Laptop always runs on Nvidia card?

i7Baby

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Got your laptop power set to High Power power plan?

 

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alezny2018

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I have my power settings set to the the default (balanced)

 

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i7Baby

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Try setting it to low power. Does it do this while the power adapter is running?

 

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alezny2018

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I set my computer settings to power saver and it did not turn off. And if you mean my computer is plugged in by "is my power adapter running" than yes.

 

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i7Baby

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OK what does the manual say can cause the power light to turn orange? try another adapter.

 

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You do happen to be running windows 8/8.1?

If so, then that's likely the issue. I know mine breaks the power setting's on CPU/GPU all the time, CPU down to 1.20ghz when plugged in even at high use even if put in freezer and GPU sometimes doesn't kick in though newer drivers seems to have mostly fixed that.

You could try to go into the advanced settings to see if anything seems off in how the power plans are configured and it did help me some to change some things, but really it seems like win 8 in notebooks has a mind of it's own on the power issue.

 

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alezny2018

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Sorry if I was not clear, The computer has two gpu's so when you are running a game the nvidia gpu turns on and the light turns orange, when you have not game running it is blue. And yes I am running windows 8.1

 

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i7Baby

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You mean both the nvidia gpus turn on. I gather blue is good - not too much power drain. I think you need to check your power adapter and battery.

 

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alezny2018

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One nvidia gpu, one intel gpu. It is usually blue unless I am in a game when the nvidia turns on. I have the stock power adapter and this happens no matter if it is plugged in or not.

 

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alezny2018

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thanks so much for your help, this is rly annoying, let me know if you have any other ideas.

 

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i7Baby

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I think you need to check your power adapter and battery. Even stock ones can get faulty.

 

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I have this problem too. the power button alway goes amber. Now u solved it?

 

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I just got this laptop a few days ago myself and started having the same problem. The way I took care of it was going into nvidias control panel and setting everything to intergrated and only using select programs(games) to run using the gtx870m. But I could be wrong and our problems could be different but that's how I took care of that

 

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jqrust

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it is about drivers try to reinstall them i had the same problem

 

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PolyRemi

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Just close Afterburner if you have it running. It keeps the dedicated graphics card active as long as it is open.

 

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Resolved it by
1) right-click on desktop and open the NVIDIA control Panel
2) Go to Manage 3D settings
3) Choose "Auto-select" as Preferred graphics processor
4) Close and now you should have the blue power button.
It is intelligent enough to switch to Nvidia card (orange power button) when running games.
You can custom set graphics card and settings for each application/game at the Program Settings in the same panel.

 

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PolyRemi :

Just close Afterburner if you have it running. It keeps the dedicated graphics card active as long as it is open.

i had the same problem . the red light on the power button keeps turn on. i tried close MSI after burner like you said yesterday, it worked, but today , is still red ( meaning it still running my VGA ) after i closed MSI afterburner.
What can i do now ?

I had a GE62VR - 6RF

 

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