Ideapad Y510P

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Does AMD use Hybrid SLI in their notebooks?

 

AMD? SLI?! Are you kidding me? Can you stop and think a little before writing? Are you trying to break a post count record or something?

 

I'm sure he meant CFX..

And yes on their laptops they do, I don't remember how it works tho.
It's not card one gets half the screen, and the second card gets the other [C1/C2]
I think it was the lower card (the apu graphics) caches or pre-processes (that's the correct term right? Where it processes part of the data before sending it?) Anyways, it will partially process the data or some data before sending it to the gpu. I guess it's supposed to save time, and I can see how (example; a factory, one part does part of the final product, but sends the partially completed product to the second part) But I don't know if it actually works; it works on paper and in logic, but does it work in a real-world application? It actually makes sense how the idea would work but actually getting it to work is another story..
I wonder if someday Intel will do that.. or even better nVidia comes out with cpus, and dominates the price erformance ratio, possibly even dominate both separately.

 

I am pretty pumped, I should be getting this laptop tomorrow if im awake when the UPS man comes!

 

Lucky. I just got an email saying my order has been delayed and could take 30 days to deliver...

I wrote them a strongly worded email to see if I could get them to ship it before I leave to college, but I doubt they will

 

What have you installed. I have the same model and have never had a system lockup. I uninstalled all the Norton stuff, the free games and much of the Lenovo stuff. Activated Microsoft Security Essentials, installed Steam and all my games and all has been well. I did replace the 1TB drive with a 500GB SSD but the software was just cloned over.

Cheers,

 

I read earlier in this thread that turning off all gestures and telling the trackpad to behave like a normal mouse fixes much of the problem with the trackpad. I use an external mouse so I haven't tried it.

Cheers,

 

I meant CFX....



Derp on my part

 

Hi guys, got my y510p yesterday (non sli, 24gb ssd) and loving it so far but have had a kind of concerning problem happen twice so far.

When I had it plugged in yesterday I moused over the battery icon and it said "plugged in but not charging" I did a little googling and found a solution that worked. Basically turn it off, pull battery and power back on with th power cord in but without battery, then shut it down again, replace battery and power back on and it was charging like normal again. So I just figured it was a flike and forgot about it but this morning I unplugged it, moved it to another room and began playing around and all of a sudden I noticed it was again "plugged in but not charging". Anyway, I followed the same procedure again (powering up with no battery, then shutting it down and replacing battery and powering it back up) and it fixed the problem again and it is charging again but I am concerned that this has happened twice in less than 24 hours. No warnings/problems with battery in hwinfo64 or hw monitor. Anyone know whats going on? Bad battery maybe?

Thanks

 

What do you have the Lenovo Energy Management for your battery set at? If it's Best Battery Health (or Max Battery Lifetime) it will only charge to 60% and stop. Change the setting if you want to maintain a full charge.

Cheers

 

I hear ya! Old tech such as Cam/Sound card/Touch pad etc. have become worse as time has passed. Wonder how

 

Any cooler such as the ones below should work (I highly recommend not to spend on expensive coolers - utter waste, unless its cooled by some fancy water cooling solution ). In the end you need more than two fans.

Amazon.com: Laptop Notebook Cool Pad w/ 3 Fans: Computers & Accessories

Amazon.com: BestDealUSA Mini Vacuum Air Extracting USB Case Cooling Cooler Fan For Notebook Laptop Black: Computers & Accessories

 

Well, after using this laptop for a good 2 hours, only complaint i have are Windows 8 and the touch pad is way to sensitive.

 

Hmmm I do in fact have it on max battery health. Come to think of it, both times I got the "plugged in but not charging" message the battery was above 60 % as well. I'll change the setting and see if that fixes it but it definitely sounds like that is the culprit.

Thanks for the quick reply!

 

hello all..
i have a little problem with my bluetooth drivers... why i can'nt transfered files from my gadget to my laptop?? i was using bluetooth driver from lenovo.com...
i already re-paired my gadget more then 2times and im already reinstall my bluetooth software too but it doen't work..
and finally i decided to uninstal my bluetooth drivers and using generic drivers from windows 8, and its work...
why be like that? why i can'nt using my bluetooth drivers from lenovo.com?? anyone have a solutions for my laptop?

 

Because Intel makes terrible drivers for the 2230. Running 14.8 drivers (Microsoft) both on my Y410P and 17R SE without any issues :thumbsup:

 

I think a lot of laptops stop charging because it will ruin the battery if you leave in for too long.

And can anyone access anything on the Lenovo site? I'm getting redirected to the homepage every time I try to look at something.

 

If you do a little research about laptop Li-ion batteries, you'll see that it's really bad for the Li-ion batteries to stay at full charge all the time. It drastically reduces their shelf life. That's the main reason laptops are shipped with batteries only on 60% charge or lower since a partial charge prolongs the shelf life of the battery.

 

Guys! I've had my Y510p for only a couple days now and I've already bought my first upgrade. My new Samsung 840 EVO SSD will be here next week and I have a quick question. The current HDD (5400rpm 1TB) says it's using a SATA II connection. My new SSD supports SATA III. Do I need any additional hardware to "upgrade" from the current SATA II setup? Or is it non-upgradeable? Or is it just limited to SATA II because of the slow HDD that's currently installed?

One more question! Since I'll be using a SSD as my main HD, what's the best thing to do with the 24GB cache drive that came with my laptop? I'm assuming I won't need to use it as a cache anymore.

 

The best thing would be to turn it into an external drive with a caddy .. Also it's reading sata II because that is in fact the max that particular hard drive supports .. However .. Your ssd will preform at propped sata III speed

 

Hey guys, I've still had some problems with SLi on my y510p after updating to newest nvidia drivers. 326.41 and 320.49 drivers both cause some of my games to glitch out with graphics flickering/tearing etc., when SLi is turned on. I've tried basically everything in settings, only thing that seems to help a little is turning antialiasing off completely in game (for example Heroes of Newerth), but still doesn't fix it and it comes back at some point. Turning off SLi and running games on just 1 750m fixes it completely, but obviously isn't quite ideal. So I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on which drivers to try, any that would be more stable on SLi? I looked around and some people were talking about 314.14 and 314.09 drivers working but with mixed results, and I checked those out and they didn't specify support for 750m, only GTX Titan for 700s.

Also, anyone else tried updating to the newest drivers and had it work fine? Not sure what to try anymore, maybe reverting to factory settings but don't know how that would work out if I can't get the right drivers. Thanks!

 

I fixed the trackpad problem by setting the smart corners or tap zones to be the exact size and location of the mouse buttons and selecting the totally disable option for both the bottom left and bottom right corners. Works well.

 

New drivers still have issues with 750M SLI, stick with 314x/310x until Nvidia fixes them.

 

oh... wheres i can download 14.8 drivers?

 

Uninstall PROset/15.x drivers and reboot the PC until 14.8 drivers appear, they are Microsoft drivers built into the OS.

 

Hi everyone, This is my first post here. I just received my y510p a couple of days ago (single gpu model). I'm having problems with the audio that I can't iron out. It's like clicking or popping or static, kinda hard to describe. I've tried many different drivers for the realtek hd audio and none make a difference. Sometimes it's so bad it distorts the audio, like the audio is garbled. It also doesn't matter what I'm using for speakers. I can hear it on the laptop speakers, external speakers or headphones. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

David

 

Seems like a defect to me. If it's still under warranty, return it.

 

Thanks for the reply! You think 314.09 or 314.14 might work with 750m, even though they're not listed in supported products? I haven't had to mess around with drivers before, and I'm afraid of trying something that might not work, or worse

 

Just use the Lenovo Supplied drivers for SLI until major microstutter is solved:

Drivers and software - IdeaPad Y510p Notebook

If you have a single card, feel free to use the latest Nvidia, im currently rocking those with zero issues.

 

That's pretty much my conclusion as well. I figured that if it was a driver issue or whatnot, there would be a ton of similar compaints. Looks like it's time to contact Lenovo about a replacement. Thanks for the quick reply!

 

I looked at those earlier, but could only find some Intel VGA Drivers, but no geforce drivers. Are those the same thing though? I'm sorry for being such an idiot about this, I just kind of have no idea what im doing

 

Hmm, anything else fun I can do with the 24GB SSD cache drive? I don't really need another external drive. Maybe I'll just turn it into regular storage. heh

 

The driver should also be on your D drive under VGA (as long as you havn't deleted them)

 

I hadn't even opened the D drive yet, but found them there. Thanks!

 

^^ Glad I could help!

 

Hi guys,
So I know that this laptop uses Expresscache and not Intel RST for caching but I noticed when I first got it Intel RST was installed and even configured. When I go into the RST control panel both the 1TB drive and the 24gb drive are listed and both have the green checkmarks next to them an a message that everything is working properly (I have zero experience with RST). I have verified that expresscache is activated and working via the "eccmd.exe -info" command (or whatever the exact command is). So my question is, what exactly is RST doing?

 

Format it and install Linux onto it? Many distros will happy fit into a meager 10GB of space.

 

RST is present in case you want to do some Raid 0 with a Caddy in the Ultrabay, but aside from that, it has no use.

 

Yes! This is what I'm going to do. 24GB will be enough for a small installation.

 

Maybe you should do a little research on RST before you claim "it has no use"

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) — Product overview

Edit Quote:
"Intel Rapid Storage Technology provides benefits to users of single drives as well. Through AHCI, storage performance is improved with Native Command Queuing (NCQ). AHCI also delivers longer battery life with Link Power Management (LPM), which can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive."

I don't know why Intel spends time, and money, to give users the tools to keep their systems operating at the peak performance, only to have some people claim "it has no use".

It's like:

Question: Hey I'm really loving my new car, but what is that 5th wheel doing in the trunk?

Answer: Oh, that's only there if you drive "off road" and you run into a problem with one of the other wheels. If you don't do any "off road" driving, you don't need it, and you can save trunk room, weight, and MPG's if you leave it in your garage. You can always call AAA to bail you out, when something goes wrong on the road.

Sorry Jobine, I couldn't just let this pass by me. RST is not what you think it is.

 

Im reading it, and to me it seems like some kind of Raid Management software, and AHCI management.

 

Then you didn't really read the whole page. I've inserted an Edit, with the pertinent information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface

Edit: If you use an SSD, it's even more important. See this thread on NBR for why:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/win...echnology-serial-ata-driver11-7-4-1001-a.html

 

Ahhh, thats right. I had forgotten that it benifits single drives as well. That is why I run it on my Win 7 desktop as well (ssd boot drive, mechanical data drive, no caching). Thanks for the reminder! :thumbsup:

 

Can you stop spreading ignorance and misinformation? The HM86 chipset doesn't even have RAID support, that would be HM87. If there was RAID support Lenovo probably would've used Intel Smart Response Technology instead of ExpressCache software for the SSD caching, but the fact that they didn't tells you much, doesn't it?

And saying Rapid Storage Technology "has no use" is blatantly false.

 

Can y510p have mobile broadband installed?

 

You can try purchasing one and put it on the NGFF M.2 slot. If it doesn't work, just stick to a mobile hotspot or a USB solution.

 

Thank you 8)

 

I just got my y510p in the mail today, swapped my y410p for it. I like this thread better though. I've seen a lot of people recommending a clean windows 8 install but I'm hesitant. To do a clean install, is the best way to get a torrent from The Pirate Bay? Also, is there a possibility that I will have problems with a torrent version of windows 8? Is it worth doing a clean install instead of going through and deleting the bloatware? Thanks in advance guys.

 

Just uninstall the stuff you don't want. I cloned the 1TB to a Samsung SSD before I even powered on the system. Works great. Tossed the 1TB in a drawer. Formatted the 24GB M2 SSD and installed a few Steam games to it. Uninstalled all Norton crap and activated Microsoft Security Essentials. System works perfectly!

Cheers,

 

Panzer06 is right, up to a point. Use the System Configuration, and Services Menu to stop any "what you deem as bloatware", from running. You can always remove the programs later, once you are comfortable that you really don't want/need them. They don't take up that much of your disk, and they're a b..ch to get back, once you zap them for good.

Why am I so anti "clean install"? Because the Lenovo OEM is customized to work with their hardware configuration. When you do a clean install, you get a "vanilla" version of the OS. Then you still have to go to the Lenovo site, to download, and get back many of the programs that control their hardware. OneKey Recovery System, and Lenovo Energy management, come to mind. But if you don't mind the OKR button failing, and some other OEM OS integrations going Titanic, sail on into the night. Even if you do a fresh install of the OS, what advantage does that truly give you? Bloatware removal? If you don't know how to administer your system, without wiping out the OEM version of the OS, you have a lot more to learn than worrying about bloatware.

I can't tell you how many posts I've seen that began with "I just did a clean install, and now my .... doesn't work". Are you really sure that some user here, knows more about your system, than the OEM? Will you trust that user, to fix any problems you may have, after following their "clean install" instructions? Torrent from Pirate Bay? Give me a break. Why do you even want, or need this? Would you paint flames on your new laptop, just because you read some other user did it, and it "looks" cool?

Look, I know my view is archaic, and I'll be flamed by any of the "clean install" supporters here, but I just don't care. I've been in the IT biz for over 40 years, and I'm still learning. The most important lesson I've learned is, in the end, only you can determine what's best for your situation. Self proclaimed experts, don't have to live with the mistakes you make, after following their incomplete, and sometimes erroneous information. If you think a "clean install" is the answer to all of your prayers, as Nike says, just DO IT. Just don't whine back that your ... doesn't work anymore.

Musicrazy, I'm honestly sorry. Don't take this post personally, as my heat is not directed at you. Your questions came at a bad time. I had just finished up trying to get my bother-in-laws new laptop recovered, after some "expert" friend of his told him to do a "fresh install" of his OS, to clean up some minor problem he had. Cripes! He only had a PUP, and it was caught my MBAM. Needless to say, the fresh install went south into the crapper, and he called me to, once again, bail him out. Now I know this isn't the same as your situation, but be sure that you know exactly what you're doing, and how to recover should you mess it up, before blindly following some "fresh install" enthusiast user in any forum.