Inspiron N7110 can't access Nvidia graphics card

Hi Thenaskgul,

Since the Inspiron N7110 computer goes with Intel HD Graphics card(Integrated) and customers have choice to add the (Discrete card) either NVidia or AMD Graphic card. Please provide us the Service tag of your computer so we can check the exact configuration as it was sent at the time of purchase and will assist accordingly. Please contact me through private message by clicking on my name. On the next page, click the envelope icon and provide your service tag and contact information(as mentioned below) so that I may access your system records.

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Reply us back with your findings.

If you don't see an entry in the Device Manager for the nVidia chip, you have the base model without it.  It was an option on the higher-line N7110 models - it was not part of the base configuration.

I understand that it was an option, and I initially thought I simply didn't have it as well. However, I checked my owner's guide specs and the Nvidia is listed as a discrete GPU there. Is this simply information given in all N7110 owner's guides or should i have it?

There is only one user's guide - it covers all models.  Only the high-end models have discrete video.

Generally they were the over-$1,000 models.  Instead of guessing, enter the service tag number at support.dell.com and look up the original configuration.  It'll tell you whether you have a UMA system or discrete/hybrid video.

Could you possibly define which models are the "high-end" models, please?

I have the same problem, and I bought the higher-end i5 processor 8GB of RAM and 1TB hard drive!

Hello - Did you ever receive a response to your comment. I also have the "high end" 7110 and don't seem to have the Nvidia card either. I'm just noticing since I need to access it for some software I'm using but am finding out that I don't have it although it displays in Device Manager in Windows 7.  I'm curious to know what your experience was. I see your posting is from last year - I hope you were able to resolve the problem.  Thank you.