def METHOD_NAME(sd_model, use_medvram):
    if getattr(sd_model, 'lowvram', False):
        return
    sd_model.lowvram = True
    parents = {}
    def send_me_to_gpu(module, _):
        """send this module to GPU; send whatever tracked module was previous in GPU to CPU;
        we add this as forward_pre_hook to a lot of modules and this way all but one of them will
        be in CPU
        """
        global module_in_gpu
        module = parents.get(module, module)
        if module_in_gpu == module:
            return
        if module_in_gpu is not None:
            module_in_gpu.to(cpu)
        module.to(devices.device)
        module_in_gpu = module
    # see below for register_forward_pre_hook;
    # first_stage_model does not use forward(), it uses encode/decode, so register_forward_pre_hook is
    # useless here, and we just replace those methods
    first_stage_model = sd_model.first_stage_model
    first_stage_model_encode = sd_model.first_stage_model.encode
    first_stage_model_decode = sd_model.first_stage_model.decode
    def first_stage_model_encode_wrap(x):
        send_me_to_gpu(first_stage_model, None)
        return first_stage_model_encode(x)
    def first_stage_model_decode_wrap(z):
        send_me_to_gpu(first_stage_model, None)
        return first_stage_model_decode(z)
    to_remain_in_cpu = [
        (sd_model, 'first_stage_model'),
        (sd_model, 'depth_model'),
        (sd_model, 'embedder'),
        (sd_model, 'model'),
        (sd_model, 'embedder'),
    ]
    is_sdxl = hasattr(sd_model, 'conditioner')
    is_sd2 = not is_sdxl and hasattr(sd_model.cond_stage_model, 'model')
    if is_sdxl:
        to_remain_in_cpu.append((sd_model, 'conditioner'))
    elif is_sd2:
        to_remain_in_cpu.append((sd_model.cond_stage_model, 'model'))
    else:
        to_remain_in_cpu.append((sd_model.cond_stage_model, 'transformer'))
    # remove several big modules: cond, first_stage, depth/embedder (if applicable), and unet from the model
    stored = []
    for obj, field in to_remain_in_cpu:
        module = getattr(obj, field, None)
        stored.append(module)
        setattr(obj, field, None)
    # send the model to GPU.
    sd_model.to(devices.device)
    # put modules back. the modules will be in CPU.
    for (obj, field), module in zip(to_remain_in_cpu, stored):
        setattr(obj, field, module)
    # register hooks for those the first three models
    if is_sdxl:
        sd_model.conditioner.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
    elif is_sd2:
        sd_model.cond_stage_model.model.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
        sd_model.cond_stage_model.model.token_embedding.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
        parents[sd_model.cond_stage_model.model] = sd_model.cond_stage_model
        parents[sd_model.cond_stage_model.model.token_embedding] = sd_model.cond_stage_model
    else:
        sd_model.cond_stage_model.transformer.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
        parents[sd_model.cond_stage_model.transformer] = sd_model.cond_stage_model
    sd_model.first_stage_model.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
    sd_model.first_stage_model.encode = first_stage_model_encode_wrap
    sd_model.first_stage_model.decode = first_stage_model_decode_wrap
    if sd_model.depth_model:
        sd_model.depth_model.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
    if sd_model.embedder:
        sd_model.embedder.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
    if use_medvram:
        sd_model.model.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
    else:
        diff_model = sd_model.model.diffusion_model
        # the third remaining model is still too big for 4 GB, so we also do the same for its submodules
        # so that only one of them is in GPU at a time
        stored = diff_model.input_blocks, diff_model.middle_block, diff_model.output_blocks, diff_model.time_embed
        diff_model.input_blocks, diff_model.middle_block, diff_model.output_blocks, diff_model.time_embed = None, None, None, None
        sd_model.model.to(devices.device)
        diff_model.input_blocks, diff_model.middle_block, diff_model.output_blocks, diff_model.time_embed = stored
        # install hooks for bits of third model
        diff_model.time_embed.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
        for block in diff_model.input_blocks:
            block.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
        diff_model.middle_block.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)
        for block in diff_model.output_blocks:
            block.register_forward_pre_hook(send_me_to_gpu)