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    Acer Aspire 4741G can support Optimus?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by EndruBoy, Aug 18, 2012.

  1. EndruBoy

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    I have an older model of 4741G which is not support Optimus neighter swicheable graphics. I can only see my GeForce GT330M in the device manager. I also have an Inel Core i5 430M with integrated graphics(according to Intel's page). The problem is that I can't see any option in the BIOS to switch between these graphics cards. When I check it with Aida64 it says that my integrated graphic is inactive.

    Now, I found a modded BIOS in the other topic here with unlocked menus in it. I haven't tried it yet because I have a question about it:
    Is it possible that I can't activate my integrated VGA because only the dedicated one has the output in my laptop? So it's not like Optimus supported notebooks where the output connects to the integrated VGA and the dedicated connects to the integrated one? So this way my integrated VGA has been completly blocked and can not be used (maybe it's not even connected)?

    Thank you for any help.

    Edit: There are other (newer) 4741G models with Optimus support out there.
     
    EndruBoy, Aug 18, 2012
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