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MBP Nvidia 330m GT Staying on... (Nothing Open!)[+Now Solution]
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wow yea that was it, quit that process and back to the integrated. What does that do anyway, why was it open and why would that take a 330m.
Little off topic, but are you happy with your upgrade from the 2.8 to your 2010 model?
In terms of noticeable differences there are not a ton. Same HDD, Ram, all that stuff.
The processor really starts to make a difference when you have a lot of things open, and a lot of things going on with them. I have istats menu installed, and have it on a 2.8 here at work as well.
The 2.8 has a much harder time of things that the i5.
That and I wanted an updated GPU, especially with Steam coming out.
and I just plain want the latest and greatest, new AC plug, inertial scrolling. I'm a sucker
If I recall correctly, that file is used for screen sharing. So you probably enabled screen sharing in: System Pref > Sharing > Screen Share.
As for why 330M needs to be on for that, it doesn't but the list of apps to force a switch to 330M needs updating. Example, Skype forces the 330M to be active.
Don't need discrete GPU for video conferencing... lol
I just wanted to let everyone know that the 'Microsoft AU Daemon' program for running Office '04 and such on an Intel mac will also trigger the 330m. I only figured this out after three 5-hour battery cycles.
If I recall correctly, that file is used for screen sharing. So you probably enabled screen sharing in: System Pref > Sharing > Screen Share.
As for why 330M needs to be on for that, it doesn't but the list of apps to force a switch to 330M needs updating. Example, Skype forces the 330M to be active.
Oh, Yes I was screensharing earlier through iChat with Google Talk. Hmm hope Apple fixes that one.
Check your sharing preferences, maybe you're allowing VNC connections to your Macbook, that should be the VNC Server process you saw.
I think any Rosetta dependent app triggers the 330M. I see that behavior with a simple 2D graphing program that's for PowerPC.
Closed for clean-up. It will re-open in a bit...
Edit: Okay, it's open again. Keep it civil and on-topic, please.
Edit: Okay, it's open again. Keep it civil and on-topic, please.
I have Office 2008 installed, and notice the same behavior. When I launch e.g. Word, the status switches to discrete gfx. Is the AU daemon still dependent on Rosetta in MS Office 2008?