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    Any way to disable dedicated graphics card

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Cploof88, Aug 20, 2014.

  1. Cploof88

    Cploof88 Notebook Guru

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    I have an Alienware 17 with the r9 m290x graphics card and I'm trying to disable it so i can install osx mavericks. The unit shuts down after the apple log pops up so I'm thinking the graphics driver is killing it.

    Any other ideas?

    Thank You
     
    Cploof88, Aug 20, 2014
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  2. mariussx

    mariussx Notebook Evangelist

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    As far as I know you can only disable Intel card and have your dedicated card as the only card in device manager. I do not believe there is a way to disable dedicated card. Unless you do not mind physically removing the card.
     
    mariussx, Aug 20, 2014
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    Yes the switch is only dedicated or igp + dedicated. So physical removal is your only option.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 20, 2014
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    iceman600 Notebook Consultant

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    I dnt kno you can install osx in alienware... Care to direct me on the procedure youre doing?


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    iceman600, Aug 21, 2014
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  5. mikecacho

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    So you can't just disable it in the device manager... Well that sucks, lol.
     
    mikecacho, Aug 21, 2014
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    Out of curiosity, have you looked at the options in the BIOS, I'm not certain there'll be something there, but it might be worth looking. The Precisions and Alienwares usually have similar BIOS and you may be able to tweak things to your liking there. I'm not too hopeful, but it may be worth a look.

    Other than that, physically removing the GPU should work, the Precisions will default to the Intel IGP if you remove the GPU and as I said before, Alienwares and Precisions tends to have similar BIOS (Phoenix BIOS instead of that AMI crap) and internal designs.
     
    tijo, Aug 21, 2014
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  7. mariussx

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    You can always do this while in Windows, but he is going to reinstall a different operating system. When installing OSX you get kernel panics from everything, that is not supported and does not have modified drivers.
     
    mariussx, Aug 21, 2014
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    there 's no option in the BIOS unfortunately. Removing it physically would be the best way.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Aug 22, 2014
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