so without it won't work?

Ya....

any short cut key to off the screen?

at power plan there, have Dim the Display, Turn off the display. what's mean by Dim the display? lolx

It will lower the display brightness after xx minutes. Unless you are using it at the lowest brightness.

ic ic..

Fn+F2

thanks!

if let say network adapter rosak, is it:
1. buy a new network card to replace it
2. buy a USB wifi cable

both also can be a solution right?
or there has other ways as well..

Both can.
or just use LAN cable

usb wifi cable, any recommend product for this?

there is too many models in market, from rm2x - rm1xx also have.

does anyone have installed msata ssd+hdd???is it working?what i mean is, if we buy y580 without msata ssd,can we install msata ssd into it?

G480. specs is different a lot

strange. mine dont have this problem. how far is it to the modem/router? other laptop for problem with the wifi also?

get MSE (microsoft security essential) as antivirus. i also uninstal mcafee on my 1st day

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Added on November 26, 2012, 2:33 pmwas playing SC2 arcade game (NOTD) and got the error msg "out of memory" :sweat

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Added on November 26, 2012, 2:38 pmanother cheaper method is to use USB wifi adapter, since this models comes with 4 USB slot. just plug it at the USB2.0 slots

This post has been edited by Frostlord: Nov 26 2012, 02:38 PM

thanks for the reply!

i just chat with Lenovo support, he checked the record there and say the system shipped with Liteon wireless card for my y480.

i just @@

i only know Device Manager --> Network Adapter to see my network card. it's mention to me is Broadcom.

now this guy say i shouldn't install broadcom. zzzzzzzzzzz


i dunno how to check the REAL wireless card i using???

Device Manager - Network adaptor -> broadcom ->properties -> Details -> hardware ids

Paste it here.

now at office, not able to check it.

will update here to9.

thanks for you all help..

feel tired with this kind of thing.

(1st guy tell me this: As per our database your system is shipped with Liteon Wireless card. We do not recommend you to go with Broadcom driver if your system is shipped with Liteon Wireless Card.Broadcom driver will not work in Liteon hardware. You need to install Lition driver to make your Wireless card work.)

ok..after chat with 2nd guy of lenovo support, he tell me this:
"We would like to share with you that system is shipped with broadcom wireless adapter. Yes the both the adapter are same. Please find the details on wireless adapter at your system Liteon WB195 BGN+BT HMC WLAN."


means Broadcom = Liteon. =.=

different guy tell me different thing.

This post has been edited by cheemm: Nov 26 2012, 03:10 PM

Liteon is Atheros one....lol
Braodcom is CyberTan...

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Added on November 26, 2012, 3:19 pmI think u may reinstall the Atheros driver and see

This post has been edited by sss2sssss: Nov 26 2012, 03:22 PM

omg...

the 2nd guy give me the link to reinstall: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/...?DocID=DS027809

is it OK?

or i should install other driver? can u provide me?


faint de...

Ya u can dl that...
just make sure if it auto detect is Atheros card
If detect wrong go to that extract driver folder and click the Atheros one
if It still say it cannot detect it, then ur laptop might be modified by someone ady

ok..good luck to me then. ><

thanks for your help too~~

Hello guys, been researching in a new laptop to buy and it seems that the ideapad is good bang for the buck. Just a few questions after reading this forum.

1. It seems like there's this WiFi signal problem a few pages back. Is this problem solved yet?
2. The temperature also seems to rise very fast due to the location of HDD between CPU and GPU. I have the habit of gaming for a whole day, sometimes even more than 12 hours. Will it be able to stand my needs? Or will it overheat easily.

Oh and the model I'm planning to get is y580. The rm2999 version. Thanks for ur help

mine (Y480) is Atheros

depends on what game u play