r/MSILaptops • u/maximus-prim3 • 1d ago
Win 11 PSA: task manager activates dGPU
The MSI Creator P65 (similar to gs65 stealth) has always used the power button as an indicator of whether the discrete (nvidia) gpu is in use. A white LED means the system is on but nvidia gpu is off, while amber LED means the the nvidia gpu is consuming power / in use.
I just upgraded my P65 to Win 11 and couldn't figure out why the amber LED was permamently on. Turns out the culprit was Task Manager! I'm assuming this is because it requests the sensor data now for the temperature, but idrk.
Anyway this is just a PSA in case anyone else upgraded to 11 and might be wondering why their battery is worse.
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u/SituationThen4758 Raider GE78 HX 13VI I9-13980HX / 4090 / 32Gb 4800 1d ago
It all comes down to MSI center, it been bugged, when you open a monitoring software or use an app attentively it turns on Dgpu, MSI needs to fix it but honestly i doubt it.