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GeForce 280M SLI issue with m17x

Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Nerevar, Dec 26, 2009.

Nerevar Notebook Enthusiast

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I'm pretty sure I have daul geforce 280M SLI with a geforce 9400m for when the discrete graphics are off. Now usually when I turn on my computer I have an icon in the bottom right of my desktop to enable my discrete graphics. It is also only after I do this that my 280ms show up in my device manager. Recently though the green icon to enable the graphics boost hasn't been show up when I start my computer, and I've been stuck with the 9400m. I've tried reinstalling old drivers and new ones. Is there any way to enable my discrete graphics without it, or any other solution?

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Nerevar, Dec 26, 2009

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The_Moo Here we go again.....

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in the bios to run only on the 260's turn off "hybrid " and intergrated"

thAT will force it to run on them

The_Moo, Dec 26, 2009

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As Moo mentioned, you can set them both to disabled, this will cause the system to not see the 9400M G and only run on the discrete GPU(s). Doing this will not display the NVIDIA Chevron icon in the task tray you mentioned.

For a complete breakdown, see item#3 here:
http://4help.alienware.com/cgi-bin/alienware.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=6079

BatBoy, Dec 26, 2009

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