Graphics Settings Sub-Menu
Hybrid Graphics | Allows you to enable or disable the Hybrid Graphics | ||
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| Vista and needs to be disabled in other operating | |
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Integrated GPU | Allows you to switch between Integrated and | ||
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| Discrete GPU. |
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Hybrid Graphics and Integrated Graphics Behaviors | |||
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Operating | Hybrid Graphics | Graphics |
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System | Setting | Setting | Graphics Enabled |
Vista | On | Grayed out | NVIDIA® discrete Gfx single/SLI |
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| 9400M G (iGPU) |
Vista | Off | Off | AMD™ discrete Gfx single/ |
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| Crossfire or NVIDIA® discrete |
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| Gfx single/SLI (dGPU) |
Vista | Off | On | NVIDIA® GeForce® 9400M G |
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XP | Off | Off | AMD™ discrete Gfx single/ |
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| Crossfire or NVIDIA® discrete |
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| Gfx single/SLI (dGPU) |
XP | Off | On | NVIDIA® GeForce® 9400M G |
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NOTE: The computer will have to be rebooted to switch from iGPU to dGPU or vice versa. The need for a reboot applies to all the cases listed in the table where Hybrid Graphics is off.
| CHAPTER 4: USING YOUR NOTEBOOK | |
Security Menu |
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Supervisor Password is | Displays if the supervisor password is clear or set. | |
User Password is | Displays if the user password is clear or set. | |
Set Supervisor Password | Allows you to set the supervisor password. The | |
| supervisor password controls access to the system | |
| setup utility. | |
Set User Password | Allows you to set the user password. The user | |
| password controls access to the system at boot. | |
Password on boot | Allows you to enable or disable password entry on | |
| boot. | |
Service Tag | Displays your system’s Service Tag. If the Service | |
| Tag was not already set, you would be able to use | |
| this field to set it. This option allows you to set | |
| your system’s Service Tag. | |
| The Service Tag is a unique, | |
| system identifier assigned to your computer. The | |
| Service Tag allows support to identify the type of | |
| system you have in order to provide you with the | |
| best possible support. | |
| You will not be able to set an Admin or Primary | |
| password until you set the Service Tag. The | |
| Service Tag can be found on a | |
| on the bottom of your system. This label also | |
| includes the Express Service Code. | |
| The first character of the tag can be a number or | |
| any letter from | |
| be a number or any letter from | |
| vowels (A, E, I, O, and U). | |
Asset Tag | Displays the asset tag. | |
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