Ubuntu – Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 – Graphics problems on kernel 4.10.0-37-generic

I'm currently using a HP Notebook 14-am089tu laptop, with a Quad Core Intel Pentium N3710 Processor (2.5GHz), Intel HD Graphics 405 Graphics Card, 8GB RAM, and it's running Ubuntu GNOME 17.04. Right from the start, I've noticed that graphics and animations haven't been that smooth. (The Show Applications animation is laggy, Window animations, etc.). I was running the 4.10.0-35-generic kernel right up till today. But today (October 10th, 2017), I got an update to 4.10.0-37-generic. I updated and rebooted. But when logging in, I noticed that the login animation was jumpy. In fact, none of the animations worked. At all. I rebooted, selected kernel 4.10.0-35-generic from the grub menu, purged the new kernel, and rebooted. Things were back to normal. Does this mean that I can't use new kernels after this? (SIDE NOTES: Tested Ubuntu 17.04 with Unity from a LiveUSB. Animations were perfect on Unity. And, I tried updating to the latest drivers using the Intel Drivers software from 01.org. But the tool wasn't available for 17.04. I just installed the 16.04 version).