Lenovo Y50 Owners and Information Thread

thanks

 

well about my experience with this lenovo y50-70

i have the gtx960m version + 1tb sshd

i bought it used so i never seen the original lenovo partition because when i bought it it comes with a clean install, but a bad one

bios was set to legacy and i was with about 45sec to 1 min to boot to windows,

i decided to try make a usb pen with uefi gpt windows 10 boot

all perfect and now i can boot to windows with less than 25 seconds, partition is gpt and not mbr

also in bios secure boot is disable, and usb boot + internet boot also disable, maybe it improoves the boot to windows get faster

about drivers i only installed the last from realtek, for intel i have the windows update last driver ( but it´s old, what is the best driver to install? ) and for the gforce i have the last gforce xperience driver

disk performance is not the best, but i getting used to it, i come from a fast 512ssd from my samsung series 9

i played doom 4 and game runs nice, also play cs go and it looks nice

i didn t install nothing from lenovo website, you guys recomend anything?

cheers

 

Thinking about doing a clean install later. I see that the D drive has drivers and such in it. Each driver has a setup.exe. Can I trust that these things are what I need to get everything going again after the clean install?

 

you can read my post

well i deleted all partitions and format them

make clean windows instalation with last dec 2016 windows update

i just needed to update gforce drivers

also delete the windows hd 4600 driver and download the last one from intel. only works this way, if you first unistall windows driver

and i also updated realted driver in realtek website

all the rest windows update have the last drivers, same that are in lenovo website for download

i did not install any lenovo programs, do you recomend any?

 

Thanks.

The only Lenovo program I really use is the Energy Manager. I use it to force the computer to stay at about 60% battery rather than charge more.

I also have the Dolby Digital Plus software doing its thing for audio.

 

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-Legion-gaming-laptops-announced-Legion-Y520-Y720.189794.0.html
These things look kind of nasty. The Y520 looks tempting at a 900 dollar price point-but we'll see if it comes with a 1050 or a 1050 ti.

 

I think my subwoofer isn't making any sound. What Realtek driver version do you guys have? My version is 6.0.1.7195.

 

i have the last one from realtek website, more recent than yours

 

You should use Lenovo's driver only, otherwise the Dolby won't work and the sound without it pretty crappy.

 

i´m using last from realtek and it´s really good the sound

 

My Y50 has always sort of...had both? So like here's the dolby. And here's the realtek. This is how it's been since I bought the laptop.

 

The Dolby seems to be installed but is it on? Open the "Dolby Digital Plus" app and check it.

I don't know how it is right but when the Y50 was a new model and people were buying it there were discussions about the audio and we came to the conclusion that the Dolby only works with the Realtek driver from Lenovo. When someone tried to use an updated Realtek driver the Dolby wouldn't start and the sound without it was crap.

Fyi my Realtek driver version is 6.0.1.7525

 

guys i need some help

i can buy this for 80 euros

samsung pm871 512ssd

it will be good for replace the 1tb sshd lenovo y50-70 ? its compatible?

 

I recently update my drivers to the latest (376 or whatever) only to find out that it overheats my laptop, to the point it was a 90° idle. When i tried playing battlefield bad company 2, the FPS would go from 60 to 23 every few seconds. When i disconnected the power, the laptop crashed with a BSOD.

So i cleaned the fans, using can of compressed air, and rebooted. No difference.

I then decided to revert to the old driver (372.70) and the laptop still did that 23-60 stuff. I remember reading that nvidia purposefully downgrades the performance of old components in order to make people buy their new stuff. So i thought, what if i go even more back in time?

And so i lowered to (368.69) and then to a driver that was released the same year the laptop was released (355.98), and the 23-60 stuff happens very rarely.

Problem is it never seems to stay still at 60FPS, even if its a fairly old game, and ever if all the settings are set to low.

Tl:dr: What i am asking is: what driver should i use to optimize performance? i just want to be able to play games with a stable framerate that wont go 23-60.

 

Hi guys,
Sorry to bump up an old thread. Using an old Y50-70 with 860M & Core i7 with Windows 10 Fall update. Have repasted it and cleaned it up a bit today, before clean installing Win 10.

However, the trackpad seems awkward. Have to press very hard click to get the left/right clicks to register (where as the lightest tap on the trackpad registers okay, I'm thinking there is some issues / not sure if it's hardware or software). Have tried to clean around the trackpad module, and tighten the screw. Didn't really help. It was a clean Win 10 install - Windows found the mouse driver (needed hard press). I tried the DRP.su tool afterwards, to grab the latest version no luck neither, same low responsiveness to clicks.

If I replace it with this "new" trackpad parts - do you think it will be better? (just trying to get an idea if it might help - because it's quite a long parts shipping time from China)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original...221321?hash=item25df10f889:g:JnsAAOSwX7pZqis7

 

I have a Lenovo Y50 from 2014. In most respects it's still quite fast and whatnot for browsing and stuff.

However, recently it randomly "hangs." For example, I will ctrl + t for a new Chrome tab and it just freezes for a bit. Or once I do flag + L to lock and it hangs for a bit first.

This problem is not consistent. So after it hangs on a new tab, subsequent new tabs are back to being instantaneous. The flag + L hang also does not usually happen. It feels random. Again, as I said the thing is usually still quite fast. Boots in 8 seconds, etc. It's just that a few weeks ago this new issue popped up.

Any ideas on how to figure out what could cause the hanging?

Thanks.

Misc. specs and info:

• Windows 8.1 OS.
• 8 GB RAM.
• GTX 860m, 2GB VRAM.
• i7-4700HG CPU, 2.4 ghz turbo to 3.4
• BIOS is from 2014, V1.09.
• Replaced the stock hybrid drive with a crucial SSD years ago.

 

Hi guys,

After reading many post in the forums here on notebookreview, I was finally able to repaste my Lenovo Y50 with Grizzly Conductonaut (took safety measure - nail polish and electric tape), also undervolted the CPU using Throttlestop by -100mv.

Now my laptop does not heat up, I see under 78 degree celsius after playing for hours on end.

My question is can i unlock the bios to undervolt the GPU too or overclock the CPU, I realize that may require something like a mod (premamod perhaps).

@Prema or @Phoenix would you be able to help here? I tried searching the forums and internet but find mixed or confusing information


Misc. specs and info:

• Lenovo y50 70 (non touch)
• Windows 10 OS.
• 8 GB RAM.
• GTX 860m, 2GB VRAM
• i7-4700HG CPU, 2.4 ghz turbo to 3.4