Disabling igpu in device manager

[alii98]

What would happen if I disabled the igpu(520,i3 6006u0 and let my r5 m430 handle the display?could it do the job?or would it go blank and would need a restart to fix it?

 

[Killer MO]

Nothing. It's better to disable it from bios.

 

[alii98]

The igpu?but it is a laptop

 

[Killer MO]

Yes and it has the m5 as dedicated gpu that would do the work. You should be able to choose in bios which gpu to use (igpu or dgpu).

 

[alii98]

i think i have discrete and igpu only in bios,actually pretty sure

 

[Killer MO]

That means you haven't installed the drivers for the dgpu. You can get them from the amd site.
https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Notebook-Graphics-Drivers.aspx#r5

 

[alii98]

i have them,latest,i was wondering what would happen if i tried to make the dgpu display,not just render

 

[Killer MO]

You can't. More info here:
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?56672-Use-Nvidia-for-Laptop-Display-instead-of-Intel
On laptops the igpu displays what the dgpu renders. You can only choose which one to render.
Sorry for the "nothing" I said. I just searched how the gpu/igpu integration is made in laptop and if you disable it from the device manager the screen will probably go black.

 

[alii98]

Thanks for the help