Force the computer to always use current display settings

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So I'm having a terrible black screen problem with my new installation of Windows 8. The screen basically goes to black every time I turn it on or sleep, or connect to an external or monitor. I dont really know what steps actually cause the problem and cant seem to figure what steps allow the screen to come back, besides forcing restarts, going to sleep and waking up, and smashing Win + P.

I have a strong feeling it's because the Switchable graphics I have (Intel HD + Radeon 5060), so I'm looking for a way to make the computer always use a specified mode (i.e the current mode I'm on, that does show stuff on the screen) and force it to use it everytime?

Any ideas?

EDIT: I've Installed all the latest drivers I've found. Tried most of the solutions around the web for this problem. Updated the BIOS to UEFI (from HP Support Assistant), etc. Laptop is an HP- Envy 14

sazpaz

Posted 2012-10-31T03:02:35.873

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Have you installed the latest drivers from the manufacture? – kobaltz – 2012-10-31T03:03:32.703

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Having the latest drivers is always important, but to answer your question. There should be a bios setting called something like FIXED GPU, this will always keep the AMD GPU on. If you can't see it you, you may need to update your bios.

Also check out the latest beta drivers, which at teh moment live here http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst1211betadriver.aspx

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Seems your bios won't let you cheat. Which version of catalyst are you running? Also try running driver Fusion to remove any of the old junk that may have accidently made its may into your installation.

Lastly, try forcing the old Windows 7 drivers, this guy did it and he seems like a cool dude: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Display-and-Video-e-g/Windows-8-drivers-for-HP-notebooks-with-switchable-graphics/td-p/1773247/page/29

Mikhail

Posted 2012-10-31T03:02:35.873

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Didn't see that on my BIOS. – sazpaz – 2012-10-31T03:19:30.733

Did you update the bios or are you using the latest bios? You must verify this. – Mikhail – 2012-10-31T03:20:51.517

Yes, updated it after installing Windows 8, trying to solve this issue. – sazpaz – 2012-10-31T03:22:10.967

Which version of the catalyst drivers are you running. You verify that you are using the bleeding edge beta drivers. – Mikhail – 2012-10-31T03:27:02.783

I got the 12.10.I dont really know what you mean by bleed edge beta – sazpaz – 2012-10-31T03:29:01.073

Good news, thats not the latest version. Try http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst1211betadriver.aspx

– Mikhail – 2012-10-31T03:48:38.133

Installed the latest driver and didn't fix it. – sazpaz – 2012-10-31T20:43:19.297

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