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    Driver Problems y410p

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Kylometa, Jun 13, 2013.

  1. Kylometa

    Kylometa Newbie

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    Hello, I have a question about the y410p, I bought one and installed a SSD and did a fresh install of Win 8 64-bit (foolishly lost all driver info!)

    Now there are no drivers for the chipset, video card and keoyboard functions (like brightness). I managed to install some stuff from Intel which helps recognize the HD4600 onboard GPU but that is it. The y400 drivers don't even work, I've tried installing them too.

    Other then waiting for Lenovo to release the drivers (no idea how long that will be, do you?) are there any options for me?

    For example, I tried installing the older Nvidia GT740M beta graphics card driver, there are reports it was working for some using the GT750M but my computer wont even install the old one, i get a message saying "your computer does not meet the minimum requirements" when clearly it should.

    Please help, thanks!

    (Lenovo will not help, they want 100+ just to talk to a software technician)
     
    Kylometa, Jun 13, 2013
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    xLegit Newbie

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    I did this same thing on my y410p, but downgraded to windows 7. At first, I was scared I'd have to wait, but I ended up using the Y500 drivers, and they worked because the Y500 also goes up to the GT 750M.

    However, I do believe they just added the drivers today for the Y410P. You're lucky to have Windows 8 (in this case) because the drivers are only for windows 8 -- thus I cannot use them, but you can. Just search for the drivers, they should be there!
    Lenovo Support - Home (US)
     
    xLegit, Jun 15, 2013
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  3. jtcasas

    jtcasas Newbie

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    I plan on doing the same thing. If I downgrade to Windows 7, is there anything that stops working? Do you have any tips for steps where you got stuck but figured out how to get the drivers updated? Thanks!
     
    jtcasas, Jun 15, 2013
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  4. Kylometa

    Kylometa Newbie

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    Nice, I got most the drivers going now, however no graphics driver has been posted yet. (only the intel ones)

    Where da Nvidia at Lenovo ?!
     
    Kylometa, Jun 15, 2013
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  5. mundane24

    mundane24 Notebook Enthusiast

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    would be nice if someone would start a thread where we can find all the links for all the drivers. :thumbup: :)

    Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
     
    mundane24, Jun 15, 2013
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    Hi, where you find the win 7 driver for y410p like soundcard, bluetooth etc ?
     
    babega, Jun 15, 2013
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