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    XPS L502 - how to turn optimus off ??

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by civilengstudent, Jul 22, 2011.

  1. civilengstudent

    civilengstudent Notebook Guru

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    hi

    I want to ask if i can turn the optimus off and use the 540 gpu all the time regardless of the power issue ?
    so that i can run the videos and everything on it ?

    thnx in advance
     
    civilengstudent, Jul 22, 2011
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  2. Villosa

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    You can't turn it 'off' because it's built into the driver. What you can do is open NVIDIA Control Panel>Manage 3D Settings and customize all programs to use the 540M
     
    Villosa, Jul 22, 2011
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    As villosa said. Go into the control panel and just set the system default to the NVidia. This is effectively turning it off.
     
    madmattd, Jul 22, 2011
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    thanks alot

    also i was wondering can i connect it with external monitor using the hdmi port ?
     
    civilengstudent, Jul 26, 2011
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    Yes, but the HDMI will force use of the NVidia card as the port is hardwired to the NVidia as I understand.
     
    madmattd, Jul 27, 2011
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