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Re: Dell Vostro 3700 - no access to Intel Card

 

Check for a BIOS option, some Dell laptops have the integrated card
disabled, but they are wired as they where meant to hybrid graphics. 
Look for any "Advanced" options regarding hardware.
-- 
Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>

El vie, 22-07-2011 a las 01:09 +0200, Karol escribió:
> Hi,
> I have a Dell Vostro 3700 with nVidia GT 330M. My CPU is i5, so it
> should have an internal graphic card, but I can't see it in lspci or
> lshw. Now everything works on nVidia card. 
> What should I do to run everything on Intel card (and eventually
> switch on nVidia card only when necessary).
> My lspci:
>         00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM
>         Controller (rev 12)
>         00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI
>         Express x16 Root Port (rev 12)
>         00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5
>         Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
>         00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
>         Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
>         00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
>         Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
>         00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
>         Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
>         00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
>         Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
>         00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
>         Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06)
>         00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
>         Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
>         00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
>         Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
>         00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
>         Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
>         00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
>         (rev a6)
>         00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset
>         LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
>         00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400
>         Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
>         00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset
>         SMBus Controller (rev 06)
>         00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5
>         Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
>         01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216
>         [GeForce GT 330M] (rev a2)
>         01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio
>         Controller (rev a1)
>         12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224
>         802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
>         13:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>         RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
>         14:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host
>         Controller (rev 01)
>         14:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Memory Stick Host
>         Controller (rev 01)
>         14:00.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e852 (rev 01)
>         14:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd FireWire Host
>         Controller (rev 01)
> I have kubuntu 11.04, but I could accept changing to other KDE distro.
> Karol
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