[SOLVED] Disabling dedicated radeon card on a notebook

mtb · 10-21-2022, 03:03 PM

Hello everyone,

i've got a Sony SVE 1713Y1EB NOTEBOOK, that has Intel Core i7-3632QM with integrated graphics and a radeon card (should be AMD Radeon HD 7650M )

vram on radeon has problems, that leads to corrupted graphics and unusable desktop. is there a way to disable that card and use only the intel integrated? in stock bios there isn't such an option, and i haven't found hacked bioses for this pc.

Thank you in advance.

mrmazda · 10-22-2022, 02:09 AM

Just an educated guess: If you can get the notebook open to expose the GPU, and if the GPU is in a socket rather than soldered in place, then it could be removed to enable the integrated graphics. That would also disable the VRAM, meaning available system RAM would be reduced by that required for graphics.

mtb · 10-22-2022, 06:23 AM

thank you, but unfortunatly it's soldered

mtb · 10-22-2022, 06:37 AM

Solved, from : https://askubuntu.com/questions/7973...rd-permanently

Code:

Open a terminal and execute :

sudo nano /etc/default/grub  

Add radeon.modeset=0 to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

so that it reads : GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.modeset=0"

Save this change and update the GRUB configuration : sudo update-grub

for now i have tried with a live with radeon.modeset=0 and works perfectly!