see it. Am I wrong in assuming all 4770k's have the Intel HD 4600 Series graphics? Or is my GeForce using all the graphics pipelines, disabling the integrated stuff? I don't want to game with the fourth monitor.

Specs:
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel i7 4770k @ stock speeds
DDR3-1600 (8GBs)
nVidia GeForce 660 GTX
ASUS Z87-Pro

Thank you!

lfkfkfkffs · Apr 5, 2014

Do you have the starter edition of windows 7? You may want to use the intel graphics from your manufactures website if you haven't already. the generic drivers will give you errors in the utility sometimes.

MegamanXGold · Apr 7, 2014

lfkfkfkffs :

Windows 7 Pro. If you mean the manufacturer of the PC, that would be me. But I think I discovered why the Intel Driver isn't installing - it may not be detecting the iGPU at all.

I found another post that said the BIOS setting I could not find was in fact there, so after some searching, I discovered that many options were hiding in the BIOS because it remembered what I was looking at the last time I was in there (how annoying!). This did not solve my issue, naturally.

I did enable the iGPU and Multi-Monitor support, and Windows detects something video related but fails to install it, driver still fails as it did before. But I read somewhere that the ASUS Z87-Pro will not activate the iGPU unless a DVI or HDMI monitor is plugged in, so I think that's why I can't install the bloody driver - my utility monitor is VGA only. I will post an update after I try plugging in a DVI monitor to see if I can install the driver, then switch back. If it works but I have to keep a DVI or HDMI device plugged in for VGA to work, then the on-board / iGPU feature seems pretty useless to me.

Either way, thank you for the input!

lfkfkfkffs · Apr 7, 2014

Did you download the HD driver from asus or intel? I tried that on mine just to humor myself and it seemed to work through my dvi But the generic intel driver did fail. So my asus HD driver worked

parik · Apr 7, 2014

Enable the igpu function in the bios.

MegamanXGold · Apr 7, 2014

parik :

I did that. :/

MegamanXGold · Apr 7, 2014

lfkfkfkffs :

I went and got the ASUS Intel Accelerated Graphics Driver from the ASUS site, on your suggestion. Hilariously, it did the exact same thing: "Your system does not meet the minimum system requirements."

But then I noticed the driver files come extracted with that package, and browsed the contents. I found the driver for what seemed to be what I needed in there, went into Device Manager, right clicked the offended "Video Controller", manually selected the driver, and "minimum system requirements" my ass! IT WORKED.

So, lesson learned, never expect Intel nor ASUS to know how to detect their own damned hardware. lol.

Thank you for showing me the way to my solution! The Utility Monitor works perfectly, exactly as I'd have expected, just like that. No restart required. You're WONDERFUL!! xD

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