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    How to manually switch the GPU in Safe Mode?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ronferri, Jul 9, 2014.

  1. ronferri

    ronferri Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an HP DV6 with an AMD 6770M and an INTEL 3000 GPU, switching between them usually works by right clicking on the desktop and clicking Configure Switchable Graphics. It usually switches fine except a frequent BSOD when switching to the AMD card. Sometimes the restart will lead to the BSOD again because the system got stuck on the AMD card and cannot load its drivers properly, and I can only go to safe mode once. If the second restart also fails in loading the AMD drivers Windows no longer loads and it takes me to the system repair screen which is a mess and I was about to lose all my data in a couple of occasions because of this.

    To avoid this my question for you guys is this, how can I manually switch the primary boot GPU from the stuck AMD card to intel 3000 when I make it to Safe Mode. Is there a registry setting or a boot setting for that somewhere? Right Clicking on desktop does not work in Safe Mode.

    After I restart from Safe mode I want windows to load the Intel GPU and not the AMD.

    Yes I do have the latest drivers from leschatlabs.

    Thanks and hugs.
     
    ronferri, Jul 9, 2014
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