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    M11x R1 Problem with Fn+F6

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Salue, Jan 27, 2011.

  1. Salue

    Salue Notebook Consultant

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    hey guys sorry for the bother ! but this thing with the m11x Fn+f6 is annoying everytime iwant to switch it makes me force close Windows live messenger and Google chrome sometimes windows media player and so many other programs sometimes is there a way to by pass the whole forcing close thing on m11 r1 ?
     
    Salue, Jan 27, 2011
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  2. DrGoodvibes

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    You posted this question in another thread on 01-26-2011, 06:55 AM almost two posts below the member who gave the answer to the problem.

    I thought that was weird then. Now you're just freaking me out. :eek:
     
    DrGoodvibes, Jan 27, 2011
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    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    ... you could buy an Alienware M11x R2 instead?
     
    kent1146, Jan 27, 2011
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  4. slickie88

    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    There's a registry fix for that sort of thing that's been posted here pretty recently.
     
    slickie88, Jan 27, 2011
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  5. Salue

    Salue Notebook Consultant

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    ah ya i wanted to make it as a thread but made it as a comment then made it as a thread and like can anyone point out the link for the fix of that sorry ?:<
     
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    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    Try searching for posts made by Salue...
     
    slickie88, Jan 28, 2011
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  7. DrGoodvibes

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    Posts by Salue at exactly 01-26-2011, 06:55 AM

    Some times you've got to want something enough to make at least a little effort. :)
     
    DrGoodvibes, Jan 28, 2011
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    I like you guys, making him search. :D

    can you guys post link? lol jk
     
    tehkrazyne5s, Jan 28, 2011
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  9. Salue

    Salue Notebook Consultant

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    well thank u ;p i found the post i made earler thanks for the tip i kinda suck at forums things ;p
    but there was no solution ?;p
     
    Salue, Jan 28, 2011
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    Ah, you're to good for me. You've worn me down.

    For those using Fn+F6 (Graphics switching) on an M11xR1 who are not able to enable/disable Nvidia discrete GPU because an application is running which needs to be shutdown, there is an answer.

    On an M11xR1 there is a whitelist too. Yes that is correct.

    NBR member utrillalm was the one who brought this to my attention, however it may have been posted elsewhere before.

    By entering the Microsoft registry Editor (regedit) and selecting the following path, you are then able to edit (right click, modify) the whitelist of applications which do not require to be shut-down when enabling/disabling Nvidia discrete GPU. Just enter for example: Safari.exe, Chrome.exe, Opera.exe

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/NVIDIA Corporation/Global/Hybrid

    You may have to use this service with some knowledge as Firefox 4.0 and IE 9.0 both use GPU acceleration, which MAY mean a reset of those apps to take advantage of GPU functionality. Unknown by me at this time.

    If this info helps, please give a rep to utrillalm.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m11x/549819-help-r1-wont-let-me-change-nvidia-intel-graphics-because-mcfee.html#post7083186
     
    DrGoodvibes, Jan 28, 2011
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  11. Salue

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    First of all Sorry really am sorry i'v read that then i read antoher comment that that white is only for R2 only
    guess it was for R1 lol
     
    Salue, Jan 28, 2011
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  12. Salue

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    Thank you it worked =D
     
    Salue, Jan 28, 2011
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