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Morrdak's avatar
Morrdak
Rising Rookie
9 days ago
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Stuck in Windowed Mode

Loaded back up from a long break, now I'm locked into a window. I've tried the ole Alt+Enter frostbite fix but nothing. I also deleted my profile under my documents folder... nothing. The only thing I did recently was update my Radeon driver cause BF2042 prompted me too.

Any ideas?

  • This post should help explain what's going on.

    full | EA Forums - 7062758

    Laptops have two GPUs and the game doesn't know which GPU to select. Some laptops also have a piece of hardware called a mux switch which basically allows the dedicated AMD GPU to bypass sending a video signal through the integrated GPU inside the CPU.

    You can try plugging a HDMI monitor into the laptop and sometimes that allows the dedicated AMD GPU to output a video signal straight to the monitor. You can also see if there's a way to turn the mux switch on/off if the laptop has one.

     

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  • Morrdak's avatar
    Morrdak
    Rising Rookie
    2 days ago

    That was it you magnificent human being!! Thank you very much... The hybrid mode that somehow got turned on in the Lenovo software screwed up everything. It was only for this game though... weird. Thank you very much for your help!! 🤓

  • OskooI_007's avatar
    OskooI_007
    Seasoned Ace
    3 days ago

    This post should help explain what's going on.

    full | EA Forums - 7062758

    Laptops have two GPUs and the game doesn't know which GPU to select. Some laptops also have a piece of hardware called a mux switch which basically allows the dedicated AMD GPU to bypass sending a video signal through the integrated GPU inside the CPU.

    You can try plugging a HDMI monitor into the laptop and sometimes that allows the dedicated AMD GPU to output a video signal straight to the monitor. You can also see if there's a way to turn the mux switch on/off if the laptop has one.

     

  • Morrdak's avatar
    Morrdak
    Rising Rookie
    3 days ago

    Well to answer the first question, Yep... but as you can see, its in a window for sure. (see screen)

    As for the factory reset Adrenalin... Yes Definitely. 

     

  • iigloo's avatar
    iigloo
    Seasoned Veteran
    9 days ago

    Stupid question, but you have enable it in game settings, right?

    Did you factory reset Adrenalin when you installed the new driver?

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