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    IdeaPad Y510p Cache SSD

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by chaminga, Nov 30, 2013.

  1. chaminga

    chaminga Notebook Guru

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    I got IdeaPad Y510p. It came with GT755. Seller didn't mention about a SSD. But i saw 24GB D: drive on my laptop with some drivers and lenevo apps.

    Can it be a caching SSD ? How can i find whether this model has one ? I cant open back since they pasted warranty seal.
     
    chaminga, Nov 30, 2013
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    chaminga Notebook Guru

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    No SSD in it :(
     
    chaminga, Nov 30, 2013
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  3. Jobine

    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    Just open the device manager and see for yourself.

    The D:/Lenovo drive is a drive containing your backup drivers.
     
    Jobine, Nov 30, 2013
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  4. octiceps

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    Jobine is correct about the Lenovo ( D: ) partition. It's not the SSD, it's a partition on your HDD which contains a backup of your drivers and preinstalled software. You can't see the SSD in Explorer even if you have it installed. You can see it in Device Manager under disk drives. You can also see it in Disk Management as a separate 22.4GiB (24GB) disk from the main 931.4GiB (1TB) drive.
     
    octiceps, Nov 30, 2013
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  5. Jobine

    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    @OP

    From where did you buy your Y510p? There are two "known" editions, the barebone edition, which is sold amongst resellers like Newegg, XoticPC, Canadacomputers, Tigerdirect. This version often is the cheapest (999-1099$ for i7/8GB/SLI), and is the only way of acquiring the i5+6GB model. Barebone models do not come with a caching SSD, nor an M.2 slot for potential upgrades. Instead, they ship with a 1TB+8GB SSHD. The versions sold on Lenovo.com are a bit more complete, and even though Lenovo charges a bit more (1199$), they come with dual 755M's (factory overclocked 750's), 16GB of RAM, improved WiFi and a 24GB M.2 SSD.
     
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  6. chaminga

    chaminga Notebook Guru

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    Oh is it :/ What do i have to look in Device Manager ?
     
    chaminga, Nov 30, 2013
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    Under "disk drives." If you read my previous post, I explain it in more detail there.
     
    octiceps, Nov 30, 2013
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