Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P Owners and Information thread

hey, can someone please upload the speccy snapshots on their y410p... i specifically need the ones of the RAM modules..

 

Y50 has number pad and Y40 does not have UHD (only FHD).

DDR3L-1600mhz

 

Well, I could not stop myself with the idea of installing `nice and clean OS` on my new Y410P. I've installed the win7 after an hour struggle. But I guess because of format and it's struggle I wasn't able to see my SSD drive till I tried to set things on windows 7 manage menu. Now it looks like below image, so it looks like I've found the SSD drive right?





And another question from this old fashioned guy. How I can use my SSD drive to make the system faster? I've never used SSD drives before so as far as I've read that I can install the windows on SSD? Or I can boot from SSD? I would really appreciated if someone tell me how to use my laptop better and faster with SSD drive.

 

so you are telling me something is wrong here?

 

So I bought a Y410P. Overall, Im pretty happy with the purchase (aside from some issues with the keyboard and mousepad, but Im currently waiting for them to be repaired).

Question though, is Lenovo EVER going to release Ultrabay addons for this laptop?
If they dont, Im going to be pretty pissed off.

 

Thanks for your opinion. I have decided to go to malaysia to buy my lenovo y410p. It will be about $1250 SGD which is S$350 cheaper than the version sold in singapore. Downside is the 1366x768 screen and the slightly weaker 750m gpu. But i can live with that and the savings could get me a new screen if i wanted to.

 

I'm extremely happy with this laptop. I bought a whole bunch of games on steam and at 720p 60fps it amazes me every time...it sits right in front of the 360/ps3..super quiet doing its thing. Main reason for purchase was app development and I can do my design work on the road but I'm really enjoying pc gaming after decades thanks to this bad boy.

Hey Jobine I'll take the number pad just for the UHD

 

Im unable to get 1920x1200 resolution on my external monitor.

Y410p is settup to Projector only but i see only 1920x1080 which distort my 1920x1200 monitor.

I was using google, powerstrip but nothing helps.

currently i have set maximum performance and nvidia set to power

 

using intel CustomModeApp.exe i was able to force 1920x1200 but only on 50khz, so my LCD is screaming for 60khz

 

I turned it into my desktop PC today, so i will be using it more often. For laptop i will stick to my e6410. I will keep posted if i will have any issues. I cant confirm any performance difference, because i was not using W8 very often. But i dont see any point, why W7 should be slower (if not faster)

 

That's what I figured. I did a 2013 Top Games poll, and only played 5 games that came out this year on the Toshiba.

I'm eally looking forward to catching up with Skyrim (still not played), Metro, Swapper and others. Not a huge gamer, but would like to have the option to play a few more curent titles.

So what's the recomended set up with the 1TB and 256SD in regards to partioning? Assume Windows comes installed on the SSD?

 

Be sure to disable the touchpad if you're using it as a desktop, as I've seen ghost clicks occur.

(assuming you are using an external keyboard).

 

Any help about my issue?

 

About the slowdown when hitting 60fps.... Do you guys think hooking up the laptop to a desktop monitor and switching the main display to the desktop monitor will solve the slowdown?

 

At least on the y50, there are two fan vents on the back edge. Much thinner and more powerful laptops like the Razer Blade can cool themselves adequately also.

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Have you guys seen the Gigabyte Aorus SLI? It has two GTX 765m's on SLI and it's still about as thin as the Y40. This will probably be much more expensive than the Y40 though.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7647/gigabytes-new-aorus-sli-gaming-notebook

 

That Aorus will be a perfect recipe for some overheating.

 

The 24GB is not recommended to be used as an OS drive anyways. You should install expresscache instead and let it handle the SSD management, it will automatically cache your most used data for faster storage.

 

Thanks Jobine

But after format is my SSD driver there? Like I've shown on the caps? And how to install expresscache? I should install on SSD driver? Please explain me like explain to little kid, as I mentioned I have no idea about SSD drivers.

 

It is a 17 inch though.

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Based on your screenshots your 24GB SSD is fine. No drivers needed. You can use it as a drive to put frequently used files on, or let expresscache use it to speed up your boot. Go to the Lenovo site to download any drivers you need.

 

I still recommend installing Intel RST, otherwise for some reason the SSD will get hotter if you don't

 

Can someone explain the little 24GB "D" drive, which I assume is solid state, to me? I see it has some Lenovo info on it, but what can I do with it? Is it solely for Lenovo use or can you actually install games or programs to it to get the benefits of the faster transfer speeds? I'm a bit in the dark with regards to these hybrid drive configurations.

 

D:/Lenovo is NOT the SSD.

D:/Lenovo is a partition on the HDD containing the drivers

You can't see the HDD. It's contents are used by Expresscache.

 

So I can't actually see the little solid state drive? Is there any way to take advantage of it? Not familiar with Expresscache, do I have it on the 410p?

 

Yes, it is installed by default.

Open command prompt as admin, and type "eccmd.exe -info" without quotes and paste your output here.

 

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\windows\system32>eccmd.exe -info
ExpressCache Command Version 1.0.100.0
Copyright⌐ 2010-2012 Condusiv Technologies.
Date Time: 1/8/2014 13:3:6:648 (JASON-LENOVO #19)

EC Cache Info
==================================================

Mounted : Yes
Partition Size : 22.36 GB
Reserved Size : 3.00 MB
Volume Size : 22.36 GB
Total Used Size : 4.39 GB
Total Free Space : 17.97 GB
Used Data Size : 4.32 GB
Used Data Size on Disk : 4.38 GB

Tiered Cache Stats
==================================================
Memory in use : 1024.00 MB
Blocks in use : 8188
Read Percent : 16.39%


Cache Stats
==================================================
Cache Volume Drive Number : 0
Total Read Count : 100051
Total Read Size : 5.05 GB
Total Cache Read Count : 58396
Total Cache Read Size : 3.43 GB
Total Write Count : 12749
Total Write Size : 343.25 MB
Total Cache Write Count : 8886
Total Cache Write Size : 103.90 MB

Cache Read Percent : 67.88%
Cache Write Percent : 30.27%

 

In other words, expresscache is working swimmingly. Unless you plan to reinstall your OS, you should not uninstall Expresscache. However, feel free to delete the D:/Lenovo partition to gain 24GB of space on the HDD.

 

Thanks for the information. It isn't really explained in the documentation so I am very much appreciative of your ability to explain it to me.

 

Nope. DDR stands for double data rate, 800 MHz doubled is 1600MHz...

 

Why are you using projector mode? Just plug in the external monitor and you should get the native resolution.

 

HDMI might only support 1080p depending on the category.

 

Nope, even HDMI 1.0 supported 1900x1200@60Hz (that was the max)

 

Hi, I have just tried to upgrade to this wifi card model 7260HMWBN on my Y410p that I got over the summer. Just to let everyone know, it does not work, was hoping for a better card without messing with the BIOS. Oh wel,l would be great if someone found one that worked better than the N2230 and works.

 

Thanks for help. I`ve formatted and fresh install Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Installed all the drivers on lenovo website. And I assume you talking about below screenshot?

 

Yes.

10char

 

And do I need to enable `Dynamic Storage Accelerator` ?

 

Plus:

I've installed `expresscache_setup_64` that suggested by Lenovo support specialist. Then I did `eccmd.exe -info` on commandprompt and I got this message:

"'eccmd.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

Looks like my SSD is not active and staying on board for nothing. What can I do now? How can I activate and use?

 

1. Delete all partitions on your SSD and uninstall any form of expresscache.
2. try this one and tell me if it worked: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/expresscache_setup_64.exe

 

Jobine, i see in your signature that your nvidia gt 750m is overclocked to MAX. how much exactly is that and does it still run cool?

 

I only max the clocks when benchmarking, otherwise I stick with something like 200 core 300 memory, never gets over 90, usually between 80 and 85 under max load. Kepler is very overclockeable.

I actually have a 750, not a 755 but I put 755 to differentiate my card from the DDR3 editions

 

That seems quite good. I might do something like 150 core 300 memory. Your signature does say that you have a 750m DDR5 edition. and i know as well. Ive seen most of the post on this thread within 2 months or so.

 

You need to run `eccmd.exe -info` from an administrator command prompt...

 

Thanks Jobine, I know I am asking too many questions but how I can delete all partitions on SSD? Please don't tell me that I have to format windows again

 

I did as an administrator, but I guess the problem with SSD

 

To anyone having issues with the speakers popping on shutdown when running Linux on your Y410p, head to your shutdown scripts folder (this varies from distro to distro), and insert the following line into an existing script or create a new script with the following line:

rmmod -f snd_hda_intel

 

I broke one of the tabs when opening the back panel. I wonder if super glue can place it back together.

 

Be sure to glue the bit that fell off, don't glue the panel to the laptop!

 

Gah! My blasted CPU keeps staying at 2.4GHz under idle on Debian! Better find a solution to this, my battery is being munched up way too quickly.

 

ExpressCache software is not installed on ThinkPad and ThinkPad Edge systems with mSATA SSD device.