bought my Y400 last friday at RM2650 with free 4GB ram upgrade.

Really happy with this laptop temperature n noise level. :-)

Caddy is just a case to carry the HDD into the ODD bay. I dont think it will void any warranty, but I'm not 100% sure on the policy. As it's just a plug and play thing, I dont think it'll void the warranty. Changing RAM won't void the warranty (iinm), I dont think this caddy will void them, but you can always replace it back with ODD and replace the HDD in its original position.

The cost, for the caddy is around RM50...

Anyone try lenovo on site warranty servixe? Is it as good as dell does? Was tempting for Y500 but wait for the new package with dvd bay only take action.

Manage to clean install Win 7 on my SSD while retain my Win 8 for the moment till I swap w/ a bigger size HDD. Really love the SSD speed WEI score is 7.6 which is from both CPU/GPU, Ram/SSD is 7.9...

Hi, Thanks, looks like Y400 is good on temperature. What's your temp when playing games, and on normal use?

Stephen,

No need pictures, you won't see any difference. can refer pictures hear, a lot of us bought from him:

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2363123/+360

cost is very cheap (~50), it won't void the warranty (if you are careful not to spoil anything doing the swap).

So u mean that i have to take out the whole ODD to replace it with Caddy(or Hdd)?Then the ODD is left in the open?Ohya,Caddy is like a cover is it? Means even if i did insert a disc it wont read or work right since its like a container (i read it in wikipedia,still kinda confuse..) Anyway Chopin,what is your temperature of your Hdd when under heavy load like gaming or other things?

i have a problem with my Y500.
i put the battery on and plugged in the adapter for charging while playing with my laptop. but i noticed that it is not charging. it says "plugged in, not charging"

yesterday looks find to me, but when i turn it on this morning, this problem occurs.

can anyone here please help me.
Thanks you

Go to Energy Management and uncheck something like maximum battery performance.

alright, problem solved!!

thanks sifu!!

That function is to protect your battery, once the battery is charged until 60% then it will stop charging.

Will go through this later. Thanks!

Where you bought at?

Yah! Temp quite good. Bought CM Notepal U2 yesterday and can feel the differences. Going to stress test with straight 2 or 3 hours of gaming.

Whole ODD will be taken out and replaced with HDD caddy... ODD will not be usable unless you're using a USB converter to connect the ODD with USB. There's no place to insert a disc in the caddy at all, other than the hard disk...

if normal usage around 42-52c for cpu. Played Batman Arkham City max cpu temp 82c, GPU 68c..

and im not even use notebook cooler.


bought from Sri Computer

This post has been edited by Mclaren88: Feb 1 2013, 05:42 PM

So Chopin put the hardrive at the caddy spot,then the hdd slot was empty isnt it? Ohya,one more thing. I played far cry 3 in HD 1368x768. My Gpu temp is 98C,Cpu 75+ and HDD 70+... Do u think the GPU temp is too high? Using Cooler master infinite evo Btw

This post has been edited by Stefan How: Feb 1 2013, 09:38 PM

New Y400 owner reporting in...
awesome lappie indeed
I notice the integrated intel GPU is disabled in Y400... lenovo might have reason for this.
I am planning to move my Win8 boot HDD to SSD and make that HDD as secondary data storage via HDD caddy (ODD slot). Are there any 3rd party HDD caddy for Y400 right now? can someone direct me to suggested seller? Thank u.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2363123

i read it somewhere.. maybe it can be use? just a suggestion

intel gpu/nvidia optimus disabled bcos it may incompatible with sli....
for now, there's no 3rd party caddy since the usual caddy is impossible with the dual bay slot

incompatible with y400/500

The HDD will be moved to the ODD bay, and the hdd bay will be empty so that you can put SSD in it if you have one. you can spend an extra RM10 to convert your internal dvd drive to become an external, refer to post #1 of the same seller (skycrawler):

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2363123

btw, this is for y480/580, not for y400. you can ask skycrawler whether he has anything for y400/500 if u owns y400.

about the temperatures, in non-game situatuion it is between 38 to 50 C with no cooler used, i don't play games, so no ideas. but as far as i know, many y480/580 users here have done this mod and all are happy with the new temperatures, so i'm 100% confident about this. Yuo can read the earlier pages in this thread and also in our first thread: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2375417, many reports and discussions have been posted there.

ok that is very good. looks like y400 has got the design right this time so no need to modify it anymore, i think that's why no caddy is made for this model.