I have a laptop with Nvidia Geforce Go and nvidia drivers. My laptop screen is broken so I connect to an external monitor and disable the first. The nvidia gpu is constantly at highest and heats up my laptop. I still want the driver for 3d but I want to be able to control it. Is there any hack I can do to underclock or switch to nouveau drivers and switch back to Nvidia when neccesary?
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In a manner of speaking, yes.
sudo nvidia-settings
Then, in the left column, look for an entry called PowerMizer, and set mode Adaptive instead of Maximum Performance.
Otherwise/Also, find a way to cool your laptop (ie using a laptop cooler).