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    m17xr3 460m manual switching only possible?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by imranh101, Jun 26, 2012.

  1. imranh101

    imranh101 Notebook Guru

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    Hey all.
    So after a while I with the help of some on this forum figured out the problem with my M17Xr3 always BSODing for no reason.
    It was the automatic switching.
    So I installed A08 unlocked BIOS and disabled the IGP. This hasn't been a problem at all since I'm at home.
    Now though in a month and a half school is comin' back (DAMMIT!) and I'm gonna need some battery life again. Is there a way to enable the FN+F7 combination on a 460m + 60hz display? Or some other way to switch graphics manually while the laptop is on. It'd be a pain to have to go to BIOS every time, and I'd prefer the increased batterylife possible when using IGP because at school a lot of time won't be spent gaming.
     
    imranh101, Jun 26, 2012
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