Seeking Advice on Integrated Graphics Setup- Maximus V Gene

[Mckeenie]

Looking for some advice/reassurance on bios configuration for using LucidLogic Virtu.

I have recently completed a new build based around a Maximus V Gene mother board running Windows 7. Build went fine, absolutely no hitches at all. Up until now I have been running my display (Viewsonic VX2336S) directly from my graphics card. I decided to run the system in Lucid Virtue I-Mode and connected the display to the onboard video output. On booting the system I find that the post screen no longer appears and the screen remains blank when I enter bios. The system posts and the screen displays windows fine just nothing on the screen during post and remains blank when in bios.

I then realised that I had not reconfigured the primary display to iGPU in bios before swapping over the display connection. I reconnected the display back to the graphics card to go ahead and access the bios and It was just about then I took a wobbly.
Before I go ahead and do this can someone out there confirm that this is indeed the correct assumption. Is there any possibility that after I alter the bios I may be left with no display at all and no means of accessing the bios?

[Nackers]

Hi mate.. When you use virtu mvp you connect your display to your graphic card, in bios under system agent config- graphic config- primary display set to auto- iGpu multi monitor set it to enable then f10 save and exit, then in windows install virtu mvp, and you should be right to go..

[Mckeenie]

Nackers , thanks for that. That is the bios setup I had at the outset and that i currently have and I am back connected to the graphics card (Lucid Virtu and drivers installed).

What I was looking to do was to run the Lucid V in I-mode which gives superior performance in video encoding plus pwr. savings when using less intensive graphics apps. According to the motherboard manual :-
" To use Lucid Virtu in I-Mode, the display must be connected to the onboard video output. Ensure to set the Primary Display to iGPU in BIOS to activate I-Mode support. "

I did the first part of this i.e. connected to onboard output. The result of which was the non-display of the post screen nor any display in bios.
At first I assumed that this was because I had not performed the second part, namely setting the primary display to iGPU.
But then if the bios was set to auto shouldn't I still have seen the post screen and be able to display the bios while connected to the onboard output.

I'm just really hesitant about setting the bios to IGPU in case I end with a blank screen and no way of accessing the bios. (Or am I being too Scottish)

[HiVizMan]

Sad to say there is no saving power wise doing things that way. Think it was one of the big review sites that did a test and found the whole power saving hype was not accurate.

[Mckeenie]

Ok HVM. In that case I may just leave things as is

[Chino]

HiVizMan wrote:
Sad to say there is no saving power wise doing things that way. Think it was one of the big review sites that did a test and found the whole power saving hype was not accurate.

Pretty sure it was from Benchmark Reviews

[Mckeenie]

Nice one Chino found it. Very subtle.