If the laptop is not on steroid (AC power ) the components will be clocked down... I suspect it's for the battery lifespan... or else, you'll have a very short lifetime there...

Just install Win8 in another partition. You don't have to wipe anything if you have enough space. Just shrink current partition if you don't have any, install Win8 in that partition, Win8 installer will take care of the booting options...

more details you want to google though...

if you buy the upgrade version, it'll upgrade... though I think there's another workaround here... not sure if it'll work out or not...

the win8 upgrade version can be used for clean installation after you upgrade once. maybe after upgrading, you can work your way to dual boot. re-format, install win7, and install win8 again. it might work, it might not... I can't say for certain coz the way win8 works is a little bit different from previous iteration of windows as i know. maybe somebody else knows better?

on a side note, Win8 Pro Upgrade is going to be RM800++ after promotional period...

unless you're going to travel so much, just maintain with the desktop...

I'f I'm not mistaken, it will always run at lower speed out of two... you probably can OC the 1GHz to 1.25GHz... though I won't recommend it...

This post has been edited by mrl: Jan 31 2013, 05:30 AM

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...

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...

just update the driver... no harm doing that... nVidia website is the place...

local set Y400... saves yourself from headache of warranty which high likely you'll need it with Y500 US set...

idling for me is around 45'C-50'C for CPU right now in 25'C room temperature. GPU is idling at 40'C with always on nVidia.

Gaming, depends on game... max I got is 104'C for CPU on BF3 and 68'C for GPU on Hitman Absolution.

I dont think the laptop can be used for long if you game on nVidia full performance... that's why you're given 170W brick...

even if you force it on nVidia all the time, the performance is limited... the card is undervolt, underclocked I guess... I dont know if there's any way to force it to run it on full performance but I'm afraid your laptop doesn't want to stay alive coz not much juice...

factory image, I think you can use it just fine... but you might need to re-activate your windows... I can say this might be true as far as Win7 goes though... I dont know Win8...

there are a few ways to obtain the key... if you try google, I think you can find a few software that can retrieve the key for you... however, since it's win8 I can't say for certain it'll work as well...

but Win8 has its own recovery system already right? why don't you use that? you can find it by Charms Bar > Search > "recovery" > click settings > Remove Everything and Reinstall Windows.

yeah... win8 seems slower to everyone else actually because you don't know where it is located... but once you get used to it, that thing is pretty easy to handle... it's a new interface language after all... learning curve is pretty steep...

I haven't venture into that area yet actually, but I do have an installation disc burnt after I download it before. The installation disc can be used for clean installation, doesn't really matter if it's upgrade version of retail... but in case of built in, I dont really know. However, if I'm not mistaken windows also allows you to create a recovery disk to be used in worst case scenario. maybe you can check it out as well...

1st option, open up the panel and check the stickers on the stick.
2nd option, I usually used SIW (you can google and download is for free) for extensive system spec listing... or you also can use CPU-Z to check... though CPU-Z list the frequency as DRAM Frequency, not the data frequency, so you'll have to double the listed freq to get your DDR frequency. e.g 1333MHz DDR3 will have 667MHz DRAM Frequency.

I think your temperature is pretty high for idling. You sure your laptop is idling? or something is running in background... judging from gaming temperature of 78'C, something must be running in background if it can hold its temperature with FarCry3... with 78'C gaming temp, I think it's pretty cool environment already...

mine is even worse...

btw, if you want to improve try to set your nvidia always on...

This post has been edited by mrl: Feb 8 2013, 02:08 PM

y580...

though I think this is before I turn the nvidia to always on...

go to your nvidia control panel and set to prefer your nvidia card... unless your laptop isn't optimus enabled...

aaahhhh... but your score is quite low for 650m sli? have you update the driver?

though i don't know how if the sli will affect score or not... never used sli before

70'C while gaming is already good... no worries... just check your background process, something could be running churning out the CPU causing the idle temp to rise... though I think that's good already...

1. you have the money, you have the deal... sure can upgrade...
2. I don't own Y400 myself, but on power saver profile I would expect 4 hours max.
3. Just look at it, it's a hot laptop... okay, it's not that hot... it's better than Y480/Y580... I dont think internal cooling fan can be changed... the most you can do is to ask them re-apply a better thermal paste...
4. IINM GT650M is an underclocked GTX660M (of course with a few unnecessary extra features disabled as well)... that's what they meant... I can confirmed DOTA 2 can be played smoothly on high settings, other games better turn down the resolution + details a little bit... oh wait, Y400 is not full HD, so there you go... pretty sure everything is smooth...
5. I dont know much about warranty extension, i think you can buy them if you wish...

It looks to me like there's some faults in charging circuit or battery... get it checked at service center...

is that my nick at the end?

1. Regarding the SSD upgrade, I haven't done any... nor I'm interested to do it so I have minimal knowledge in this... though, why not just buy a normal SATA3 SSD (i think that's cheaper than mSATA) and replace your HDD with that SSD. Now, you buy caddy for RM50 and slot in your HDD into your ODD bay... Sell your blu-ray drive since you dont really like it. that way you have extra storage as well... SATA2 SSD is still fast comparing to normal HDD... you'll feel the difference...

2. Any SATA2 can detect any SATA3 device without problem, but the speed will be at SATA2, not SATA3.

3. if I'm in Malaysia right now, I might...

4. I can't answer this question with 100% guaranteed to be true, though I heard that this is controlled by BIOS. Those with model that doesn't come with mSATA cache drive will only be able to be used as normal drive. So, I'm pretty sure you can use it as normal drive... so, hot to transfer the OS. If you're on Win7, I think you can just create a recovery image with the One-Click Recovery (did I get the name right?) and use it to load the OS with factory settings. Other than that, you can always install it again with the serial number at the bottom.

5. answered above I guess...

6. Most people use NotePal U3.

7. most people move the HDD to ODD bay using caddy to keep the HDD cool. other than that, not much i think...


that widget is available on Win8? where did you get it? been using it since Win7 but Win8 says no more widget so I stop looking!

Is it just happened? or since the day you bought it? I think, the better way is to send it to service center and repair it under warranty. otherwise, you can try to uninstall the driver (this is pretty important step) and clean install again the latest driver.