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Sapphireoath wrote on 2013-03-03 23:43
Just recently I got a "gaming" laptop (I DO have a desktop, but it had to go into storage. Moving house and other stuff :P), and I have an odd issue. Sometimes when I first turn it on, it seems the graphics drivers or the card itself isn't detected.
It is a GTX670MX, the issue is easily fixed by Scanning for Hardware Changes in Device Manager. But I'd like to know if there is actually anything I can try, to fix this issue and prevent it happening.
I don't really have anything else that might help. When it is actually being detected, everything is running perfectly smooth.
Relevant specs if needed:
CLEVO P151EMx
GTX670MX
i5 3320M
8GB RAM
Samsung 840 SSD
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Yoorah wrote on 2013-03-04 01:07
Silly question, but have you tried re-installing the drivers? Maybe use one of those driver cleaner programs to make sure the NV drivers and other software is completely gone before you reinstall. There was some tool lots of people used for this, but I forgot what it was called. v: May wanna do the same with the Intel GPU driver software just to be sure.
Also, check for BIOS updates from Clevo. Maybe it's caused by some weird BIOS bug.
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Yoorah wrote on 2013-03-04 01:07
Silly question, but have you tried re-installing the drivers? Maybe use one of those driver cleaner programs to make sure the NV drivers and other software is completely gone before you reinstall. There was some tool lots of people used for this, but I forgot what it was called. v: May wanna do the same with the Intel GPU driver software just to be sure.
Also, check for BIOS updates from Clevo. Maybe it's caused by some weird BIOS bug.
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abc33kr wrote on 2013-03-04 03:31
Maybe your laptop has a feature that turns off your dedicated graphics when you're not doing anything intensive?
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Sapphireoath wrote on 2013-03-04 03:48
It isn't that it isn't doing anything intensive, not if it's being disabled in this way.
@Yoorah
I'll try reinstalling the drivers, didn't really think it would be an issue, but I guess it doesn't hurt.
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Reyaxris wrote on 2013-03-04 11:28
Hey Saph. I wonder if you have nVidia Optimus on that lappy as what abc might be referring to... Cause I pretty much have the same issue with Mabi telling me about "Video card is not recommended" even though the specs of it is way beyond what Mabi needs.
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Sapphireoath wrote on 2013-03-04 23:33
Not the same issue though, Optimus isn't switching from the dedicated nvidia, to the HD4000. It is completely disabling the nvidia card (and nVidia Control Panel, when accessed from the Windows Control Panel, tells me that no card was detected).
Question about drivers, should I be using the graphics drivers from the actual manufacturer, or the ones from nvidia (in this case, manufacturer being Clevo)?
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Taycat wrote on 2013-03-04 23:37
If the card is Nvidia whatever, use Nvidia.
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Sapphireoath wrote on 2013-03-05 00:24
The auto detecter thing on nVidia's site, said I should be using the drivers supplied by the manufacturer. Downloads from Clevo are so fucking slow though, (talking not even 30kbp/s).
Edit: Just noticed something. The drivers I find for the GTX670MX on the nVidia site, don't actually list the GTX670MX in Supported Products. The newest Beta drivers (314.14) however, do list it. Guess I'll try the beta drivers :P