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    How to disable optimus wiith gtx 580m???

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by nastynate69, Aug 24, 2011.

  1. nastynate69

    nastynate69 Notebook Geek

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    Hello all I am currently running modded A04 bios and I have the nvidia gtx 580m. Is there anyway to disable optimus?? I tried the method that was used with the 460m which was disabling the intel card and set primary to peg but when I do that it will not boot to windows, it spits out an error about p states or something. Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance. :D
     
    nastynate69, Aug 24, 2011
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  2. LVNeptune

    LVNeptune Notebook Virtuoso

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    You should only need to disable "IGP"
     
    LVNeptune, Aug 25, 2011
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