Lenovo Y50 Owners and Information Thread

Woah, my lenovo settings does not look like that lol. What version of the settings is that?

 

Thanks that'd be great!

Can you also tell which version of the y50 do you have? I've got the one with 960m and 1080p ips panel.

 

Going to repaste GPU and CPU soon. Which method did you guys use? X? Line? Dot? Spread?

 

I also have the y50 960m 1080p. The bios version that im running is the 9ECN43WW(V3.03)

My nvidia driver version is 353.62 its been working well for me.

Im also running windows 10 home 64 bit

Sorry for the late reply, i forgot to do it when i got home, and had a pretty busy weekend.

 

I watched a linus tech tips video about this topic. Theres really no difference between the line,x, or the dot. I think ot was not recommended to spread the paste around, but im not sure. This is from the top of my head, so you can check out that video if you have time.

Personally i did the dot method for the cpu i believe, and a short line on the gpu. I may have messed up on the cpu, because sometimes my temps fluctuate, but not by much. And my gpu temps have been fantastic.

 

i did dot for cpu since its a square, and a short line since the gpu is rectangle in shape

 

those cpu temps are awesome, but are you sure you have the CPU and GPU the right way for the AFTERS temps? since i've never seen GPU being higher than the CPU before, even under intense games like dying light.
have you also tried to removed the plastic on the back of the laptop where it looks like vents?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/lenovo-y50-cooling-mod-10c.772029/

 

I'm on the exact same BIOS version and nvidia driver. Also windows 10 home 64 bit.

Anyway it looks like i'll be returning this laptop next friday. Already bought another which should come in next week.

 

i am happy with the temps currently and the gpu temp might be high as i am using msi afterburner to overclock it
no i haven't tried to remove the plastic ,,,currently cpu temp is normal i.e under 75(goes @75 max but come back under 70) on heavy usage also
i am happy with gpu which gets maxed out at 72-73 on overclocking as earlier it was cooking for almost 1 year at 90+ degrees..

 

btw i saw your post regarding cooling down the laptop ...you said it becomes too warm (WSAD)after continuous gameplay.....
so WHY NOT USE A GAMEPAD in place of keyboard ...

 

Guys I have a question. I have a Y50 and I just noticed that I have BOTH nVidia and Intel HD Graphics installed. Is this normal ?

Also, which of the two (my nVidia 860M card or CPU) controls the HDMI out on my Y50 ?

 

Lol seriously? Yeah, all Y50 have both GPU and IGP.

For the HDMI - not sure, check NVidia settings I guess..

 

Ah, I didn't know that. I thought that at any given time, you should only have one display driver installed, but maybe that's relevant to desktops.

The reason I asked is because of another problem I'm having:

When I use HDMI out on my Y50, video becomes very choppy (all kinds of video: Netflix on chrome, MPC, etc.) and audio doesn't play at all. The 'fix' is that I have to open the Windows Playback devices dialog and disable the TV speakers output. Video instantly becomes fluent once again, but now the audio is playing through my laptop. I don't know what's the culprit here. Any ideas ?

 

conservation is missing in Lenovo setting win 10 ,, please help
the device is y50

 

Osama, the simplest solution is to install Lenovo's old Energy Manager. It still works under Windows 10. You should not need to uninstall Lenovo Settings.

 

thanks it worked

 

Hi

I've recently bought this laptop and I'm a little concerned with the gpu fan noise. Here is the issue:

As you can hear the fan is making a high pitched noise when pushed to the max. It only happens when the fan is at I'm assuming 80 to 100%. Should I be concerned about this ? btw the gpu temp hovers around 75 degrees when running furmark for 15 minutes.

 

on gpu and cpu max load fan does spin at 100% potential and so does the noise comes along with it..

 

How graphic intensive Serious Sam 3 is? My laptop lags at medium settings when loading big areas orwhen horde of enemies come.

 

the strike is over.
4710HQ @ 4.5 GHz Record On Y50:
http://valid.x86.fr/rghqx6

 

So, my Y50 had right click problems. It was very unresponsive and progressively got worse. I sent it in for repair, the motherboard and touchpad was replaced. On receiving it, the new touchpad feels great. Right and left click works. But no gestures work. Synaptics also does not detect any actual touch from the touchpad, that is, the area in the tray icon that lights up when you touch the touchpad no longer moves. Is there a specific cable that detects touch and another that connects the touchpad itself ?

 

Holy cow, how'd you hit 4.5GHz? That's insane.

Also, in a few weeks, I'll be a part of the owners. Hopefully it gets here sooner though. 960m version, I'm looking forward to it.

How close can you get to a stock 965m over clocking the 960m?

 

Is this forum that dead? Crickets.

 

The model is 2 years old at this point.

 

I spilled a drink on my y50 keyboard and plan on ordering a new one on Ebay. I saw that you can't just replace the keyboard, you must replace the top panel. Did all Y50 come with the same top portion?

 

Lenovo makes hardware maintenance manuals for every computer they've ever made. They include parts lists, how to repair, and basically everything you'll ever need to maintain a Lenovo.

Here's the Y40/Y50 version. Read it and it'll answer your question:

https://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles_pub/lenovo_y40_50_series_hmm.pdf

 

what would be an updated model?

 

The y700 series are Lenovo's newest budget gaming machines. Just check out their site.

 

Has anyone had luck with the thermal paste replacement? I replaced the thermal paste as I was getting some overheating, especially at the OC speeds achieved by @hdneo.
I am now getting worse thermal performance than before (even worse than when the laptop was new).
Which paste do you recommend for use on this laptop? Thanks.

 

Any of you updated to the latest BIOS? i haven't yet and I don't like fiddling with that If I'm not completely sure it's safe.

 

Hello.
I want to know how I can unlock the advanced options in BIOS for this laptop, I have the 860m fhd model. Has anyone done it? Is it safe?

 

Well, I've done it for me and others among with some other BIOS mods. It's pretty safe provided you know what are you doing, but it's a bit complicated - it involves hex editing, backlflashing and using DOS to reflash the modded BIOS. If someone needs to have their BIOS unlocked(I can do both hidden tabs unlock, WiFI whitelist unlock, vBIOS unlock and splash logo change), hit me up via PM, I can do it for free

 

I used this software but it does not work. Is there another option? I have to recover some word files that i lost in my HDD.

 

Zero Assumption Recovery. Unfortunately it's not free but it works wonderfully on otherwise unreadable HDDs.

 

what are the advanced options that can be unlocked? can you send me some pictures of those menus?

 

Hey could you help me? Lenovo y50 860m Maxwell

 

I never bothered to uninstall Lenovo Settings or Lenovo Updates. Are those considered bloatware, or should I keep them installed?

 

I used this right here. I'm not a very scientific chap, so I actually don't bother quantifying what happened after I made the the change. That said, I don't think things were worse for me as they were for you.

I applied my paste like this guy does if that helps.

I also removed that filter thing.

 

Hi!
So, i've replaced the panelin my FHD Y50. All good. After a while picture started to flicker, so i adjusted the motherboard connector. Now i don't have backlight
Tried another panel / flat cable and it's the same. I see the dim picture, but no backlight. Does anyone know if there is a fuse for the backlight on the board, and such fuse location ?

 

I have the 2014 UHD (irrelevant) model. Is there any compatibility issue with the most recent 850 evo SSD? My HDD is pretty much FUBAR so I'll replace it.

I'll repaste at the same time. What are you guys' preferred repasting method? Spread or pea-sized spot?

 

Damn it's been a while since I posted. Anyone else waiting for the 1050 ti reboot?

 

nope, thinking of trying other brands, but waiting to see the laptop pricing with 1050

 

Not sure if my Y50's sub is doing anything. Any well to test? When I play this frequency thing, I think I start to hear around 90 - 100 hz.

 

Hi! New user here!
I'm a fresh new user of the Y50 FHD, i7 4720hq, 960m. Aside from occasional flickering that appears after wake up from standby for some seconds, it seems ok to me.

Two questions:

Can you confirm that there's no way to turn fans off when the CPU is in idle?

Aaaaand.. Is there really no way to fix this crappy unresponsive touchpad?

The last one is no big deal to be honest. I use this laptop exclusively for gaming purposes, I've a MacBook for work and study.

Any other must-do tips for this model (bios settings, color screen settings, performance clock tweaks) are really appreciated

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buy this model with gt 960m + 1tb ssh disk

i come from a samsung series 9 notebook with 512gb ssd disk, always super fast and i used to have a 8 seg boot to windows

this 1tb ssh disk is a disaster, how lenovo can place a disk like this in a "gaming" laptop

sometimes i want to pick the laptop and destroy it ehehehehe

solution wil be buy a ssd because with this ssh there is no solution to have a good performance

the design of laptop is very good, sound is great too, gtx is great, materials of construction aren´t bad at all too, but i would prefer metal instead of ruber in the keyboard area and base

 

my touchpad is broken

the left and right lick buttons don´t work

only tip that i sugest is format all disk, make a clean install from a updated version of windows 10 from a usb pen, and don´t install nothing from lenovo

 

Yeah, I agree.
Since I have a second laptop for serious stuff with SSD, I said "well no problem, I have just to launch games here, I can wait". But damn, sometimes its really slow.

Switching to an ssd will make me lose the warranty? Since there's occasional flickering on the display, I have to be sure to send it back in case it gets serious.

 

it depends from country to country

but if you have problems send it to warranty and ask them that

 

its normal that the brightness is so low?

because i have to use at least 80% to have good ilumination of screen

 

I have the same issue. I think that's because the panel in not IPS type

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