Well, after a large Chimay last night, I finally built up the courage to upgrade my X230 to Windows 8. The process was relatively painless, but the after affects are becoming a bit annoying. I'm having two issues:
The upgrade kept the Lenovo Power Manager app - happy about that. After the upgrade last night, I was able to open the manager and view changing thresholds, cycles, etc. It worked fine. Today, it will not open at all. It just freezes and errors out, forcing me to close it. What changed? I did run a bunch of Lenovo updates, but I'd be surprised if they broke it.
Also, my wireless has flat out disconnected two times already. Just no signal. Repair connection does nothing. The only solution is a reboot, and it works fine after that. It's more of an annoyance at this point, but I fear there is something wrong.
Anyone else having little annoyances? Any tips/solutions for my two problems?
Thanks
Edit: I'm going to upgrade my wireless driver from Intel (I have the 6205)
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=22429
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What a mess. The Intel driver update kept timing out, so I uninstalled the older (Lenovo) driver, rebooted and finally installed the two Intel updates.
It's still flaky. Wifi never automatically connects after a reboot despite being checked as "connect automatically." I have to manually connect every time. What in the world? -
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What's the error that Power Manager gives you? For the WiFi driver, did you fully uninstall the old drivers from Device Manager?
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I'm off work today so I have time...time to go back to Win 7 if needed. I never once had a single hiccup with this machine. Now, after Win 8, issues are popping up. Not good.Attached Files:
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Doing a full refresh (akin to a clean install I reckon). If this doesn't do the trick its back to 7. Especially considering the fact that the refresh is wiping my data, so it doesn't matter.
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Last post. The full refresh was like a breath of fresh air. Everything is smooth now. Contrary to what the internet tells you, an upgrade via Win8 DOES leave junk from your old install around, which is bound to cause issues. My advice? Do the upgrade, then immediately do a full wipe refresh in settings. This basically wipes the drive and images it with a clean Win8 install and doesn't cause issues with licensing (since it's already activated).
Quick question: I didn't let the wifi driver from Lenovo install. I am just using the default driver from Win8 and it's working flawlessly. Instant connection and doesn't drop.
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If the default WiFi driver works flawlessly, I just go ahead and have another Chimay.
I wish to highlight your finding: Do the upgrade, then immediately do a full wipe refresh in settings. This basically wipes the drive and images it with a clean Win8 install and doesn't cause issues with licensing (since it's already activated). -
I honestly think everyone should do just that - upgrade then do a full wipe refresh. It's smooth as silk and I feel better knowing there aren't remnants of Win7 hanging around. Just a straight upgrade will eventually cause issues for sure. Thanks for the help. -
I too have an x230 and ordered it with win8. I am having poor wifi performance (reception) as well as unexpected disconnects that can only be resolved with a reboot. I'm hoping for a fix from lenovo.
I have not been using power-manager as it is not yet compatible. -
FWIW, I also had issues with the newest driver from Intel's site. It's as if the integrated one in Win8 is better than all. -
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Decided to upgrade my X230 to Win8 - having some issues
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