Since 2017, Intel no longer provides automated update tools (like Intel Driver & Support Assistant) for 1st Gen Core processors. The final official driver package was released on April 18, 2016 (Version 15.22.58.2993).
The culprit is almost always an outdated, missing, or corrupted .
Published: October 2023 | Hardware Focus: Legacy Systems
If you are still using a laptop powered by the Intel Core i3-370M processor—common in devices like the Dell Inspiron 15R, HP Pavilion G6, Acer Aspire 5742, or Lenovo G560—you may have recently encountered a frustrating problem: screen flickering, inability to change resolution, games refusing to launch, or the dreaded "Video Driver Crashed" error.