How to disable discrete graphics card on dv7?

My dv7 6000 CTO (XW899AV) has been having graphics card issues for quite a while now (frequent screen flashes followed by error notifications), but lately it's gotten a lot worse. Now I get a black screen after just a few minutes of use.
I'm nearly positive the problem lies with the discrete graphics card (ATI 6770M). I'd like to disable the discrete card and only use the integrated Intel HD 3000. Unfortunately the BIOS seems to hide the option to do this. I tried disabling the ATI card in the device manager, but when I rebooted the card was enabled again. Is there a way to disable the discrete card, even though HP seems hell bent on preventing me from doing so? If I can't, the laptop is basically a brick.

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I see that you are looking to disable your discrete graphics card. As you have seen that isn't going to work as the notebook is designed to work with both graphics card. What are the error notifications are you getting? If you can give me that exact error message we might be able to fix the cause of the problem. What operating system are you using?
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