Thinkpads Forum

Ok, new problem (is this what I get for using Vista?)

As far as I know, I haven't done anything wrt my video settings (automatic updates?), but I restarted my T500 and I had some annoying resolution issues at the login screen, and now some Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile is in charge of my graphics. When I go to CCC I get "ati catalyst control center cannot be started because the currently active gpu is not supported." I guess I should have suspected something would go wrong since whenever I went to my display options before this happened, it would always show 4 monitors when all I was using was the laptop display.

In my old T4x (running XP) I never had any issues like this. I tried running 7vd541ww.exe (correctly - ran the downloaded file, then found the setup file) from the Lenovo Support & download site, but it didn't fix anything. I'm a bit at a loss here as I typically take graphics things for granted and I just want the nice control center that I'm used to back. Any thoughts?

Cannot open ATI Catalyst Control Center. CCC has been replaced by Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver. It started today (7/20) as soon as I installed Windows Updates. I tried doing a system restore and it wouldn't work. I cannot access the CCC control panel nor can I run multiple monitors.
Is there a fix?

Ok ... so it's not a bug. It's a feature. I guess just an ID ten T error, or ignorance on my part. Under the battery options, you just need to choose "High performance" instead of "Energy Saving" under switchable graphics. Now I know what that means though! Thanks for the hel... oh, never mind.

Also worth noting that Graphics and Gaming scores in the Windows Experience Index went from 4.1/3.8 with the Intel chip to 5.9/5.3 with the ATI. I'd say that's a sizable difference.