this 28A model selling like a hot cake during PC fair with the price of RM3598!!! The stock all finished within half day!!!
i very disapointed cannot bring back home one.
only got it on Monday. I upgraded it to 2GB with the total price RM3620 after minus out those freebie.

test it run quite smooth with the vista. but problem for me:
1. Media Player cannot play DVD movie in Vista Home Basic!!
2. Most of my engineering software are not supported!
3. Some of the vista GUI and dialog box are not user friendly and annoying!!

So I decide to switch to XP!!! But the problem is no downgrade right from MS for the Vista Home edition!!! It's only for Vista Business and Ultimate!!! @#$%^&*^%$
Anybody face the same problem? Have someone sucessfully switch back to XP? How?

i think that's the only way what i have to do. thanks for your advice.

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Added on April 18, 2007, 2:37 amGuys, I have formated the partition C and do the setup for XP Pro SP2.
The installation done within 30min.
But i found that some of the drivers I downloaded from the Lenovo site are not working on the hardware.
My main concern is the nvidia graphic driver. now my laptop can only run on generic graphic driver which is 800x600 and lag when scrolling down the pages.
I tried to search from nvidia site, downloaded and run the forceware but end up it pop up message say couldn't find a suitable driver for the hardware!!! i try to use the Y300 forceware also the same.

Anyone can help on this? Is there any inf for this system so i can setup the driver manually? I really go mad since my work stuck due to this!!!

This post has been edited by RX-78-2: Apr 18 2007, 02:37 AM

I bought mine from orderzone during the PC fair.
for the spec, this is the best price. Other equivalent models will easily 4k-5k.
only thing bad is the preloaded vista home basic is useless for me.
i would recommend to request for XP version before the Vista is mature enough. no point to rush for the OS which is not fully supported by common hardware and software.

But one thing in mind is the drivers from the lenovo download site is sucks.
most of the drivers for XP couldn't work in the lastest 28A model.
u can still use back the vista drivers from the CD came with the laptop.
For the nvidia driver, i got it from 3Dguru which is a modded version, work well in my laptop and better performance!!

another problem on the energycut driver. it's not working well on my XP OS too. everytime when u shut down it will still running, need to end it manually. i feel annoying and uninstalled it. now in the device manager can see a question mark for unknown device. Still looking to solve this.

right now most of the drivers problem solved except this and another question mark called "SM Bus Controller". Not sure what is that. Maybe the PCMCIA controller. I dun have any card so couldn't test it out.

i didn't try the shuttle control. maybe u can just press the red button while the windows shut down.

to use the Novo recovery button, just press it when the window is shut down.
then it will come to a screen for you to confirm the recovery operation.
i did it once b4 i install XP. everything back to the factory setting like when u first get your laptop.
When i installing XP, i formatted the C and D partition. I'm not sure which partition they put in the recovery files. Now i still can access the recovery screen by pressing the novo button, but i didn't try. just afraid the recovery files have been formatted.

there is no problem to press the button when the windows is on. relax man!

so far no problem with the touch pad. this is the cool thing for this model bcoz it's embedded on the face plate.
u face any problem on it?

Answer to yangman:

1. I oso dunno much bout the shuttle. for me is ok since i dun use my laptop for the music.

2. i have the same problem when i typing too due to my big palm.
thanks for remind me to turn off the touch pad. The short cuts are really handy.

3. it won't go recovery process immediately when u press the novo button. there will be some options for u to sellect b4 proceed. there is instruction about the novo recovery button, i forgot it's in the user guide or the one in the CD.

4. Try call the helpline. And jote down the person who answer or take care of your case.

So far i also quite happy with it's performance. I mostly use it for work and browse net.
The complimented bag is ok for me. just slim, light and nice, dun look much like a laptop inside. mind to show the pic of the slim case u bought? how much?

yangman, r u using vista or xp? i dumped the bundled vista home baisc and reload it with XP Pro!
i try to use my Y400 28A for CAD and CAE with no problem thanks to it's ok graphic card and 2GB RAM upgrade is worth too!!

Mergumi,
for 3D gaming, i would recommend to get better graphic card and higher ram.
sometime i open my laptop for more than 6hours but it dun show any overheat problem. the best is get a cooling pad for it for longer run.

Since u asking ppl here, mostly will recommend the lenovo. my initial plan also get the Compaq V3000 series but end up buying the Y400 28A for its better spec/price. And i heard from my fren using the V3000 is not so stable, i'm not so sure about that.

I'm one of them....
but i got mine from orderzone.com booth.
the lenovo salesperson try his best but all stocks sold out and their store closed. he told me that the 28A beat all others and sold out within half day!! so I only cangot it on monday when the store open. Luckily orderzone lady boss delivered it at my door step!

my case yes. me and my fren bought the 28A with upgrade to 2Gb RAM.
Really happy plan to bring back the laptop but at the end potong stim.....

now lenovo official offer 32A RM2498 upgrade to 28A with additional RM1099 so total RM3597 with freedos.
check this:
http://www-07.ibm.com/lenovoinfo/my/consumer/notebook.html


This post has been edited by RX-78-2: May 8 2007, 10:53 PM

welcome to y400 club!!!
just try to help out someone who need help. i know the feeling when nobody to help and u need to bang here and there, very frustrating.
any problem about the drivers for XP can ask me. i searched for couple of days and manage to solve 90% of it. only left a unknow device i think it should be the energycut and shuttle center.

suntory, did u try to get back to lenovo about the defects of the keys??

i'm using my y400 28A for online, 3D CAD/CAE and gaming, so far no problem.
i'm ok with the design although the red shuttle buttons look like cheap plastic!
performance wise it run 3D CAD smoothly and warcrafts3 is loaded within seconds!!
so i quite happy with it!!

theanswerL2, welcome to the club!!
What OS is it?

i watched DVD and play games on it, quite satisfied with the sound system!!

This post has been edited by RX-78-2: May 28 2007, 11:47 AM

i don't fancy much on the speaker for a laptop. mainly the performance, size and reliability. so for me it's much better than the dell and acer i used b4.

I dun like vista too, and most of my software not support it.
i format it and install XP Pro SP2.

check this latest official price
http://www-07.ibm.com/lenovoinfo/my/notebo...ries/index.html

u can try to bargain from the shop base on this price.

all the official drivers failed!!!
i got mine from guru3d.com, which is a NGO moded with better performance than the original version. i see it very much difference with the Dxidiag!
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1529

maybe u can still search for the latest.
Good luck!

mine oso not working after i formatted the vista.
maybe after reinstall the shuttle software in the CD then maybe can work.
but i didn't do bcoz don't think to use it!

i used my lenovo more than 10hrs/day and now few months already no problem.
I changed my OS to WinXP Pro, and find a suitable drivers then solved!!
Why u must use Vista? Some more is Vista 64!!!

btw, just try to ask the IBM for the drivers. I think those in their website and nVidia website cannot be used.
If u want driver for XP i have, but sorry for vista and vista64.

try to use the vista driver and see whether can use.
i forgot how i solved that problem already.
but the sound drivers is from realtek.

how about the light (amber) which show the BT connection? does it blink when u press the WIFI/BT button on top?

does it works when you get it new?
did you format it and reinstall?

i format the vista and installed with XP, then i used back the drivers it is ok.