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    Why does Z try to project over HDMI when plugged in while on Stamina mode?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by XTACTIC, Oct 20, 2011.

  1. XTACTIC

    XTACTIC Notebook Consultant

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    Why does Z try to project over HDMI when plugged in while on Stamina mode?

    I thought stamina would only route over the VGA port, and nvidia the HDMI?
    so why does it even bother, just to fail?

    I am using the computer cowboy bios mod thread method, and using computer cowboy patcher for all new nvidia direct driver downloads. so that is to say, static vga policy i think.

    this is just a minor inconvenience when i hotplug-in without rebooting to choose speed as i only output to my external monitor over hdmi from the z. the vga port on the monitor is routed to the desktop comp.
     
    XTACTIC, Oct 20, 2011
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    milly177 Notebook Enthusiast

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    HDMI is only through the Intel graphics which is what is active when you are in stamina mode. I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think you can use the HDMI when you use the nVidia card. I could be and probably am wrong, but I remember reading that somewhere.
     
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    Well not only i'm I thinking opposite, its actually happening before my own eyes, so i think hdmi is on nvidia, and vga on intel... :cool:
     
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