Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P Owners and Information thread

I just got my Y410p and love it. I've had no problems outside of one annoying issue. Sometimes the cursor will randomly jump to the bottom left of the screen when I'm clicking on something, and will instead open something on the taskbar. This has happened nearly 10 times in two days. What's the problem, and what should I do? Thanks!

 

Does lenovo powerdvd 10, veriface, cyberlink power2go, lenovo app store, userguide have any use or should i just uninstall all of it?

 

ordered it a week ago, they just updated my order status,
Est delivery date: 25 feb!
Est ship date: 18 feb
Est ship date when ordering 12 feb

;_;

 

do you mean when using the touchpad or with a mouse?

 

I uninstalled all of that.

 

Anything else i should uninstall? Does the cyberlink photo director 3/10 has any uses?

 

Only powerDVD is useful if you watch DVD's, the rest is pretty much garbage.

 

haha ok. i have never used a dvd in my life. Skipped from CD to everything internet/usb.

 

Removed~~~

 

The touchpad.

 

I uninstalled most of it, but kept Veriface to keep logon simple and have a minimum form of biometrics. It helps to use a wildly crazy long password, and then just use the biometrics to not have to remember it. I personally miss the fingerprint reader on my old X220, as it was simpler and faster. I would use one now, but I hate dongle crap.

 

Search this thread for the right driver to use, and disable some of the gesture capabilities, as it makes the pad too sensitive.

I love my Y410P also. It is FAST, the SSD I put in it makes it lightning quick to boot and use, the sound is light years better than the AM radios they use in other laptops, and the ability to play the latest games after a long day at work makes this laptop twice as useful as my old one. It's also light enough and small enough to use as a road warrior tool, and I do a LOT of traveling for my job.

I also love the 900P screen. It is VERY bright and crisp, even though it is an older technology, but they had to use the older screens which are faster than the new IPS screens for playing games. The other cool thing about this laptop is it IS cool, thermally. and QUIET. I have never noticed the fans, even when playing games. The sound out of the speakers would drown it out even if it was noisy though.

The only things I can really say needs to be improved are:
It needs a Touchscreen. If not, just ship it on Windows 7.
More metal, less plastic, especially where the hinges are
Use the real estate around the screen for screen, not shiny plastic.
Replace the touchpad with the standard double button Thinkpad pad and the standard red nub in the keyboard.

Its seems the new Y40 and Y50 tries to accomplish much of this, but it also seems the 14 inch version is treated like the poor stepchild of the 15 inch version, especially in the graphics department.

All that said, as soon as ASUS upgrades their new Zenbook UX302-LG version with a better Nvidia card, or Razer provides a better screen for their RAZERBLADE 14, I may have to put this one up on craigslist. I like the Zenbook better though, as it's 13 inches rather than 14. I had high hopes for the Dell 11 inch model, but alas, they went with Intel only for the Graphics. If the Yoga had Nvidia, I would have bought that one.

All in all though, for the 725 bucks this cost over the holidays, the Y410P is one of the best values in laptops I have seen in a long time.

 

I tried installing that touchscreen driver but it doesn't show Windows 8 anymore and won't install. I want to install it because my cursor sometimes jumps down and left randomly without me even touching it, but it won't let me install the driver.

 

- Widows 8 is very useable as a Desktop OS if you master the use of the Super (Windows) key. For example, hit Super, type in your search, then run. Or, hit Win+X to access the power user menu. Or Win+R to run a command, Once you learn this, you will be even faster than before. Also Windows 8 brings lots of improvements under the hood as well. The reason why i don't run Windows 8 on my system is because it will not fit on the 24GB SSD, even with tweaks. Also, Lenovo Energy Management still has a few niggles under Windows 7 that require some manual tweaking, while this laptop is supported under Windows 7, I do advise to stick with Windows 8.

- The Y40 and Y50 will have a touchscreen, This being said, adding a touchscreen will require hinge reinforcement, and also will remove the matte displays. R.I.P.

- I am almost 100% certain that a 15 inch" 16:10 (not 16:9) panel could fit, but it would also make the bezel extremely thin, though i think the reason for the thick bezel is the fact that this laptop is still very small for all the hardware it can pack, especially since it contains two graphics cards (well, it can), a full size CPU, a hard drive, a micro SSD, and a rather roomy 72w/h battery, all while being smaller than any 15 inch laptop and being 5.5 pounds (with SLI) or 4.9 (without).

- Dedicated trackpad buttons would be extremely useful for such a laptop, especially if one wants to use the touchpad for gaming (i know some people who do). However a Trackpoint has no room on a consumer-class laptop, and Lenovo is even pulling away the trackpoint from some of their low-end Thinkpads (look up the Thinkpad 11e).

My personal main gripes with this laptop, hardware-wise, is SLI being promised and not delivered, and poor USB port placement (if you use a Wired mouse you would understand).

I have the "notoriously inferior" ELAN touchpad, and after using the right drivers and disabling the 3/4 finger gestures, it has been working perfectly since day 1 (well, under Windows )

 

I disabled driver signature enforcement and was able to download the driver. I'm still getting skipping. Could it be a faulty touchpad, or a problem on my end? I'm normally not moving the touchpad when it skips.

EDIT: I discovered it was me. I use two fingers (One to move touchpad, one to left click) and sometimes when I'd tap with my second finger that would happen. I'll try just using one finger to scroll and tap.

 

I'm not experiencing any stuttering or freezing like you describe, and I've never played "Rust". Could the game be to blame? I purchased this laptop in June '13, and have had games crash to the desktop/or even reboot the entire laptop only two times.

 

Lol. My razer abyssus seems to be crashing my y410p every time i plug it in. I uninstalled the drivers and it was slightly better. It doesn't always crash my com now, only sometimes. I don't really know how to fix it. Worse come to worst, i'll get a new mouse.

 

Tried to follow Jobine's advice and roll back to 14.8 wireless drivers, but it seems the lowest version for Win8.1 is 15.10.

Should I update again or keep the 15.10?

 

If on 8.1 i suggest using the latest version of the drivers found on Intel's website.

 

From intel website.

Product Detected Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter
Current Driver Installed 16.1.5.0
This device is unknown or unsupported. Please contact the manufacturer for possible updates. More information>>

 

Hi I ordered a y410p on thursday from the french Canadian Lenovo website but the order status is still stuck on "Libérée à la fabrication" (sorry, I can only see it in french), and the package is still not shipped. Why is it taking so long to be shipped?

Also does anyone have a link to a thread that explains how to set up a y410p/y510p when you first recieve it?

 

Setting it up is really easy. Follow instructions for windows 8 setup. Done.

 

Remove bloatware and enjoy.

 

Ok cool, but what about downgrading the Wireless card driver ? Is it necessary ?

 

Nope, in fact i recommend using the most recent versions, supplied by the chip manufacturers (aka not Lenovo/Microsoft).

Your name.... reminds me of this...

 

Please tell me your username's purpose was to be ridiculous.

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Ok thanks for the info Jobine
Btw, I just discovered that Lenovo should release the Y40 in may, is it that much better compared to the y410p ? I'm starting to feel concerned because my y410p is still not shipped so I guess I can still cancel my purchase but is it worth it?

Im totally serious, why?





























I'm just kiddin lol

 

Depends, the R7 270M is weaker than the GT 755M, and while the 1080p screen is a nice upgrade, it is still a TN panel. This being said, the Y40 will be a tad thinner but not that much lighter.

 

actually, im using the drivers that lenovo installed. Wireless doesn't seem to have any problems.

 

I ordered mine on 7th Feb, from lenovo's canadian website. It took them 5-ish days to update the delivery date. Reason: Product will be manufactured in china then shipped. So I presume you have the same case. I got tentative delivery date of 25th feb (19 days from order date) .

 

Just recently bought the Y410 and was wondering the same if it would be worth the wait for a Z40/Y40. Got the Y410 for 680 out the door (636 without tax) and wondering if the Z40/Y40 will have better specs for the same price.

 

Y40/Z40 will not be 680 on release, i can guarantee that.

I'll put it like this:

- The y40 will probably be better than the Y410p. but it doesn't matter, if you need a laptop now, buy now, also the Y410p has things the Y40/Z40 can't do.

 

Good news everyone! The Y410P runs Titanfall just A-OK! I've got it at the native 900p with a mix of high and medium graphics. I'm seeing 30-40FPS during gameplay

 

Does anyone know how to make window "think" it has got a different monitor? my y410p is 768p and im trying to use steam in home streaming to play dota 2 at 1600x900 on my macbook air.

 

Right, it run smooth in our machine
all HIGH, no Anti-aliasing, native 768p, and about 60 frames

Great thinking man, but I don't think its possible
I would like to see a solution for this.

 

i have been trying to look for methods in many forums but no one seems to know how to do it. Hope valve will release a way to make their in home streaming more awesome.

 

Don't think its possible. I think the only way is to attach another monitor to it.

 

the only other monitor i have is a 1280x768 8 year old dell monitor. If i were to get a new monitor, i might as well just game with that monitor instead of using the streaming. The reason i want to do the streaming is because macbook air's screen is way superior to the 768p y410p. Its higher resolution and the colours are just way nicer.

 

Haven't tried it myself but you might be able to force the resolution by right clicking on desktop, Screen Resolution, Advanced Settings, List All Modes, then choose the one you want. This will probably cause the laptop monitor to not display anything so make sure you have a method to remote in and set it back.

 

It shows nothing over 768x1366

 

There's a registry hack you could try that tricks the system into thinking you have more resolution. Launch Regedit and search for Display1_DownScalingSupported and change the value in ALL instances from 0 to 1. Save then reboot. You should now have some higher resolutions available.

Note that using those higher settings will reduce clarity, since your screen is still only 768p. I haven't tried this in Windows 8.1, but it worked in 7 & 8.

 

If I buy a y410p now, will I be able to sell it this summer for a reasonable price and then buy a Y40?
How much more money, do you think, will I need to add to the Y410p's selling price in order to buy a Y40 ?
Y410p specs are GT755m with 1TB HDD and 900p screen.

 

No one can answer that since the Y40 is not available yet, and we don't know what the pricing will be. As for selling the Y410p, check ebay completed auctions to see what they are selling for.

 

Ok thanks

 

What do you mean by ALL instances? only got one display1_downscalingsupported. I change to 1 didn't affect anything.

 

I know this is irrelevant
but i have this question for along time now without an answer
I live in a University student housing, and we have a limited internet connection
form what I understand they blocked any P2P connections (therefore i cant download torrents)
so, many games wont work online.(Battlefield 3,4 TitanFall, Loadout, ... etc)

the problem is that some online games work fine ( Counter Strike, Team Fortress, Garry's Mod, ...)
can someone tell me the deference in these game, what make one work and the other not?

 

Anyone tried the latest Nvidia Geforce drivers- 334.89 WHQL, i want to know if they safe for the Y410P or will they result in a black screen? Anyone tried it, i really want to know if i can upgrade. Many thanks!

 

mistake, i cant even download it.

 

I installed them last night. It took three attempts via nVidia Experience for them to install. I suggest DLing them directly from nVidia's website and installing manually. Ran a few matches of Titanfall Beta after the install last night, ran fine. I came from the R331 drivers. It may have actually picked up a few FPS.

 

I tried them on the Y510P and they work fine.