From d3fee878026bcbfad5590b8510f7f82b79207210 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Serge <5920850+seerge@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 18:49:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- docs/README.md | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md index d84ce3c8..a625acf3 100644 --- a/docs/README.md +++ b/docs/README.md @@ -187,19 +187,16 @@ Small and lightweight Armoury Crate alternative for Asus laptops offering almost ## Notice for G14 2023 users who complain about not being able to set Eco mode -It's a known issue with the Nvidia Drivers / Windows that happens for **BOTH Armoury Crate and G-Helper**, as it doesn't depend on them. It appears if you shut down your system with GPU disabled (in Eco mode). +This is a known issue with the Nvidia Drivers / Windows that occurs if you shutdown or restart a system with dGPU disabled (Eco mode). This situation can happen for **BOTH Armoury Crate and G-Helper** (as it doesn't depend on them in a first place) Scenario to reproduce (for both AC / GH): -1. Set Eco mode and shut down / start or reboot your computer +1. Set Eco mode and shutdown / start or reboot your computer 2. After booting in Eco set Standard -> ``brightness controls won't work`` 3. Try to set Eco mode -> ``it won't work`` 4. G-Helper would offer you to restart GPU in Device Manager, after that you will be able to set Eco, AC won't be able to do anything -G-Helper offers a "temporary" solution for this in the form of always setting Standard mode when the laptop shuts down. If you want to use this solution - add following line to the beginning of ``%AppData%\GHelper\config.json`` - -``` -"gpu_fix" : 1, -``` +To prevent this from happening, G-Helper by default would try to enable dGPU before shutdown / restart. +If you want to turn this feature off uncheck ``Extra`` -> ``Enable GPU on shutdown (prevents issue with Eco mode)`` -------------------------------