brand name does affect reliability, quality and after sales service

how good is asus, sony and lenovo after sales service i don't know, but seems reliability wise 3 brands macam quite ok, but then again it all depends on luck lol

You can use GPU-Z to monitor your graphic card's temp; HWMonitor and Everest for most of your hardware's temp. If possible, make it like a casual science project where temperature are recorded based on starting up, idle, load, long hours etc so you can know your lappy better .

This post has been edited by jotaro12: May 6 2010, 08:48 PM

What should i know, do or check before i purchase y460 at a lenovo store? thanks once again. =)

Just routine check would be fine, like specs, keyboard, buttons etc. The Y460 box only contained the laptop, battery, adapter+cord and setup guides manual.


P/S: I've updated the OC score on the 1st page so feel free to comment.

This post has been edited by jotaro12: May 7 2010, 01:20 AM

mine also manufactured @ 16th March 2010...means i also nonit 2 flash the bios?

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Added on May 7, 2010, 9:34 amu mean d MV Lenovo shop?
they r playing the price...last time i asked thy r selling RM3699 then wan charge me 5.5% for installment plan & if i use credit card 2 swipe 1shoot they wil charge me 4%

B4 i bought mine Y460 at lowyat...i asked PC3 & they are selling RM3699 also...but as i kno the market price is RM3599 disccused with the SA but also thy die die also say RM3699 even i dun1 d free gifts...

Till the end asked my fren 2 grab for me bcs whole lowyat is out of stock..... except PC3....which selling RM3699

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Added on May 7, 2010, 9:36 amThanks bro..i wil do it on next week whn i outstation as in office i cant download thiings...

This post has been edited by ^bAbym310n^: May 7 2010, 09:36 AM

Just use CPU-z to check on your laptop BIOS.



27CN47WW This should be the latest BIOS.

-pWs-

Why don't you get from our forum member?
Go search for the seller in garage sale (ahem, he's from T**ping). He quoted me RM3500 for Y460 + RM30 hassle-free postage to your door step.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: May 7 2010, 09:39 AM

i used card (to do installment) for rm3550 flat, with the cordless phone compulsory free gift. i think you got urs slightly overpriced.

@leng2

where did you buy yours?

i can't remember the company name... i bought it at the pc fair

This is a common scene in LYP whereby they'll know the stock availability of other shops and decide whether it's own price should remain/jack up/lower down. If you have an item which is hot selling and there's no stocks on other shops, I'm sure you'll jack it up too to make more profit . The other way to avoid this would be order from shops and wait for the stock to arrive, as you let them know the SRP 1st and see how much discount they can give. If agree, pay the down payment and wait.

how bout warranty and free gifts and card payment? what if the laptop came faulty? i know it's a lot of questions at one time but enlighten me. =)

ok... will try to test it out..

..jotaro, how did you manage to do that?
just wanna know..
but first i will take alook at the current settings & see how it goes..
especially on the temp part...

..on the warranty part, you can refer to this link address
Lenovo Ideapad Service Center

you just need to give them the machine serial & model number for your laptop model..

This post has been edited by Mie131085: May 7 2010, 12:11 PM

Hey guys, noob question: I want to put an SSD into the Y460, but unfortunately I don't have a budget to buy a high capacity one, probably only could afford a 80GB disk. Is the laptop limited to only 1 slot and do you think it would be worth the hassle to use an 80GB SSD only?

Storage isn't my main concern btw, all my movies and songs are mostly on the externals. But I do play alot of games, which could take up alot of space...

You'll get the most performance gain from SSD upgrade.
It is a MUST upgrade for notebook if you want to boost the overall performance.
64GB or 80GB should be find.

Yes, there is only 1 slot for your notebook.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: May 7 2010, 01:19 PM

@ ALeUNe
Will the warranty void after we change using SSD?

-pWs-

It depends on whether there is a "warranty void" sticker on cover under the notebook.

For Acer, there is sticker right on the screw hole. You have to tear the sticker before you can remove the screw and cover.
However, for ASUS, i think there is no sticker.

I check with Acer SC, they say they will honor the warranty as the warranty is based on the S/N of the notebook.
They don't really look at the "warranty void" sticker.

How bout Lenovo? Any idea?

-pWs-

You check any "warranty void" sticker on the cover under the notebook.
If no, you can just open the cover and slot in the SSD.

haha...bcs i wan to make myself secure

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Added on May 7, 2010, 2:26 pmi tink u get urs at pc fair?
At pc fair...i got asked around bt too bad tat thy told me...
all Y460 with i5 540m ad sold out

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Added on May 7, 2010, 2:28 pmso till d end i bought from my fren..which i am willing to pay for the handling charges to him than to those that jack d price up...as he gav me a good price...

This post has been edited by ^bAbym310n^: May 7 2010, 02:28 PM