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    Is it possible to Disable GPU in EB Series?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by nitins60, Oct 3, 2010.

  1. nitins60

    nitins60 Newbie

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    Hello friends,


    Yesterday I have bought Sony Vaio EB Series Laptop

    1. Core i3-370M
    2. 15.4" FHD
    3. ATI Raedon 1GB Gpu

    I have mixed feelings after buying this. First thing is Not Good Sound and second thing is not a long battery time.

    My question is Is It possible to disable or alteast Tweak ATI Catalyst Manager so that I can disable GPU while working so that i don't need any graphics. and to enable When i Need like watching movies n playing games.

    Please Help me with more feasible options so that i can improve battery time.
     
    nitins60, Oct 3, 2010
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  2. arth1

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    If you don't use graphics, I take it you use windows terminal server or similar to connect to the computer while working at it. If so, you can always disable the graphics card driver in the device manger.

    No, you can not disable the only graphics card if you use that graphics card for displaying anything.
     
    arth1, Oct 3, 2010
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  3. nitins60

    nitins60 Newbie

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    when i have gone through logs; i have seen Intel Logs where It installed Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver. so I am asking is it possible to switch between them.
     
    nitins60, Oct 4, 2010
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    Fireblade-rider Notebook Enthusiast

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    No, you can't switch between the ATI graphics and the onboard graphics, because the core i3 onboard graphics are hardware disabled by Sony.
     
    Fireblade-rider, Oct 5, 2010
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