Im gonna pick up a Y410P (the GT 755M version) in a few hours. Most probably at Lowyat.
Anything i should look out for? Warranty information, serial numbers etc
Lenovo IdeaPad Y Series Thread v3, y510p, where are you?
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Feb 19 2014, 11:05 PM
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Bought a DOS version, MY set. added a stick of RAM on my own. Running on Windows 8 for now, runs my games like a charm. Enjoying Titanfall beta with no problems.
QUOTE(UserU @ Feb 19 2014, 06:33 PM) If you've Windows 8, upgrade it to Win 8.1 for free(via the Store). I got mine with Windows 8 and the WLAN kept disconnecting. Turned out that the driver was the root cause. Disconnecting as in the signal is gone at random times or....? My signal bars never drop, just the speed. Absolutely horrible on 802.11n mode. I had to switch my home router to use b/g mode exclusively so i can get stable speeds 90% of the time.  BTW, friendly reminder to Y410P/ GT 755M owners, do not update your Nvidia drivers to the 332.21 version. I used that after my fresh W8 installation, after restart the laptop screen keeps flashing on and off. Had to remove the drivers in safe mode then use the one provided by Lenovo from their website. I have no idea about the latest 334.89 drivers, but for now i am not gonna try. Edit: forgot to thank you guys for the tips and replies. thank you very much!  This post has been edited by SubRoutine: Feb 19 2014, 11:23 PM |
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QUOTE(UserU @ Feb 19 2014, 11:59 PM) It would suddenly disconnect by itself(Limited Access) while browsing, downloading or loading a web page. Okay now I get what you mean. We have the same problem. Strange that we both have the same model but out problems differ  With wifi in b/g mode, the network speed hovers from 54 Mbps to 24 Mbps + Limited Access at certain times. With wifi in n mode, the network speed hovers 72 Mbps to 1.1 Mbps + Limited Access at certain times. All these can happen even when the laptop is only a few feet away from the router, in the same room. If i wanna fix this, can i just get drivers from the Lenovo website? (I used the drivers from CD when i installed Windows 8). Or do i really need to update to Windows 8.1? |
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QUOTE(UserU @ Feb 20 2014, 12:36 AM) I did that, but no dice. You have to upgrade it to Win 8.1 to solve it permanently. Alright, will proceed with the update to 8.1. Is that all I have to do? Or should i download new drivers from the Lenovo website? Please excuse the apparent noobnessBut no worries, everything installed and stored will be maintained. Just the issue ironed out  |
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QUOTE(UserU @ Feb 20 2014, 01:13 AM) First, remove the existing network card driver. Thank you very much for your help good sir. If this is reddit i give you reddit gold hahaThen, proceed to update your system to Win 8.1 by following the steps here. Once successful, download the Windows 8.1 driver from Lenovo's page. Install it and you're done. |
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Updated to Windows 8.1, using all the latest W8.1 drivers from Lenovo. I can confirm that the WiFi problem has been fixed. Now connected to an n network with stable 65 Mbps speeds.
Thanks to UserU for the tips! |
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