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    W520 Nividia Optimus Issue

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ComputerNewb, Nov 28, 2011.

  1. ComputerNewb

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    Hey guys,

    So I updated the Nvidia drivers (the most recent one and one about a month or 2 ago) and ever since, Nividia Optimus doesn't seem to work. If the BIOS isn't set to Integrated, the discrete card is always on and is reducing my battery life by 50%+. I was wondering if anyone knows what could be causing this issue and remedy the problem.

    Thank you
     
    ComputerNewb, Nov 28, 2011
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    Colonel O'Neill, Nov 28, 2011
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    Thank you (the link doesn't work thou, but Google found it :D)

    The program said chrome.exe was using the GPU....which only had Google documents open.
     
    ComputerNewb, Nov 29, 2011
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    There you go. You'll need to add Chrome to the list of programs to run on the integrated chipset. Firefox's plugin-container.exe went straight to discrete by default, which is greatly annoying.
     
    Colonel O'Neill, Nov 29, 2011
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