T420s-NVIDIA NVS 4200m shows up as Standard VGA

Hey all,
So I've had this problem for a while now, I know that in my T420s there is a NVIDIA NVS 4200m GPU, but it refuses to recognize that it even exists. I'm running it in NVIDIA Optimus mode, but in Device Manager, all that shows up under the Display Driver are Intel(R) HD Graphics and another which says Standard VGA Graphics adapter (which can't start due to a 'Code 10')
Why is it that my NVIDIA doesn't show up? How can I get my T420s to recognize and use it over the Intel HD?
Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I got my new T420s today with nVidia NVS 4200M and after turning it on, it just showed standard video with 1024x768.
In device manager it showed both standard VGA graphics and NVIDIA NVS 4200M but when I right clicked on the desktop it did not give me an option to choose nVidia, but just standard VGA.
I updated the nVidia graphics driver from here (7 Nov 2011, the one from April 2011 was not enough)
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS014142
I installed, restarted and nVidia showed up with all display options
Problems resolved!

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Well I have the same notebook and had trouble updating. See if the OEM one is in the build in SWTOOLS and reinstall that. If it takes then the update will be prompt in driver updates. I would verify your BIOS is current as well.
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Hello, and thank you for checking out my post. My apologies for writing a book, but I'm hoping to give as much detail as needed the first go round.
I just received my custom-built T420s (4170-CTO) and have a couple technical questions/concerns about it. The details of my configuration are located at the bottom of this post.
First off, one of the deciding factors of my purchase was the discrete graphics card. On the T420s I chose NVIDIA NVS 4200M Optimus Graphics 1GB, Intel Core i7-2620M Processor. I was thrilled to have more than 256 MB of dedicated graphics memory for my games. Upon receiving my laptop, though, I ran the Windows Experience Index and saw that the lowest score was the graphics card, which is identified as Intel HD Graphics Family and has 64 MB of dedicated graphics memory. After my heart started beating again I checked Device Manager and found under Display both Intel HD Graphics Family and NVIDIA NVS 4200M listed as working with up-to-date drivers. When I configured the laptop online there was no mention of hybrid graphics, so I'm not sure why I have an Intel Graphics card on the machine. My current laptop that I was looking to replace is a T61p with a NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M graphics card, and only that NVIDIA card is shown under Device Manager and in the Windows Experience / Performance Information. Thinking that perhaps disabling the Intel card would cause the NVIDIA card to take over, I disabled that through Device Manager. My screen went black and after feeling quite stupid I rebooted my computer. The default Windows Display driver kicked in, allowing me to see well enough to get back to Device Manager and enable the Intel Graphics. I counted myself lucky that I wasn't stuck with a working computer with a blank screen, but I'm still confused about why the NVIDIA card isn't the only display adapter on the machine, and why it isn't the default/main adapter. Most importantly, will it be usable to run my games?
My second question is regarding the PCI ExpressCard slot. My aim for this machine was to have a HDD to store my data (I selected the 320GB 7200 RPM HDD) and a SSD to boot and run my programs from. Another reason for choosing this machine was the comment on Lenovo's site stating that a user booted his T420s from a solid state drive in the PCI ExpressCard slot, which was exactly was I was looking for. I need the CD/DVD drive, so I can't put the second hard drive in a caddy. During configuration I chose the option for an Express Card Slot & 4 in 1 Card Reader & Smart Card Reader. From what I can tell, the Express Card slot is not connected to the Card Readers and I will not lose use of those ports. When I opened the computer up to install more RAM, I saw what is labeled in Lenovo's hardware manual as the Express Card slot, apparently empty - which is great! Now I need to figure out what kind of SSD to look for, and on that I'm kinda lost.
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0A71709   VBB INTCRI7-2620MPR(2.7GHZ
45M3092   VBB GENWIN7HOMEPREM64    (which ultimately doesn't matter as I'll be booting from Windows 7 Enterprise on my SSD)
0A68718   SBB GW7 HP64 US ENGLISH
0A68976   SBB 14HD+LDBCKLTANTGLDSPMBBBRD
0A68972   SBB NVD12PNS2OPG1GBICI7-2620MP
45M4569   VBB 2GBPC3-10600DDR3 1333SODMM    (which has been removed and replaced by two 4GB sticks)
0A68978   SBB FINGERPRINT READER
0A68993   SBB 720P HD CAM+INTGR MCRPH
0A68990   SBB 320GB HRD DSK DRVE,7200RPM    (will be used for storage and as a backup boot device)
0A68985   SBB DVD RCRDBL8XMXDLLRULTRBSLM
0A68996   SBB EXCRSLOT+4IN1CRDRD+STCRDRD
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Intel 6 Series / C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller 1C22
Intel QM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Interface Controller - 1C4F
PCI bus
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2nd generation Intel Core processor family PCI Express Conroller - 0101
Whew. Thanks for making it through my book-long post. If you can offer advice on either of my questions/concerns I'd really appreciate it.
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@ TheDude
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[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
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(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.79.3f.00.01
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(--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
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(II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
(II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
(II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
(II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
(II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI display change hotkey events enabled: the X server is new
(II) NVIDIA(0): enough to receive ACPI display change hotkey events.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(II) Loading extension XINERAMA
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBLXVisuals" is not used
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.3
(--) Mouse0 auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event9
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event9"
(II) Mouse0: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
(II) Mouse0: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
(II) Mouse0: pressure range 0 - 255
(II) Mouse0: finger width range 0 - 0
(II) Mouse0: buttons: left right middle
(**) Option "SHMConfig" "on"
(**) Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "10"
(**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "80"
(**) Option "HorizScrollDelta" "80"
(**) Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
(**) Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true"
(**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
(**) Option "TapButton2" "2"
(**) Option "TapButton3" "3"
(--) Mouse0: touchpad found
(**) Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) Mouse0: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Mouse0: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Mouse0: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Mouse0: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(--) Mouse0: touchpad found
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.3, module version = 2.2.5
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.3
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event9"
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 0
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right middle
(**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
(**) Option "TapButton2" "2"
(**) Option "TapButton3" "3"
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(WW) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad can't grab event device, errno=16
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Integrated Webcam
(**) Integrated Webcam: always reports core events
(**) Integrated Webcam: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
(II) Integrated Webcam: Found keys
(II) Integrated Webcam: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Integrated Webcam" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Sleep Button
(**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
(**) Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
(II) Sleep Button: Found keys
(II) Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus
(**) Video Bus: always reports core events
(**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
I assume the 9200M isn't meant to be accessed directly and the current setup seems to work. However, is there a correct/more elegant way to manage this two card issue and get rid of the errors on startup?

The first warning is happening because you're stating drivers for input devices without need. You haven't disabled hotplug so evdev gets used instead of kbd. This is normal, and you should change the driver line from kbd to evdev so that whatever options (if any) you've specified for the keyboard get parsed.
The second warning is about you not installing acpid.
The third I have no idea about, but look at the synaptics wiki. None of the (WW) are related to your video card.
And every card that has 2 or more output ports show up as "two cards". You also don't need to specify the pci port in xorg.conf. edit: this is the general case with laptops, might be different for desktops.
When I do lspci -v I get:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at dfe80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at d0f0 [size=8]
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at dff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at dfe00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
And it doesn't matter if it errs in trying to sli up with it self. That's just not a possibility.
Last edited by gog (2009-10-15 23:59:49)

Xorg.conf for T510 + NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Can you send me, or point me to a website with a working and well tuned xorg.conf for T510 + NVIDIA NVS 3100M.
I've had a few problems creating one myself and I am sure that many people have good working X configurations.
I am using Kubuntu 11.04.

For me this works great, just add or replace this section in your xorg,conf
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Default Device"
        Driver "nvidia"
        Option "NoLogo"        "True"
        Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
        Option "Coolbits" "1"
        Option "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelsrc=0x2222; PowerMizerLevel=0x3; PowerMizerDefault=0x3; PowerMizerDefaultAC=0x3"
        Option      "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True"
EndSection

T510 w/ NVIDIA NVS 3100M -- Window 7 not recognizing discrete graphics card

Hi --
I just got a T510 w/ discrete graphics card, ie, the NVIDIA NVS 3100M w/ 512mb of dedicated video memory.
However, when I look in "Performance Information and Tools" under the "View and print detailed performance and system information", I see the graphics as "Intel(R) HD Graphics". Under the "Graphics" section I see this:
Graphics
Display adapter type
NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Total available graphics memory
1696 MB
      Dedicated graphics memory
64 MB
      Dedicated system memory
0 MB
      Shared system memory
1632 MB
Display adapter driver version
8.17.12.5738
Primary monitor resolution
1920x1080
DirectX version
DirectX 10
This is a bit confusing, because now it says the adapter is NVIDIA, but the dedicated memory is only 64 MB. Seems odd as I should have 512MB?
Thanks

I'm fairly certain you can force Optimus to be discrete only or integrated onlyin the BIOS or in some of the Power Manager settings. Otherwise, you can try loading DirectX and seeing what dxdiag tells you about your graphics card.
In addition, Lenovo's implementaiton of Optimus seems to allow you to run certain programs on the IGP and other programs on the discrete chip simultaneously, so it may simply be allocating the Windows benchmark thread to the IGP instead of the NV chip, thereby causing the flawed readings. Don't know exactly how one forces a process to run using the discrete GPU though.
W520: i7-2720QM, Q2000M at 1080/688/1376, 21GB RAM, 500GB + 750GB HDD, FHD screen
X61T: L7500, 3GB RAM, 500GB HDD, XGA screen, Ultrabase
Y3P: 5Y70, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, QHD+ screen

T410: From Graphics: Intel GMA HD Integrated Graphics to Graphics: NVIDIA NVS 3100M with 256MB DDR3

Hi, I have a Thinkpad T410. I bought it with integrated graphics card. Now i want to upgrade to the other one: Graphics: NVIDIA NVS 3100M with 256MB DDR3. Is that possible? thanks a lot

You'd have to replace the motherboard.
A better solution would probably be to get an eGPU; it's way way way faster.
W520: i7-2720QM, Q2000M at 1080/688/1376, 21GB RAM, 500GB + 750GB HDD, FHD screen
X61T: L7500, 3GB RAM, 500GB HDD, XGA screen, Ultrabase
Y3P: 5Y70, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, QHD+ screen

Will Toshiba update Nvidia NVS 2100M video driver for Tecra S11?

Will Toshiba update Nvidia NVS 2100M video driver for S11?
my machine S11 is almost 3 years old. In the first year there were a lot of update for drivers, but in the past 1 year there were no update.
At nvidia's official website there is a driver download page, but if I install the latest driver - it doesn't matter which one - I have several video driver related issue. So I have to downgrade to the Toshiba's nvidia driver.
I will try this one
http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-notebook-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-310.90-whql-driver-all.html
So will nvidia or toshiba update the video driver?

Ive got many years of experience with Toshiba notebooks.
I had about four different notebooks in my life and I have noticed that in different cases the same graphic card would be built in different models and series. This would mean that you could use the graphic card driver which is released for such notebook model for different notebook series which supports the same GPU.
Toshiba releases a lot of different notebook series every month and in most cases they give the main points on the new series. If you want to get newest driver for the GPU I think you will need to check the drivers released for other notebook series with the same GPU or you would look for drivers at some 3rd party pages like www.laptopvideo2go.com/

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