diff --git a/lib/ivis_opengl/screen.c b/lib/ivis_opengl/screen.c
index 891ed80ed..e8f9bd911 100644
--- a/lib/ivis_opengl/screen.c
+++ b/lib/ivis_opengl/screen.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ GLuint fbo;					// Our handle to the FBO
 GLuint FBOtexture;			// The texture we are going to use
 GLuint FBOdepthbuffer;		// Our handle to the depth render buffer
 static BOOL FBOinit = false;
+BOOL bFboProblem = false;	// hack to work around people with bad drivers. (*cough*intel*cough*)
 
 /* Initialise the double buffered display */
 BOOL screenInitialise(
@@ -421,6 +422,7 @@ void checkGLErrors(const char *label)
 		return;
 
 	debug(LOG_ERROR, "OpenGL ERROR in %s: %s, (0x%0x)", label, gluErrorString(errCode), errCode);
+	bFboProblem = true;		// we have a issue with the FBO, fallback to normal routine
 }
 
 BOOL Init_FBO(unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
diff --git a/src/multiint.c b/src/multiint.c
index 1e7bd0184..612fbe069 100644
--- a/src/multiint.c
+++ b/src/multiint.c
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ extern char	MultiPlayersPath[PATH_MAX];
 extern GLuint fbo;					// Our handle to the FBO
 extern GLuint FBOtexture;			// The texture we are going to use
 extern GLuint FBOdepthbuffer;		// Our handle to the depth render buffer
-
-extern BOOL				bSendingMap;
+extern BOOL bFboProblem;			// hack to work around people with bad drivers. (*cough*intel*cough*)
+extern BOOL bSendingMap;			// used to indicate we are sending a map
 
 extern void intDisplayTemplateButton(WIDGET *psWidget, UDWORD xOffset, UDWORD yOffset, PIELIGHT *pColours);
 
@@ -302,8 +302,10 @@ void loadMapPreview(void)
 	memset(playerpos,0x77,sizeof(playerpos));
 	// color our texture with clancolors @ correct position
 	plotStructurePreview16(imageData, scale, offX2, offY2,playerpos);
+	glGetError();					// clear openGL errorcodes
 	// and now, for those that have FBO available on their card
-	if(Init_FBO(BACKDROP_HACK_WIDTH,BACKDROP_HACK_HEIGHT))
+	// added hack to work around bad drivers that report FBO available, when it is not.
+	if(Init_FBO(BACKDROP_HACK_WIDTH,BACKDROP_HACK_HEIGHT) && !bFboProblem)
 	{
 		// Save the view port and set it to the size of the texture
 		glPushAttrib(GL_VIEWPORT_BIT);
@@ -373,15 +375,22 @@ void loadMapPreview(void)
 		glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
 		glPopMatrix();
 		glPopAttrib();
-
-		screen_Upload(fboData);
+		// if we detected a error, then we must fallback to old texture, or user will not see anything.
+		if(!bFboProblem)
+		{
+			screen_Upload(fboData);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			screen_Upload(imageData);
+		}
 		checkGLErrors("Done with FBO routine");
 
 	}
 	else
-	{	// no FBO was available, just show them what we got.
+	{
+		// no FBO was available, just show them what we got.
 		screen_Upload(imageData);
-
 	}
 
 	free(fboData);