2 graphics drivers installed??
Solved
discus38
Posted messages
6
Status
Member
-
discus38 Posted messages 6 Status Member -
discus38 Posted messages 6 Status Member -
Hello,
It seems that I have 2 drivers installed for my graphics card:
- Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
The NVIDIA driver seems to be the correct one as it matches the graphics card in my laptop, and I installed it recently.
Is it normal to see both appear in the Device Manager?
If not, how do I remove the Intel driver? If I right-click and then 'disable', I get a black screen...
Does this mean that the Intel driver is being used as a priority?
Thank you for your clarification and any possible solutions.
PS: I have a screenshot of my device manager, but I couldn't find how to attach the image to this message...
It seems that I have 2 drivers installed for my graphics card:
- Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
The NVIDIA driver seems to be the correct one as it matches the graphics card in my laptop, and I installed it recently.
Is it normal to see both appear in the Device Manager?
If not, how do I remove the Intel driver? If I right-click and then 'disable', I get a black screen...
Does this mean that the Intel driver is being used as a priority?
Thank you for your clarification and any possible solutions.
PS: I have a screenshot of my device manager, but I couldn't find how to attach the image to this message...
6 answers
Hello,
It seems that I have 2 drivers installed for my graphics card:
- Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
This is quite normal; almost all current laptops have 2 graphics circuits:
- one in the CPU, used for standard display when 3D is not needed, and also when the laptop is battery-operated to increase battery life;
- a separate graphics card, which automatically activates when a 3D application is launched, with the power connected, as Blegal said
Your display issue seems to be a hardware problem, either a connection issue with the screen or a defective graphics card, it's hard to say from a distance
Please post a new topic as you have titled this one "2 graphics drivers installed" and people will respond to that point.
It seems that I have 2 drivers installed for my graphics card:
- Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
This is quite normal; almost all current laptops have 2 graphics circuits:
- one in the CPU, used for standard display when 3D is not needed, and also when the laptop is battery-operated to increase battery life;
- a separate graphics card, which automatically activates when a 3D application is launched, with the power connected, as Blegal said
Your display issue seems to be a hardware problem, either a connection issue with the screen or a defective graphics card, it's hard to say from a distance
Please post a new topic as you have titled this one "2 graphics drivers installed" and people will respond to that point.
Hello,
What brand is your mobile phone?
Does it have an integrated graphics card or a dedicated one?
If it's integrated, Intel is the way to go!
It's important to know that Intel integrated hardware has a high chance of working well with Intel equipment.
Best regards.
What brand is your mobile phone?
Does it have an integrated graphics card or a dedicated one?
If it's integrated, Intel is the way to go!
It's important to know that Intel integrated hardware has a high chance of working well with Intel equipment.
Best regards.
Thank you for this ultra-fast response!
My laptop is an ASUS.
But I don't know if the graphics card is integrated or a dedicated one...
I have the NVIDIA sticker on the laptop = a dedicated one?
Otherwise, I don't have any particular problems when the laptop is running.
I have a much more worrying issue when I turn it off and on again (not when I put it to sleep), and I was wondering if this problem could be related to these two drivers.
How can I explain this problem...?
When I turn on my laptop, there are red stripes on the left edge of the screen, about 3/4 cm long, and white stripes in the middle of the screen. Then the screen goes white, starting from the lower right corner, until it completely covers the entire screen.
It's not a sharp whitening (like a Word page for example), but a 'blurry, grayish' whitening...
The laptop seems to start correctly as I eventually hear the Windows startup music, but the screen remains whitish.
I have to 'restart' my laptop the old-fashioned way several times until it offers to start in safe mode. There, no more whitening issues.
I'm not sure if I should post this message in another section of the forum?
Thank you.
My laptop is an ASUS.
But I don't know if the graphics card is integrated or a dedicated one...
I have the NVIDIA sticker on the laptop = a dedicated one?
Otherwise, I don't have any particular problems when the laptop is running.
I have a much more worrying issue when I turn it off and on again (not when I put it to sleep), and I was wondering if this problem could be related to these two drivers.
How can I explain this problem...?
When I turn on my laptop, there are red stripes on the left edge of the screen, about 3/4 cm long, and white stripes in the middle of the screen. Then the screen goes white, starting from the lower right corner, until it completely covers the entire screen.
It's not a sharp whitening (like a Word page for example), but a 'blurry, grayish' whitening...
The laptop seems to start correctly as I eventually hear the Windows startup music, but the screen remains whitish.
I have to 'restart' my laptop the old-fashioned way several times until it offers to start in safe mode. There, no more whitening issues.
I'm not sure if I should post this message in another section of the forum?
Thank you.
Oh okay!
Thank you for these explanations, it's very clear.
However, if someone has an idea for the other big problem I mentioned just before?
I will see if I can place it elsewhere on the forum.
Thank you for these explanations, it's very clear.
However, if someone has an idea for the other big problem I mentioned just before?
I will see if I can place it elsewhere on the forum.