



If I let Windows Update get Intel's driver, the "device connected" sound plays and the laptop powers down.Ĭurrently, my laptop is running the Windows 10 Preview, however, I had the exact same issue with Windows 7 where I would have to reinstall Intel's driver every few days. The laptop works absolutely fine with the basic driver. Though, the very first time I experienced this issue with drivers Kali Linux would kernel panic until I fixed the problem in Windows, then work fine.which is odd I guess. Attempting to boot into Kali Linux causes a kernel panic and "intel" shows up in a few different places. I've even tried Intel's driver utility which detects which driver is needed and downloads it, though when it installs it and reboots the basic display driver is in use. I've tried the two latest drivers on Intel's site for Intel HD 4000 as well as the drivers on Lenovo's support pages. Really, I've lost track of exactly what I've done. I've tried numerous times to install it, and either it powers down immediately or I get an error saying my computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements. The same thing would happen every week where I'd need to boot into safe mode and remove Intel's driver then install it again in, but now when I install the Intel driver the computer shuts down immediately during the install and reboots using Microsoft's basic driver. I did the same thing and uninstalled Intel's driver in safe mode, booted back into Windows and installed Intel's driver again. I then reinstalled Intel's driver, and the laptop worked fine for about a week before the powering down at the login screen started again. I uninstalled it and was able to boot back into Windows normally using Microsoft's basic driver. Now at the login screen, the screen would glitch showing green horizontal lines over a distorted login screen, then power down.Įventually I seem to have traced the problem to the Intel HD 4000 driver. I tried safe mode, which worked fine, so I enabled memory dumps and verifier. Naturally I of course tried to power it back on, however as soon as the login screen appeared the same thing would happen. There was no warning or bluescreen, as if the battery was pulled.

This is an issue that started a few months back on my Lenovo Z500 Touch laptop and it's been bothering me greatly.Ī few months back my laptop randomly powered down while I was using it.
