Turning off the GPU

[coywolf]

I went to device manager and selected display adaptors then selected Radeon RX 6550M and disabled the devoce. Then I selected uninstall device. AMD software then reported the GPU was still using 4 watts. I then turned off smart access memory in the smart access section of AMD. AMD then reported intermittant power in the GPU. So I then installed the latest AMD software which then reported zero power in the GPU. The problem is the graphics driver reinstalls and the AMD then turns on the memory access. I'm doing this for battery life. The power cord runs hot which is alarming since no one sells them. I have an older 90 watt which might work in an emergency. Microsoft should list the GPU in the device manager and not under graphics driver.There is a solution which is to install Windows 10 which will ignore the GPU until you install the AMD software. But the screen gives only the choice of 66 frames per second. I would like a screen driver that runs at 120 frames per second which allows me to scan videos at high speed without dropping frames.

[Raj_05]

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[coywolf]

This time I disabled the GPU turned off smart mamory and uninstalled the AMD software. It has not turned itself back on. The task manager does not show rhe GPU but GPU Z does and shows solid zeros. I can play HD 30 fps video at 3.8 times and it used 3 percent CPU and 24 percent GPU. The laptop will now work with a 45 watt charger that runs cool. This is acceptable to me and is not hard to undo. I don't game but I do plan on running engineering programs.

[Raj_05]

Hi @coywolf,

Thank you for your response, 

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Alden4

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