[nfbcs] is there a trick to using JAWS on a laptop with two video cards?

[Glen Gordon]

Ryan,

What OS are you running? Is it Windows 7? If Windows 10 or even 8.1 I can't figure out how you could be having this problem. If it's Windows 7, I can work out in my mind why you might have DirectX issues while JAWS is running but not once it's been shut down cleanly.

--Glen

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Subject: [nfbcs] is there a trick to using JAWS on a laptop with two video cards?

Hey folks,

I am using JAWS on a Lenovo ThinkPad with two video cards in an optimus configuration (meaning that there are two video cards, one that is a weak intel HD card that is very power efficient, and one that is a stronger NVIDIA card for games, etc).

JAWS is working as expected and I'm not having issues with that side of things, but since I installed JAWS no applications that would use the NVIDIA graphics card will work anymore. As I share my computer with others who don't need JAWS it would be great if it could still be a fully functional computer when I am not using it.

When I try to launch a game I get an error that says:

No suitable graphics card found.
Could not find a Direct3D device that supports the XNA Framework Reach profile. Verify that a suitable graphics device is installed.

Does anyone on this list have experience with this kind of issue? Does JAWS just not play well with others? Do I need to have separate dedicated hardware for myself as a result, or is there a step that I have missed?

Ryan Boudwin
ryanboudwin at gmail.com
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