Power Manager 3.48 no longer has switchable graphics option

I ran Active Update yesterday and the Power Manager is now upgraded to version 3.48. It appears that there is no longer an option to switch between high performance and energy saving graphics. How is the graphics mode supposed to be switched now that this menu option has been removed from the right mouse button menu on the Power manager? Do I need to downgrade to a previous version?
In case it matters, I'm running a W500 with Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.
Thanks,
Danny

@ersiles,
I have the T400 with switchable, I just updated it to PM 3.64 and it does swtich. What I notice earlier when I wasn't able to switch the graphic was due to BIOS settings.
Check BIOS settings if you have it on switchable graphic mode and check if BIOS detect is enabled.
Once that is done, boot into Windows, uninstall all the video drivers, reboot. then install the drivers again.
Windows would try to install their version of the driver, click "Reboot later" when Windows prompt a reboot. Reboot only when ATi manager prompt the reboot.
I was having issue too on the T400 not being able to switch. It definitely helped me ..
Let me know.
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