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    Can I Switch between Integrated & Discrete in Satellite U500

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by chenc22, Mar 18, 2010.

  1. chenc22

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    Hi, everyone. Just purchased the U500 with i5-430m processor and Nvidia 310M. Please correct me if I am wrong. I assume that the i5-430m chipset came with an integrated graphics controller while the Nvidia card is on a daughter board? Is there a way to tell the computer to use the integrated intel graphics instead of the Nvidia video card? If so, can someone please post the procedure/step to do so? I looked in the BIOS (F2 on startup) but I don't see anything that might do so. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
     
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  2. Amnesiac

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    Well, if there is nothing in the BIOS at this point, then it's most likely not possible, unless there is something in a Toshiba Utility you can change.

    Hopefully there will be a BIOS release which takes advantage of the chipset.
     
    Amnesiac, Mar 18, 2010
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