No nvidia driver after 364.19 works fully with this system. Newer (375+) drivers lock system if X is started with BIOS in DISCRETE mode. In MSHYBRID mode, (375+) nvidia drivers stutter and hang; connecting external monitor shuts off both monitors. In MSHYBRID mode, setting prime to Intel hangs system after lightdm accepts credentials - removing nvidia drivers completely lets Intel chipset work normally.
Attached is the tar for my Sager NP8658-S (Clevo P650RG) with Sager's newest available BIOS.
P65_P67RGRERA
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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM204M [GeForce GTX 980M] (rev a1)
No nvidia driver after 364.19 works fully with this system. Newer (375+) drivers lock system if X is started with BIOS in DISCRETE mode. In MSHYBRID mode, (375+) nvidia drivers stutter and hang; connecting external monitor shuts off both monitors. In MSHYBRID mode, setting prime to Intel hangs system after lightdm accepts credentials - removing nvidia drivers completely lets Intel chipset work normally.
More detail at https:/ /devtalk. nvidia. com/default/ topic/1003432/ linux/375- 381-09- 980m-hangs- system- if-external- monitor- is-connected