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    Lenovo y400/y500 ultrabay compatability

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jorben, Mar 1, 2013.

  1. jorben

    jorben Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't see any difference between the two either aside from part number and cost. Not sure if contact Lenovo about this would do you much good, as they may point you to the more expensive product - even if they're completely interchangeable - but you can try contacting them to see.
     
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    Bump! I too want to know. Reading the overview, seems there is a mistake. It says: "Y400 Removable Graphics GN35 is a proprietary product for IdeaPad Y400 which the highest GPU performance should be about 1.5 times than a single GPU,which users can much enjoy games." It says Y400 not Y500
     
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    GN35 is for the Y400 and GN36 is for the Y500 regardless of the typos on Lenovo's website. They are not interchangeable because GN36 has slightly larger dimensions. Check out the photos from the Y500 GPU I bought.

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    AeroEngineer Newbie

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    as long as the connvector and power requirements are the same just buy the 500 version and make it fit because that are only the size of a dime from fitting.
     
    AeroEngineer, Oct 7, 2013
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