Problem with Nvidia Graphics Card

[BindNation]

For some reason, my Nvidia graphics card on my Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 15 laptop isn't functioning correctly. It won't give me the option to run games with the card at all. I have a Intel HD Graphics 5500 that the system is defaulting too. I've tried changing the settings in the Nvidia control panel but that hasen't helped. I also cannot access the "run with graphics processor" option when right clicking on applications/games, it's just grayed out for someone reason.

Here are some specs:


Intel HD Graphics 5500

Manufacturer Intel
Model HD Graphics 5500
Device ID 8086-1616
Revision A
Subvendor Lenovo (17AA)
Current Performance Level Level 0
Voltage 0.781 V
Driver version 20.19.15.4416
Count of performance levels : 1
Level 1 - "Perf Level 0"
GPU Clock 898 MHz

NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Manufacturer NVIDIA
Model GeForce 840M
Device ID 10DE-1341
Revision A3
Subvendor Lenovo (17AA)
Current Performance Level Level 1
Current GPU Clock 405 MHz
Current Memory Clock 405 MHz
Current Shader Clock 405 MHz
Voltage 0.781 V
Bus Interface PCI Express x4
Temperature 34 °C
Driver version 21.21.13.7849
BIOS Version 82.08.19.00.10
Physical Memory 2047 MB
Virtual Memory 2048 MB

Count of performance levels : 3
Level 1 - "2D Desktop"
GPU Clock 405 MHz
Shader Clock 405 MHz
Level 2 - "Default"
GPU Clock 405 MHz
Shader Clock 800 MHz
Level 3 - "3D Applications"
GPU Clock 540 MHz
Shader Clock 1001 MHz

[rotNdude]

It may be NVidia Optimus. Even though your 840M is being used, it has to pass through the HD 5500 for display.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/optimus_technology.html

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Redo the Drivers completely; both Intel and NVIDIA.
Wipe all those out using the DDU App.

And stick to older Drivers for the NVIDIA GPU.

[BindNation]

rotNdude eredeti hozzászólása:

It may be NVidia Optimus. Even though your 840M is being used, it has to pass through the HD 5500 for display.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/optimus_technology.html

Ah. I see. How do I go about fixing that issue? It was working well for the past 2 years now up until about 2-3 weeks ago.

Bad-Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Redo the Drivers completely; both Intel and NVIDIA.
Wipe all those out using the DDU App.

And stick to older Drivers for the NVIDIA GPU.

I tried using DDU for the clean install just for the NVIDIA drivers. If I do both at the same time, won't that mess up my display? I'm a little confused on that process. What drivers do you reccomend? I can't seem to find the proper ones.

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/114350 ?

Or search yourself.
These are 840m windows 10 64 bit.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Unless you have GTX 10 series; best bet is 368.81 or older.

Yes run DDU, once in safe mode select all 3 brands and click Clean But Do Not Restart
Once all 3 are cleaned out, Restart Windows.

Then reinstall the Drivers in the order below:

Intel Chipset INF[downloadcenter.intel.com]
Intel HD Graphics 5500[downloadcenter.intel.com]
NVIDIA Mobile Forceware 368.81[www.nvidia.com]

Reboot after each complete their install, regardless of being asked or not.
After the NVIDIA completes and you have rebooted, setup NVIDIA Control Panel again, setting it up for Prefer High Performance and setting default GPU to NVIDIA; with NVIDIA GPU as Global Default, there is never a need to right click and app in order to click "Run with NVIDIA GPU"

Make sure for gaming purposes, that Windows Power Options (in Control Panel) is set to High Performance. This can easily be switched by clicking on your Battery icon in taskbar.