Hi Andrea, Is the "Hybrid mode" set in your BIOS? That one should direct the Intel GPU to the built-in LCD. Is your problem that even despite this the GPU PCI device is still burning electricity?
Can you detail the trick you did on Linux to disable the dedicated GPU there? Joseph ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, 31 December 2020 00:55, Andrea Boccia <d1.and...@tuta.io> wrote: > Hi! > my laptop, a ThinkPad P1 ships with the nVIDIA Quadro T1000 dGPU. > > sysctl hw.sensors reports an energy discharge rate of 30 Wh and CPU > temperatures of around 60 degrees. (I guess the cpu/gpu shared heatpipe isn't > doing any good...) > Yes, apm is active and properly configured. (clock @ 800 Mhz) > This is exactly the same behaviour I experienced some time ago on Linux, that > I solved through acpi_calls. > > How could I turn completely off the dGPU? > Unfortunately disabling the GPU trough BIOS isn't possible. > > I don't think there is the need for a dmesg or any other kind of log, but let > me know if I'm wrong, I will immediately comply. > Thanks!
