Unable to boot because of graphics

[firingthoughts]

Hello, I have an average HP laptop running Windows 8.1. It came with intel core i7-5500U (cpu) and nvidia graphics. I never changed or bought new graphic cards, they're both updated.

Whenever I shut down the laptop it has a black screen on start up where it gets stuck. It only boots up normally if I turn off the Intel graphics via safe mode. I tried uninstalling and installing the driver many times, it's updated to the latest version but it still does this.

(Sorry if this is in the wrong thread)

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

Seems there is an issue with the iGPU. Can you go into BIOS to turn the iGPU off completely and thus forcing the laptop to use the dGPU all the time?

 

[firingthoughts]

Seems there is an issue with the iGPU. Can you go into BIOS to turn the iGPU off completely and thus forcing the laptop to use the dGPU all the time?

my BIOS setup doesn't have an option to do that. I can disable it in device manager but then my laptop runs slower, the "Sleep" function disappears and i can only access the NVIDIA control panel if intel graphics are turned on.

On another note, my nvidia control panel always only has these options.

 

[firingthoughts]

I sort of fixed it? I installed "HP Image Enhancement for System Logon", waited couple minutes (and pressed the F4 key some times) and windows booted up perfectly. Now i just need to wait 5-10 minutes everytime windows boots up