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    Anybody figured out how to bypass Nvidia Optimus?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by deaners, Nov 6, 2010.

  1. deaners

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    Hey,

    I was wondering if anybody has found a way to bypass Nvidia Optimus and install the Notebook video drivers directly found on the Nvidia website. I don't mind the loss in battery life, but I do mind how Asus only releases sub par video drivers for the Nvidia Optimus drivers once in a blue moon.

    I have an Asus UL30Jt with Windows 7 64 bit Home, what I've tried so far is going through the bios and turning off Nvidia Optimus with the windows XP compatibility option. I then proceeded to install the Notebook drivers off of the Nvidia website, but that didn't work since the installation program said that I don't have a compatible video card, go figure even though Windows 7 recognized only the Nvidia GPU after changing this bios option. I'm looking for drivers that bypass this step in the installation, and thought about using Omega drivers for the Nvidia platform. Problem with that is that the Omega website says that the next driver release will support Windows 7...anyway I'm wondering if anybody has found a way around this, or if anybody has been successful in installing Windows XP on the Ul30 series and what they did to get the Nvidia 310m to work under that OS. If the install works under Windows xp, then its time for a downgrade.

    Thanks ahead of time for all your help.
     
    deaners, Nov 6, 2010
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