Lenovo IdeaPad Y410P Owners and Information thread

Only 6 of those external adapters ordered so far Gerald needs 10 for a new batch.

 

Can someone tell me what this cable does on the Y410p? Is it something to do with the power supply or button? Why is it taped? Broke? Mine was loose.
Can you post it here and/or in my threads on my MB problems?
Lenovo Ideapad Y410p won't power on... No power light?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...0p-wont-power-on-no-power-light.787084/page-4

 

I dont have the y410p but I have the y510p. There is no clip for the cable, just plug in, and taped.

As for what it does, I couldnt say as I never actually traced where it connects to

 

that cable is the lcd connector.

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Hi guys. Please help, I'm still not able to fix my Y410p laptop and get it to charge? It just doesn't change on its own without having to power the laptop on without the battery and putting the battery back in. I have to do that all the time, it's super inconvenient and isn't practical for a laptop. I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I really need a fix?? I'm using Windows 7 but thinking of going back to Windows 8.1 or go to Windows 10 after Windows 8.1. Please guys. Many thanks

 

Is there any chance someone has a decent, relatively high resolution image of the motherboard under the wireless card? I broke a trace there and need to know where it leads.

 

Jobine! I owe you some battery test results! I actually did the tests way back when I talked about them but I forgot to post them . Anyways here are the results:

62 w/h
99% Condition
Runtime: 3h 36min 46sec

72 w/h #1
102% Condition
Runtime: 4h 18min 51sec

72w/h #2
104% Condition
Runtime: 5h 30min 40sec

84w/h (9 Cell)
82% Condition
Runtime: 5h 32min 09sec

Just a note, with every battery except 72w/h#1 I used the laptop as normal, mostly web browsing and typing things. For the 72w/h #1 battery, I purposely played a lot of youtube videos and twitch streams to see how much that would affect the battery life compared to 72w/h #2. For all the battery tests I had my screen brightness at 50%, with my CPU undervolted by -90mV on the core, cache, and iGPU. The CPU is set to 2.2GHz non turbo in the BIOS, and my turbo clocks were set to my daily settings with 1,2,3, and 4 cores set to 3.0,2.9,2.8, and 2.7GHz respectively. That all being said I typically don't run battery tests so my results are most likely imperfect.

I don't feel like tearing down my y410p, but I do have a couple y400 motherboards lying around. The layout between them should be identical so I took a couple (admittedly crappy) pictures of a y400 motherboard. Just circle where you'd like to see in more detail and I'll take a clear close up picture of that spot.

http://imgur.com/a/aN6vb

 

Can someone here help me on my y410p problem over here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...on-no-power-light.787084/page-7#post-10568343

 

Pretty awesome. Sadly I was unable to source the 9-Cell battery in Canada.

Also bought myself a nice lil refurb X230 for cheap (220CAD/170USD) which came with an IPS screen and a new battery, and am now using it as my new secondary, while my desktop serves as my main gaming/production machine now. I'm close to retiring the Y410p, though it's served me pretty well for the 4.5 years I've owned it. It survived university, 2 drops and countless bicycle rides and being thrown in a backpack a lot, with only minor hinge damage.

By the way, how does the 755M SLI hold up in modern games at 1600x900? I assume 2GB VRAM is still plenty for that resolution...

 

Wow that sucks. Living in the US really distorts my perspective on the availability of slightly obscure things, like a 3rd party battery for a four year old laptop.

Finding a cheap X230, on the other hand, is pretty awesome. Yeah, I can see replacing the y410p with a smaller lighter laptop that's just as capable in daily tasks. Good on it for surviving the trials of life though lol. I'll probably keep mines for a while longer however since I don't have the need for a main desktop PC.

As for gaming, it's fine I suppose, and yes 2GB seems to still be enough for 900p. The only game I really play nowadays is Overwatch for the most part, while doesn't require much GPU power. I may do some tests with the other modern games I have, but for reference, the 755m SLI performs a tad better than the MX150 (which also has 2GB of VRAM) https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDI...pecs-of-the-GT-1030-for-Laptops.223530.0.html. Not bad in 2017 tbh.

 

For anyone still using their y410p as a primary gaming device, I just came across this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Y14-...424378?hash=item544f398c3a:g:R44AAOSw0YlZc8xv

The price is a tad steep for what it is in 2017, but you may be able to get a lower price. It's rather novel as well, since I'm the only one that seems to have ever gotten one here.

 

I always wanted t oget swap my y510p for a 410p, never happened though...

How does SLI work for you? Mine crashes in everything, been debating just making it a plex server in place of my primary laptop right now...

Though I have to replace the PSU on it now, started clicking and wont power on anymore T-T

 

SLI is completely stable for me. I've had my 755m4 ultrabay since December 2015 and it still works flawlessly. It sucks that your y510p has been giving you such a hassle. Hopefully whatever is wrong with it now is cheap to fix.

That said has SLI been unstable for you from day 1, or has it gotten worse over time?

 

Well to be fair, this y510p isnt the original I bought on release, which worked fine. I've had issues with this thing since I got it last year in a trade. I got it with the desktop GPU adapter in mind to begin with but havent gotten around to it quite yet, while messing with SLI it just doesnt seem to work well or just outright crashing. I modded/replaced the fan with the m14x r2 fan and added liquid metal which brought temps down a lot. The mainboard 755m @ 1.2v iirc never passed 65c.

I was going to replace the fan in the ultrabay 755m but some IRL stuff happened and it just never worked out. With modification you can fit the mainboard fan into the ultrabay GPU heatsink and it works quite a bit better than the stock fan.

I should probably just stop being lazy and reflash the GPU's and mainboard to make sure its all uniform. Which is what I was about to do when I discovered the PSU died lol

 

Ah I see, but that begs the question what happened to your original y510p? Also why did you trade for a second one?

Funny that something similar happened to me as well. Originally I had a y400, not a y410p. One day I decided to try and install a 900p screen in the y400, by "modifying" a cable before plugging it into the motherboard. Of course that fried it, so I grabbed a second used y400. Unfortunately, the GPU in the second y400 died soon after, leaving it effectively useless. So I sold both my 3630QM CPUs, kept the rest of the y400 stuff for parts, and grabbed this y410p. That was in October 2015 and my y410p has been going strong ever since.

 

I sold it (first one), thought that I wouldnt need it when I had the Dell m6600 at the time.

Truthfully Im not too much of a fan of the y510p, well more specifically its keyboard. I have learned that I prefer the old Dell precision line for its keyboard. The y510p got too warm and the keys would make my fingertips sweat. I traded my SFF desktop for another y510p after learning of the desktop GPU adapter that works on the y410p/y510p laptops. I was thinking of going that route (even have the adapter) but not sure. The reason for the trade was because I couldnt bring it with me to Korea at the time. It was a move to try and keep some kind of PC instead of just losing it all.

Thinking about seriously trying my hand at learning game development and would like to have more cores to work with. The 4700mq is still quite a CPU but im not sure if it will handle my multitasking habits. I have the p157sm-(a?) but my brother is using it for now, I guess he intends to buy it from me and that could pay for the rest needed for the desktop adapter (need GPU, PSU)

 

Nive

 

Hi.
i'm new here, i've been long using my y410p (since2015) and still do fine with it. but i've decide to start my new mod to this one.
i've unlocked my bios using bios mod method. now i'm using intel 7260N (not AC, wish it were but i bought the wrong one).
then i've used my m.2 slot for m.2 lenovo ssd 2242 256GB. this machine still running fast as well on my windows10. but now my probs comes when i need a larger area on my desktop. i've planned on using 2nd display but.. i want to mod this one first.
my y410p come with HD display(1366x768). i want to change it to HD+(1600x900) or FHD (1920x1080).

i want to know what part number i should buy. and what to check on my laptop to make it installed on my y410p

my product number is 20216

so anyhelp would appreciate and will update my progress here.

thanks in advanced.

 

Hi Y410p Owners!

I am new on this forum and I have great hope that your expériences with this laptop will help me out!

Like a lot of people, I really enjoy this beast, but I struggle with the ****ty intel Centrino 3220 wifi card. It's been alright for the first months back on 2013 then windows 8.1 came along with Windows updates. Problems started. Then Windows 10 came out and it kinda solved the problem, whatever it was. This week, I had to use the one key recovery to go back to factory settings because the computer had too many problems*. Now that theses problems are gone (or at least for now), I am back with Windows 8.1 and the wifi adapter problem, which is driving me crazy!

What have you done to solve this problem? Is there a replacement part for this adapter?
Also, at the same time, I would like to know, what kind of upgrades (HW and SW) have you done to extend his lifecycle.

Thank you all!

 

Well. Mine running well on windows10.
If u don’t want to messed it up, maybe u should prepare dvd windows10 installer. Then do upgrade from dvd. Or u can make a usb installer. It is way faster if u make it with usb3.1 device to install.

My upgrade is maximize available slot. M.2 sata ssd then make the windows and program installed on it. All files can go to hdd. U had 1tb in purchase. But now seagate can make it to 2tb with firecuda.

 

Hey mate, I switched out my stock y410p screen for a matte 900p one. The screen I used is a LG model LP140WD2-TLD2. That said my stock screen was a glossy 900p screen so I knew my laptop supported 900p. I'm not sure if your laptop which had a stock 768p screen would support 900p; as my y400 (which is extremely similar to the y410p) did not support 900p (it had a stock 768p screen). The issue is that the motherboard of a 768p screen laptop isn't usually equipped with the correct number of pins/lanes to support 900p. If you try and connect a 900p screen you'll get horrific artifacting and other unsavory issues. As for 1080p I don't know of any that the y410p would support. You see 768p and 900p screens use LVDS connections; while 1080p uses a EDP connection. As far as I know, they aren't compatible.

Well considering your problem there are two things you can do.

1# is do a clean reinstall of Windows 10. You said Windows 10 fixed the issues with your Centrino 3220 correct? Why not reinstall it then, and this time with a clean install so you don't have any residuals from Windows 8.1 mucking things up.

2# is to simply get another, better wireless card. I know for certain the y410p supports the Intel AC 7260, as that's what I use. I recommend doing this alongside reinstalling Windows 10.

Now regarding your question about extending your computer's longevity, there are a few things you can do.

1# is to improve your storage. The y410p can support upwards of three HDDs/SSDs. These include an HDD/SDD in your primary 2.5" bay, an SSD in the 42mm M.2 slot, and another 2.5" HDD/SSD in an ultrabay caddy. I should mention that the largest capacity of 42mm M.2 is 512GB however, they seem to be extremely rare and overpriced now, so you'll probably have to settle for a 256GB M.2.

2# is to increase and improve your RAM. The maximum amount of RAM the y410p supports is 16GB @ 1866MHz.

3# is to replace your WiFi with a faster one as mentioned before.

4# is to swap your CPU for a more powerful 47W Haswell chip, but I wouldn't recommend this unless you're always maxing out your CPU with heavy workloads and have excellent cooling.

5# is to grab a second GPU for your ultrabay. This only really applies if you want to use the laptop for gaming, and it's really only worth it if you can get the GPU and 170W adapter needs to run it for dirt cheap (under $100). Also not all games support SLI so I'd check if the games I play/want to play support it first.

Ah and don't forget to clean out your laptop. Performance can really suffer if the laptop is full of dust and dirt after all. Repasting if temperatures are high after cleaning can help as well.