hi all, any idea if y480's motherboard and the i7-3610QM can support 16 GB of RAM? and if they can, has anyone tried that?

How to check whether it is FHD?

I have a feeling that mine isn't FHD hmm.gif



==> pls refer to Post #459 & #460...

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Added on August 21, 2012, 11:09 amok, thx... may not do that, but at least i know the potential is there...

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 21 2012, 11:11 AM

no box & documents? then look at the label at the bottom of your unit (480 or 580??), what is the Model No.? my y480 is 20131. maybe you can check on Lenovo using this model no.

hmm... honestly i'm not sure. i found this with 20132:

http://www.kwcheah.com/2012/08/17/lenovo-y580-review/

inside my box, there is a piece of packing list, that describes the components of the unit, it will tell whether your display is hd or fhd LED.

maybe you'll have to use your serial no. to check on Lenovo, or ask your seller.

another possiblity is the display card driver - is it the correct one installed? or is your y580 came with the windows pre-installed?

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 21 2012, 11:28 AM

ok then, go to Control Panel > System and Security, click on the "Device Manager", you will se a display like attached. Pls report here what Display Adapter is listed. On this example, my computer shows "ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series", yours might be Nvidia *******.

let's see this first.

additional note: you should have 2:

Intel HD blah blah blah...
NVIDIA blah blah blah...

tell us what you see...

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 21 2012, 11:54 AM


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ok, the drivers are correct, 2 possibilities:

a) your seller f****d you,

b) you didn't select the highest resolution. go to Desktop > Screen Resolution again, at the Resolution drag down box, try to drag the arrow and see if you can go up to 1920?

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 21 2012, 12:02 PM


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hmm.... let's see what you can do.

what price did u pay? (maybe he didn't f**d u after all)
when did u buy it?
maybe you can go back to him with you receipt, and demand to change it to fhd and top up the amount needed. but to your disadvantage, you have thrown the box.

(maybe some kind-hearted pals here are willing to give you their box???)

nvm, call him up or see him first.


if he really has cheated you, you can warn him that if he refuses to rectify this, you will publish this case here with his name, and he will lose more (but pls make sure that there is no misunderstanding in the first place.)

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 21 2012, 12:19 PM

in this case, demand a full refund, bring some though-looking guys there to add some force, and raise you voices, create some scene (sellers usually fear this) - I don't recommend violence, but this is NOT a western country where sellers are honest, this is Malaysia, sigh.....

anyway, maybe we should know his shop name, as a precaution.

on hindsight, if you buy now, the Raya promo can get you Y580 fhd with Lenovo headset, at 2848 only (lower specs)...

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 21 2012, 12:27 PM

well in a sense, the shop didn't f*** him, they just sold the old batch to him at the price - which, strictly speaking, was not a lie. but they f****d him by saying this is FHD, even if verbally—this is a LIE!

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Added on August 21, 2012, 1:11 pmyou are most welcome!

so this again reminds us that we shouldn't buy expensive things when we are rushing... need to inspect eveything before parting with our $$$.

mate, hope you'd feel better...

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 21 2012, 01:11 PM

yeah, agreed. they lied about it being FHD.

i think they are desperately clearing the y580 HD version, even at the price of lying, because when the new specs came out at 2848, no one will want to buy the hd at 3399 anymore...

i think what rexus meant by 3117 is this:

2848 -- y580
+269 -- Upgrade to 3 Year OnSite Warranty
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3117
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rexus: pls make your message clear, provide us with more details, otherwise ppl will keep guessing and waste time asking again and again...

either that's a typo, or rexus has found a hidden treasure that none of us know... let's wait for him to reply....

hey bro: tell us where to find this specs at this $$$

Found one that costs only RM3117. With FullHD 8GB ram 1TB HDD

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Added on August 21, 2012, 9:41 pmyou can download a freeware to do it easily, my favourite: EASEUS Partition Manager.

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 21 2012, 09:41 PM

[quote=sss2sssss,Aug 21 2012, 09:47 PM]
I had pmed Devour , he told me that upgrading the HDD will void the warranty... Who is correct then ?

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If u keep ur default HDD, when ur laptop got problem u install back the HDD then warranty problem solve, some dealer just don't want other ppl change the stuff themselves(or can say if u want to change stuff go to they, so that they can earn money)

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i'll say put back the original hdd when you want to claim warranty. there is no way they can tell if you have moved it or not. same with the RAM. it is ridiculous to void the warranty just because we change the hdd and ram - like for a car, would we void the warranty if we change the tyres and the sport rims, the wipers?

many of us will go ahead and buy the hdd caddy to move the hdd to the dvd drive bay, we are not worried at all about the warrnty...

hey bro, can let us know what's the changes in its components, and pricing?

yea welcome!

2848? got the Lenovo headset?

wow

so you are now using both 1600. ok, do you sense any improvement compared with the old 1333?

hmm, what did u do to the orig. 1600 ram? might be interested to take it over from you...

hi, may i know is this K-lite thinggy a media player or something? can it open all kinds of format, incld. rmvb, flv, avi, ogg, mkv, etc.?

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 24 2012, 07:03 PM

hmm, that's the problem, with so many formats, very mafan la. currently i'm using media player classic, GOM Player, and VLC.