Nvidia Optimus Not Working

There are 2 graphic cards.

Nvidia optimus not working. Acer intel core i5 2410m 2 3 ghz nvidia geforce gt 540m 2 gb 8 gb memory ram note. See 6 for. Anyone knows some workaround to start manually optimus service. Need you help guys my laptop.

At least a sticker on my laptop says that. To enable power management see the upstream guide. The nvidia optimus tech basically switches out igpu and dgpu turning on and off one between the other usage on demand based on the tasks you re doing. If let s say you only browsing the web writing docs watch movies or any other lightweight load it normally switches to igpu and turns off the dgpu so you will get less power draw and thus enhances battery life.

By default optimus manager only changes which graphics driver is active. Intel hd graphic family geforce gt 540m windows 7 home premium 64 bit my laptop should have the optimus technology. As this didn t work i downgraded the kernel nvidia driver and bbswitch i just picked the last versions that were released in 2019 because i m not very experienced with downgrading packages and now the switching works again even after suspending the system with optimus manager 1 3 1. Nv gt 740m nvidia driver.

Unfortunately there is no way to update the optimus controller and it still work and if you update the intel video driver from intel it will break as well. In device manager display adapters. I have a issue with nvidia optimus on windows 10 tp. Configurations that include a turing architecture or newer gpu and an intel coffee lake or newer cpu can use power management features built into the proprietary nvidia driver.

Nvidia optimus technology intelligently optimizes your notebook pc providing the outstanding graphics performance you need when you need it all the while extending battery life for longer enjoyment.