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I can't turn off my nvidia graphics card in my lenovo z570

Asked by Joseph J K

I am using Lenovo Z570(304896) model laptop
specs
Intel core i5 2.30 Ghz
750 GB Hard disk
6 GB RAM
nVidia GEFORCE 520M 1GB RAM

There is a switch in front of my laptop inorder to turn off graphics card.. to save power. But i can't do it now.
And more it is showing only 2.9GibB of RAM.....
PLEASE HELP

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you look into ironhide or bumblebee. Switchable graphics are a nightmare in Linux and AMD and Nvidia have both said thety will not be supporting the technology outside of Windows.

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Joseph J K (joseph-eb) said : 		#2

can u please tell me a way to disable graphics card. I don't want to use it............

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

There may be an option in the BIOS

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Joseph J K (joseph-eb) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.