I have an Asus N71Ja with a dedicated GPU (ATI Radeon HD 5730) and an integrated GPU (GMA HD 3150). I am pretty sure that the dedicated GPU died. I kept getting BSODs from graphic driver with increasing frequency until it won't even start up. After a while even safe mode stopped working. I am already getting a new notebook, but it would be a shame to throw this one out, if it could somehow run with integrated GPU only.
I am trying a complete restore from DVDs, but after the first restart and startup there is a BSOD from graphics driver. Safe mode will not start because it is saying "Windows cannot complete installation in safe mode". I have the latest 206 version of BIOS from Asus (still pretty old, 2010), but it is very simple and I see no setting for a GPU to disable it. Is there a way to do a system restore or a fresh install that would not touch the dedicated GPU, but run on the integrated GPU only? Or should I somehow physically remove the GPU?
Thanks.
I am trying a complete restore from DVDs, but after the first restart and startup there is a BSOD from graphics driver. Safe mode will not start because it is saying "Windows cannot complete installation in safe mode". I have the latest 206 version of BIOS from Asus (still pretty old, 2010), but it is very simple and I see no setting for a GPU to disable it. Is there a way to do a system restore or a fresh install that would not touch the dedicated GPU, but run on the integrated GPU only? Or should I somehow physically remove the GPU?
Thanks.