ThinkPad USB 3 Dock+Windows 8+nVida Optimus+Any Game = Blackscreen

Wim · 05-03-2013, 12:05 PM

Yes - this is a known issue due to the way the NVIDIA Optimus systems operate on Windows 8. It affects full screen apps (eg games).

We're looking at ways to fix this, but there is nothing easy we can do. Ideally would need to work with NVIDIA, but so far they have not been open to helping with this.

Wim

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05-03-2013, 12:05 PM	#2
Wim Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,561	Yes - this is a known issue due to the way the NVIDIA Optimus systems operate on Windows 8. It affects full screen apps (eg games). We're looking at ways to fix this, but there is nothing easy we can do. Ideally would need to work with NVIDIA, but so far they have not been open to helping with this. Wim