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    Hybrid graphics always off

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Tchamber, Oct 28, 2010.

  1. Tchamber

    Tchamber Notebook Consultant

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    Having graphic problems again. Almost every time I turn my computer on, BIOS shows Hybrid Graphics as disabled. Is this simply a bad CMOS battery or something worse? Oh yeah, system time is always wrong too, seems like that points to bad CMOS.
     
    Tchamber, Oct 28, 2010
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  2. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yep, replace the CMOS battery. If the system time is always resetting, that is a good indication of the problem source. I'll have to cross my fingers, have not had to replace the CMOS batt in my 17x yet. Received it back in May/June of last year.
     
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