Rafael, which Ubuntu version are you using? And what's the kernel version? For the external corruption you mentioned, some fix is needed in Intel kernel driver, and probably you can try the kernel image below.
http://people.canonical.com/~tjaalton/i915-dkms/release/intel-i915-backport-3.8-dkms_3.8.6.0_all.deb
Rafael, which Ubuntu version are you using? And what's the kernel version? For the external corruption you mentioned, some fix is needed in Intel kernel driver, and probably you can try the kernel image below.
http:// people. canonical. com/~tjaalton/ i915-dkms/ release/ intel-i915- backport- 3.8-dkms_ 3.8.6.0_ all.deb