My discoveries on Vaio Z’s Hybrid Graphics

Installed 263.14-2281: works like a charm
good job!!!

 

I have installed 260.63 (8.17.12.6063) on my Z114GX. Can I disable test mode after Signed a System File ?

 

If you have installed a non signed driver in test mode, you "can NOT" disable test mode after, it has be active all time. If you disable the driver will fail loading on startup.

 

Is 263.00 (8.17.12.6300) signed or non signed ? Thanks

 

Depends... if its my driver pack then it will NOT be signed.

 

Thanks for your info. Windows and other software still working well in Test Mode ?

 

Yes, it has no influence on windows or anything else. Test mode is only disabling the driver signing that windows x64 is doing, thats all. It means it will load drivers that are not signed by microsoft, like the custom graphics drivers.

 

Now I am curious why every single one here installed 26300 2202 or 26314 2281 signed why not 26314 2266?

 

Most already tried 2266 / 263.00, so they most likely want to ''upgrade'' so you pick the newest available. Why pick 2266 if 2281 works?

 

trying to install nautis's 260.63 (8.17.12.6063) 2020 on vaio-z vgn older model
have black screen while installing it / installing in test mode

Any thoughts..?

#edit
Installed!
Just have to switch to stamina before installing, signed drivers works good yet, much better than previous 191.90

 

keep up... man!


Before I say something, has anyone tried 1080p while on battery ? Try it, you will be surprised of BSOD. If only you are using 263.14.

Driver will work fine if you use low resolution, but that is not perfect driver anymore.

In this forum i have not seen anyone complained about 263.14... well it is about time

ta.

 

Thanks for the feedback, I tried hdmi 1080p using 26314 2266, I watched movie for 30 minutes in battery mode without bsod.

edit:
i am working for new set

 

I installed the 26314 - 2266, since I do not have the multicolor bars graphics distortion on the screen when switching from intel to nvidia. With 26314 - 2281 I had that problem.

But thanks for the drivers, they work great!

 

thanks for feedback, i don't have this problem.

for all,
Intel 2312 is out. I have 90% feelings that this will not works.

 

I'm getting this also -- just before logging in to windows and only for <1 second. I haven't seen this issue any other time.

 

are you using windows7 sp 1 or w/o sp 1?

 

Had this issue as well, but it suddenly disappeared a few (re)boots later.

 

damn...my joy was too early!
Experienced load of issues with nautis's 260.63 (8.17.12.6063) 2020...
They runs perfectly, but this things:
1. Random flickering, depends on nothing while doing actually nothing too...
2. Switching for intel doesn't allow to switch back on nvidia driver after
3. Brightness totally doesn't work with nvidia side

Other than that this drivers is PERFECT
And i could even forget about any issue, but this ing random flickering...it is very annoying.

Any suggestions \ thoughts \ ability to fix this driver?
Please help guys

 

Please check page 252. I might want to close this thread and start part 2, because nautis may not go online anytime soon.

 

Anyone else have a problem with random blown out saturated or too much gamma?

It seems to happen randomly, the only way to get it back to normal is to reboot . When switching to Nvidia the colors go back to normal also.

Any solution?
Thanks

 

26314 2281 signed uploaded to 4shared.
26314 2266 signed uploaded to 4shared

 

Andrew08
That's great thx, but as i can see it doesn't confirmed to work with VGN-Z models (which i have), i'm not VPC-Z user....So will it work for me?
Or you actually asking for testing this out?

 

@mfpreach
Look in the intel control panel for power something menu, click battery and turn of automatic brightness something.

 

I'm currently running without SP1. I'll try installing SP1 tomorrow and post if it helps.

EDIT: No change after installing SP1. It's not a big issue for me.

 

Everything posted here so far is only for VPCZ1(pre stage 1) because I am still working on stage 1.
Pre stage 2(VGNZ) will come in 5 months time depending how busy I am, but if someone is to take over VGNZ or alienware m11x then it is possible to finish all the project faster.

 

may Allah bless u Andrew, 2281 works perfectly on my vpcz13s9r, no more videocard crash !

 

i know this is not the right section to ask but it seems like you are the only who is getting this to work, can you show me how to do it maybe I can work something up for the Dell one please.

 

Is the Vostro 3700 Hybrid Graphics or Optimus?

It seems to be Optimus based, so you should be able to download drivers directly from www.nvidia.com

 

nope it's hybrid just like the one vaio z got

 

I am currently working on stage1.

 

26314 2281

This is by far the best release yet! No crashes or glitches.

Performance is signifgntly improved as well.

Andrew... HUGE thanks!

Dontate button?

 

Hi

While I was trying to add Skype.exe into WHiteList key found in HKLM>SOFTWARE>NVIDIA Corporation>Hybrid, I figured out that it was not working at all in the latest driver published (26314 2281)

I remembered that in the previous version I was using, a tooltip was displayed by Nvidia each time graphic cards were switched where It was proposed to "Replace blocking programs" but this menu wasn't available.

Here is the way to reactivate it in latest drivers 26314 2281 in order to get the possibility back to unblock programs and to remove this annoying window.

Under the same registry node (HKLM>SOFTWARE>NVIDIA Corporation>Hybrid), you need to change these keys :

DisableUI -> 0
HybridSplash -> 1
ShowManageBlockingProgramsUI -> 1

After that, rebbot. You should have Nvidia icon available in taskbar.
Switch to SPEED mode. A menu appears where you can see something like "Replace blocking programs", click on it.
In this menu, you can add a new program and decide to block switching or not if this one is running

 

I'm sorry this is part of my hobby so I won't put any donation button, thanks for your offer.
Thanks for the feedback.

You don't need to change hybrid splash to 1

By the way this feature is inside special features 1 inf inside all my packages.

 

I got occasional (memory related?) crashes with ShowManageBlockingProgramsUI set to 1. Anyone else experiencing something similar? Or perhaps I'm just whitelisting the wrong applications.

What does the HybridSplash setting do?

 

Can you post your notebook model and which driver are you using?
I have 36 programs tested and no error, VPCZ1 26314 2266 tested for 3 weeks before uploaded here.

I forgot what hybrid splash I will check and explain next week.

 

Heh. I've got a BenQ Joybook S42 (9600M GT and 4500MHD) running the official Alienware M11x R1 197.72 driver since it came out.

I haven't had a chance to test any other drivers yet. Just running the driver without ShowManageBlockingProgramsUI enabled till I have time to mess around again. It could well be a bug with the older driver.

edit:

Okay. Thanks for the info.

 

Nvidia bug fixed after 260XX out.

 

How do you manage the list without being able to access Nvidia menu otherwise ?

 

Ok, I got it ! Didn't noticed that we have to change the inf included in the package to enable these features

now it's too late as I don't want to reinstall all.

Thanks a lot for all you're doing for us !

 

I don't get what you mean,
But I can see the menu, if I am not wrong Nautis told me to disabled this.

 

On my side with the default install, NVidia menu is not visible. So there is no way to manage blocking programs as far as I get.

If you want this menu, you need to modify key in registry or to use Special features 1 or 2 modifying INF before installing, right ? Do you see another possibility ?

 

Special inf is the same with your settings except for hybrid splash
It is misunderstanding.

 

Yeah I understood but I installed the default package with no special feature (default inf).
As a result, I wasn't able to remove this annoying popup when I was switching except with reinstalling drivers or changing registry by myself.

That's what I did

 

any news yet on completing stage 1 andrew? I would also like to know how do I donate some beers to you just want to show my support a bit.

 

Please understand that I can only use my pc on saturdays or Sundays, I will need sometime before I can finish stage 1, I promise I can get stage 1 work but I will develop pre-stage 2 at the same time And should be released at the same time.

As for donation, I won't have it anytime soon.

 

@Andrew08

Just wanted to let you know that Sony has released new drivers. Not for Vaio Z but in general, so maybe some of this can be a help for you anyway (from laptopvideo2go):

"Found the newest Nvidia Sony driver 266.64 here ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/VAIO/ORIGINAL/NVDVID_00243427_0042.ZIP (needs to be extracted with Uniextract software)

NVSZF inf supports NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M with the following hardware ID
"

 

thanks for the news but this build doesn't support hybrid graphic.

edit:
26710 from microsoft doesn't support hybrid graphic

edit2:
26314 2312 failed to work

edit3:
back to stage 1

edit4:
Lenovo thinkpad t410i/s beta inf finished.

edit5:
Lenovo thinkpad t410i/s beta inf uploaded to other forum.

edit6:
Dell Vostro 3700 beta inf is in progress...

 

i know you are busy and I just want to show my support, if you need someone to test for you please let me know. I am glad to help out.

 

which notebook are you using dnsmo?

 

vostro 3700