Integrated graphics are dying, can I still use my laptop?

360r · Mar 9, 2018

I have my laptop Acer V3-574G-533U running Windows 10 with Intel Core i5-5200U, HD Graphics 5500 and NVidia GeForce 940M. The thing is a week ago I started getting some screen distortion while playing games. Than I realized my laptop used Intel HD Graphics for all the gaming tasks (which wasn't taking that much of performance, but it was processing for pretty long time). I haven't cleaned this laptop for a long time, so it is obvious, integrated graphics were overheating and then probably damaged. Now I have a bit of distortion while doing my tasks (there is no tearing or wrong colors - mostly it is just not correctly placed objects with not correct angle and lines, like some 3D-effect), even the desktop, but still not getting any errors or warnings while in-game. I also switched all of my tasks to NVidia Processor, though HD Graphics are used constantly as all the ports on my laptop are Intel's ones - so now everything is drawn with this effect.

Now I still need my laptop and it is not of a big problem to replace it, but now I have to use it for, I think, week or too. The only damaged thing looks to be integrated graphics card, I was testing RAM, HDD and dedicated graphics for issues in various tests, but it seems to work okay. I have also cleaned my laptop from all the dust inside, so now the temperature is okay too (as Intel Tuning Tool showed). But there ire still these stupid distortion glitches not allowing me to do my work and play properly. Is there any way to minimize usage my Intel Graphics with less glitches possible? I have already lowered its clocks to the minimum value possible, but I still cant look at the screen. All the rivers are up-to-date.

jacobweaver800 · Mar 9, 2018

360r :

I have my laptop Acer V3-574G-533U running Windows 10 with Intel Core i5-5200U, HD Graphics 5500 and NVidia GeForce 940M. The thing is a week ago I started getting some screen distortion while playing games. Than I realized my laptop used Intel HD Graphics for all the gaming tasks (which wasn't taking that much of performance, but it was processing for pretty long time). I haven't cleaned this laptop for a long time, so it is obvious, integrated graphics were overheating and then probably damaged. Now I have a bit of distortion while doing my tasks (there is no tearing or wrong colors - mostly it is just not correctly placed objects with not correct angle and lines, like some 3D-effect), even the desktop, but still not getting any errors or warnings while in-game. I also switched all of my tasks to NVidia Processor, though HD Graphics are used constantly as all the ports on my laptop are Intel's ones - so now everything is drawn with this effect.

Now I still need my laptop and it is not of a big problem to replace it, but now I have to use it for, I think, week or too. The only damaged thing looks to be integrated graphics card, I was testing RAM, HDD and dedicated graphics for issues in various tests, but it seems to work okay. I have also cleaned my laptop from all the dust inside, so now the temperature is okay too (as Intel Tuning Tool showed). But there ire still these stupid distortion glitches not allowing me to do my work and play properly. Is there any way to minimize usage my Intel Graphics with less glitches possible? I have already lowered its clocks to the minimum value possible, but I still cant look at the screen. All the rivers are up-to-date.

Welp, your getting whats called Data Artifacting, it happens when using a graphics card with an overclock that's too high, and you guessed it, on dead or dying GPU's. If you can get into the BIOS and completely disable the integrated graphics that should fix it, if it has a dedicated card then everything should be running off that anyways, weird.

360r · Mar 9, 2018

jacobweaver800 :

As I have mentioned earlier, my ports (HDMI, VGA) and a laptop display are still under the Intel HD Graphics. I have even tested all of these ports with my second screen to disable this graphics in a Device Manager (soon I realize it is impossible with finding some posts here). So, I have to use this dying card. Though I have noticed It doesn't glitch as crazy with locking its clocks and doing some simple tasks. But then I try gaming and it takes 15 minutes to get maximum glitches possible, though laptop is using NVidia for this purpose.

So, any ways of getting Intel graphics to use rarely enough to minimize all of distortion? And if I actually get it somehow turned off in BIOS (believe me, this BIOS is far from being the best one as it has some bugs and I don't remember huge variety of options) will it work with these ports?

jacobweaver800 · Mar 9, 2018

360r :

jacobweaver800 :

As I have mentioned earlier, my ports (HDMI, VGA) and a laptop display are still under the Intel HD Graphics. I have even tested all of these ports with my second screen to disable this graphics in a Device Manager (soon I realize it is impossible with finding some posts here). So, I have to use this dying card. Though I have noticed It doesn't glitch as crazy with locking its clocks and doing some simple tasks. But then I try gaming and it takes 15 minutes to get maximum glitches possible, though laptop is using NVidia for this purpose.

So, any ways of getting Intel graphics to use rarely enough to minimize all of distortion? And if I actually get it somehow turned off in BIOS (believe me, this BIOS is far from being the best one as it has some bugs and I don't remember huge variety of options) will it work with these ports?

Wait so your laptop has integrated graphics as well as a dedicated card? WTF who designed that thing that's the dumbest thing I ever heard, the display and all the ports should be driven off the dedicated card not the integrated graphics.

caledbwlch · Mar 20, 2018

How handy are you? Before I wrote anything off, I would crack it open, give all the heatsinks a good cleaning, and if possible reapply thermal paste to the CPU and GPU. I'd say there is a fair possibility the laptop will run fine after doing that. Most CPUs and GPUs throttle to prevent damage from overheating. But many a time I have seen replacing dried up thermal paste fix a problem like this.

jacobweaver800 · Mar 21, 2018

caledbwlch :

Not really, a hard throtteling CPU or GPU will cause mouse stuttering when moving it, not everything to stutter that isn't moving. Chances are something is dead or dying or his screen is bad.

Corwin65 · Mar 21, 2018

jacobweaver800 :

360r :

jacobweaver800 :

As I have mentioned earlier, my ports (HDMI, VGA) and a laptop display are still under the Intel HD Graphics. I have even tested all of these ports with my second screen to disable this graphics in a Device Manager (soon I realize it is impossible with finding some posts here). So, I have to use this dying card. Though I have noticed It doesn't glitch as crazy with locking its clocks and doing some simple tasks. But then I try gaming and it takes 15 minutes to get maximum glitches possible, though laptop is using NVidia for this purpose.

So, any ways of getting Intel graphics to use rarely enough to minimize all of distortion? And if I actually get it somehow turned off in BIOS (believe me, this BIOS is far from being the best one as it has some bugs and I don't remember huge variety of options) will it work with these ports?

Wait so your laptop has integrated graphics as well as a dedicated card? WTF who designed that thing that's the dumbest thing I ever heard, the display and all the ports should be driven off the dedicated card not the integrated graphics.

It's actually commonplace.

jacobweaver800 · Mar 21, 2018

Corwin65 :

jacobweaver800 :

360r :

Wait so your laptop has integrated graphics as well as a dedicated card? WTF who designed that thing that's the dumbest thing I ever heard, the display and all the ports should be driven off the dedicated card not the integrated graphics.

It's actually commonplace.

Yeah, but it's stupid. Whats the point of it then? You can't run another monitor since the ports are supposedly connected to the integrated graphics not the dedicated card. And what happens when the integrated graphics die and this happens?

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