[W520] Programs not using NVIDIA graphics

Quadro 1000M. Windws 7. Optimus set in the BIOS. I have the newest drives on the Lenovo website (8.17.12.7658). Plugged in to AC power.
The NVIDIA graphics are specified for certain programs in the NVIDIA control panel, also tried right click-->run with NVIDIA graphics.
Device manager shows both the Intel and NVIDIA display adapters with no problems.
When I plug in an external monitor the NVIDIA graphics are used, the NVIDIA GPU activity monitor says "1 display connection". If I try to start a program with the NVIDIA graphics while an external display is connected, the program still won't use the NVIDIA GPU.
I just ran WEI and for the first time ever the NVIDIA GPU Activity indicator actually lit up a few times, mostly during the "Windows Media Tuning" section, and my graphics score went up from 5.2 to 6.4, so the system is sometimes able to use the NVIDIA graphics. Although if I hovered the mouse over the NVIDIA GPU indicator it said "GPU activity: none", even while it was lit up, and GPU-Z indicated no NVIDIA GPU activity for the entire WEI test. I can't figure out what "Windows Media Tuning" means or what exactly is being tested here. [Edit] A WEI test with only integrated graphics enabled in the BIOS also gets 6.4 so the increase from 5.2 to 6.4 wasn't a result of the WEI test using the NVIDIA graphics. With discrete graphics set in the BIOS I get 6.7.
GPU-Z also indicates that the NVIDIA graphics are not being used (GPU load stays at 0%). But if I have GPU-Z set to monitor the NVIDIA graphics then the NVIDIA activity indicator lights up, but again it still says "GPU activity: none".
Sometimes when I start a program (eg. Photoshop), the NVIDIA GPU Indicator will light up for a second then go out. This happens whether I try to start the progam with the Intel or NVIDIA GPU.
If I set the BIOS to discrete graphics then the NVIDIA card is used properly, according to GPU-Z (ie. GPU load shows activity).
I'm pretty sure this all used to work properly, but I don't know when it stopped working. I just upgraded Photoshop and wanted to see if it was using the NVIDIA graphics so that's how I noticed the problem. It's been several months since I used the NVIDIA GPU Activity Monitor and I just got GPU-Z to try troubleshoot this problem.
In the ThinkVantage Toolbox when I go to video diagnostics, only the Intel GPU is listed. But, if I first start GPU-Z and have it monitor the NVIDIA graphics, then start the ThinkVantage Toolbox, the NVIDIA GPU is also listed and I can run a Short Video test (stress test is only available for the Intel graphics), although the test doesn't really run anything (it just takes a second and doesn't display any of the animation). If I leave the ThinkVantage Diagnostics window open, close GPU-Z, and try to run a test on the NVIDIA GPU again it says "No Device". GPU-Z while set to monitor the NVIDIA GPU seems to "turn on" or "prime" the NVIDIA GPU so that the diagnostic test can use it. This doesn't work for other programs (ie. even if GPU-Z is monitoring the NVIDIA GPU, the NVIDIA GPU still won't be used by any other programs I subsequently start). If I have an external monitor plugged in I can run all the NVIDIA diagnostic tests (short test with graphics, stress test, CUDA test). I just ran the short test and everything passed.
***This last bullet point seems important to me, is this normal behaviour? Can it point to where the problem is?
How can I get programs to use the NVIDIA graphics card?
W520 i7-2720QM | 32 GB RAM 1333 MHz | FHD 1920x1080 | Quadro 1000M | Windows 7 & Ubuntu 14.04
Crucial M500 480GB mSATA + 2 x 1 TB Hitachi Travelstar 7200 rpm | BIOS 1.38

Fullmetal99012 wrote:
The nVidia control panel should allow you to set options for programs to use the nVidia. Thats what I ended up having to do.
I tried that (see first point in original post), it doesn't help.
I haven't tried the drivers from NVIDIA, but I would think the Lenovo ones should work and therefore the drivers aren't the problem. Has anyone used the NVIDIA ones? Are there any downsides? I assume I can just reinstall the Lenovo ones if I want?
W520 i7-2720QM | 32 GB RAM 1333 MHz | FHD 1920x1080 | Quadro 1000M | Windows 7 & Ubuntu 14.04
Crucial M500 480GB mSATA + 2 x 1 TB Hitachi Travelstar 7200 rpm | BIOS 1.38

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No Separation of Components. The SOFTWARE is licensed as a
single product. Its component parts may not be separated for use
on more than one computer, nor otherwise used separately from the
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2.1.2 Linux/FreeBSD Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms
of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux or
FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the
source code to these operating systems, may be copied and redistributed,
provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way
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This way you place "Alternative Text" when mastering content in the authoring file.
Going the route and with some look-see (research) you may find programmatic approaches to placing the alt txt in the authoring file.
Note: as discussed in the Matterhorn Protocols there is no programmatic method that provides a fully accessible PDF (specifically, that is an ISO 14289-1, PDF/UA-1 compliant PDF).
Regardless, here you have a sub-forum for discussions on Acrobat usage.
Consequently discussions on/of 3rd party software is rather out of scope eh.
Be well...

How to disable Intel HD graphics and use nvidia card?

Hello,
I would like to ask for some assistance.
I want to use the Gtx 630m but instead the laptop keeps using the Intel HD chipset.
What I tried so far:
1. In nVidia control panel I set nVidia graphics card as default in global setting, and for several programs I frequently use as well
2. In BIOS there is no option for Switchable Graphics
Is there any BIOS update for this?
Thanks!
Laptop:
HP Pavilion 15-b102sh Sleekbook
Model: D4N32EA
System version: Windows 8.1

@Spinkick ,
Hi again and thanks for posting back. Here is a link from our forums that deals with the same issue. There is a pile of information here on how to deal with this.
How to switch to Nvidia graphics instead of intel
Here is another one from HP support. It is not for the same model, however it covers the same topic and works with the nvidia software.
NVIDIA Optimus Graphics with Integrated Intel Graphics on HP Pavilion dv7t-7000 CTO Notebook PCs (Wi...
If you are trying to stop using the intel gpu all together you are not going to be able to do that at all.
They system and the software are designed to work with both GPU chipsets and assign accordingly.
I hope this helps.
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Why does my Thinkpad W541 use Integrated graphics in WoW instead of the nVidia Quadro K1100m?

I have seen reviews by many people on the W540/541 and they all said they were getting around 100 fps in WoW and even the guy in this video was able to play it on high-setitngs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0j045vg3W8 Don't get me wrong I use this device for mainly professional work, but every now and then I would like to be able to play a game on it or two. thanks!

According to a number of contributors on a number of threads regarding the same subject, THIS IS BY DESIGN.
If you want to force use the K1100m on the W541, it will need to be (a) on an external monitor and (b) controlled through a dock, rather than via the video connectors on the laptop itself. According to "the specs", the laptop screen is always handled by the Intel Graphics... no matter whether the W540/W541 BIOS is set to "basic" or "advanced" graphics mode.
According to the following description of how graphics works in W540/W541 and newer machines (which is that Optimus Mode is always active, although you can select "basic mode" or "advanced mode"), you simply MUST use Optimus Mode and cannot disable Intel Graphics as you could with the W530.
Now I'd always thought that in theory for the laptop screen you can use nVidia Control Panel (3D settings) to specify which programs you want to get nVidia graphics for when those programs' windows have focus). But my experience (granted, with the W530 and not with W540/W541) is that nVidia graphics kick in (and take over for Intel graphics) reliably only when the firmware determines that graphics performance requirements justify it.
Strangely, the description of Optimus Driver behavior (below) makes no mention of the NVidia graphics ever kicking in for the laptop screen, but I thought that was how it worked. Confusing and contradictory descriptions, seemingly. You'd think that gaming applications would be just such an example of "graphics performance demands nVidia graphics", but your thread subject suggests that nVidia is NOT kicking in (I assume you're running on your laptop screen, and have probably tried to go to nVidia Control Panel to request nVidia graphics when you run WoW), which would be consistent with the written descriptions but very definitely annoying. On the W530, Optimus behavior had the K1000m definitely kicking in on the laptop screen when needed.
So apparently by design Optimus is always active on W540/W541 and newer machines. You can´t actually disable the integrated GPU at all and force the use of the discrete graphics, as you can on the W530 for the K1000m nVidia graphics via its BIOS. Here is the description of Optimus Drivers for W541, which describes Standard vs. Advanced mode, and by implication how the new W540/W541 BIOS design works:
STANDARD and ADVANCED MODE
In Standard mode, all dock displays uses Integrated Graphics as display output
and is limited to a maximum of 3 displays including Computer's LCD.
While in Advanced mode, all dock displays uses Discrete Graphics as display
output and it increases the maximum number of displays to 6 including Computer's LCD.
ThinkPad W540, W541 (Standard Mode)
Intel HD Graphics
- (Computer's LCD)
- Computer's analog VGA connector
- Computer's DisplayPort connector
- Docking Station's analog VGA connector
- Docking Station's DVI connector(s)
- Docking Station's DisplayPort connector(s)
- Docking Station's HDMI connector
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M or NVIDIA Quadro K1100M
- No display is connected to this display adapter.
ThinkPad W540, W541 (Advanced Mode)
Intel HD Graphics Family
- (Computer's LCD)
- Computer's analog VGA connector
- Computer's DisplayPort connector
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M or NVIDIA Quadro K1100M
- Docking Station's analog VGA connector
- Docking Station's DVI connector(s)
- Docking Station's DisplayPort connector(s)
- Docking Station's HDMI connector

Photoshop CC 2014 (fresh installed and updated) does not recognize my graphic processor (NVIDIA GTX 840)

Photoshop CC 2014 (fresh installed and updated) does not recognize my graphic processor (NVIDIA GTX 840) but instead only a Intel HD 4600. How do I ensure that PS is using the full phardware power of my notebook. My OS is WIN 8.1 Thanks for your help, Meik

In the end it was the NVIDIA software - excluding PS as application for support by high performance graphic processor to save energy - activated NVIDIA card use for PS & LR all fine now.

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