1. JohnPol

    JohnPol MDL Novice

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    I see. I'll try that.
    Thanks!
     
  2. svl7

    svl7 MDL Novice

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    That's not something you can achieve simply by using a modified BIOS, it depends on how the mobo is designed. With the V3 771 the dGPU was not connected to the display, making it impossible to not using the Intel HD, most likely it's exactly the same case with the 772, meaning if you change the display settings then you will end up with a black screen.
     
  3. JohnPol

    JohnPol MDL Novice

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    Thanks for your remark.

    When I play HD video at 60 fps, I have frames that are dropped from time to time. It doesn't come from the player, it is really after that (so on graphic card side I guess). It is really annoying.
    I see that when I play video the Nvidia card is not used at all (thanks to Optimus). I therefore wanted to try to "force" the use of Nvidia card all the time to see if it removes those "frame drop" issues.
    I know that at some point both Intel and Nvidia merge their pipe in order to display the frames, but I don't know if the problem is happening after or before this pipe merge.

    To summarize, that's true that maybe bios mod will not solve anything.
    But I wanted to have a try since I don't have any other idea (beside putting this expensive laptop on ebay and re-buying a "working" one :( :()
     
  4. pai60

    pai60 MDL Novice

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    Hi guys. I have a lenovo ideapad U550. I have been trying install windows 8 on it for a while but no chance. My actually bios spec. are: Vendor: LENOVO
    Version: 23CN21WW
    Release Date: 10/29/2009
    ROM Size: 2048 kB
    PCI is supported
    BIOS is upgradeable
    BIOS shadowing is allowed
    Boot from CD is supported
    Selectable boot is supported
    BIOS ROM is socketed
    EDD is supported
    ACPI is supported
    USB legacy is supported
    Targeted content distribution is supported
    BIOS Revision: 0.21
    Firmware Revision: 3.22
    Could I request a modded version of this bios? Thanks
     
  5. Tito

    Tito Super Mod / Adviser
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    @pai60

    What is the error??
     
  6. pai60

    pai60 MDL Novice

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    Sorry. The main error was ACPI bios not fully compliant. Plus a sad face told me that my pc ran into error and need to be restarted...I tried also installing 7 and xp with same results. My laptop was originally shipped with windows 7 home edition. On the Lenovo website no bios update present or planned. Thanks.:(