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Thread: Disable ATI card in dual-GPU laptop?


hey all, i've been searching around forums way disable ati mobility 5650 on hp envy 14 little success. have little use outside of gaming in windows , heats laptop considerably , burning lot of battery power. i'm not using proprietary ati driver , looking turn ati card off , use integrated intel chip when using ubuntu 11.04 64-bit (have dual boot setup win7-64). i'm new ubuntu/linux , love everyday computing far seems if ati card going eat battery when not in use, it's not viable mobile setup me right now. tips or help?

solved own problem. managed install catalyst 11.6 ati website using:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?'p=10805756

using hsoulen's terminal code. have access switchable ati graphics, requires restart change seems running 1 gpu when intel chip selected no more overheating!


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