New Y460 and Y560 Ideapads

SWEEEEET!

Ordered 11/1
Est. Ship date: 11/16

Just got the shipping confirmation today!

...impatiently waiting

 

Make sure you have the Advanced selection on and do the following.... Click Graphics > Desktops and Displays > The Arrow on the laptop in the bottom left corner > Configure > Color

Mine also goes back to default settings when switching back to the Intel. I just open it up and click cancel and it goes back to my setting.

I don't know about Powerplay, I never touch it.

 

Thanks, hitting cancel does work for some reason.

 

What consistently worked for me is this:
1. Open network and sharing center
2. Click on the icon of your current connected network. It could be a house, bench, etc
3. Click on merge or delete network locations
4. At this time, disconnect from your network so you can delete all locations.
5. Delete all locations
6. Reconnect to your network again. You can either ignore homegroup by cancel or choose your preference.
7. You can now see that the disconnected issue has been resolved.

This has worked several times already for me and I just do it when the issue reappears. Typically, networks you’ve logged into from past connections are automatically stored here. When this gets to around 3 or more, thats when the error appears.

 

Any new y460 owners? Im still liking this laptop and want to get it before the years end.

 

Ahh the cheapest y460 in the outlet now is 1000 dollars hah, just a week ago they were going for 598 bux lol, I even have it stored in my cart still. Also the prices for the regular Y's have gone up by 50.

 

Just to let you know, there is a sale on right now where you can get a new one with the ATI 5650 for $750.

Lenovo - Early Bird Savings - IdeaPad Y Series


eCoupon code: USPLENOVO1111 (In case the link disappears)

 

Is it just me or does the Y460 ideapad not get as much love as some other 14 inch notebooks like acer 3820tg/Hp Envy 14/sony z and alienwares m11x but has more features then all of them.

 

Lenovo isn't known for their consumer lineup. All the other brands are popular and they have proven that they are capable of making great consumer laptops. In fairness, past Ideapads haven't been the greatest either. I can't wait to see what they come out with next Spring.(Assuming the trend of when they come out continues.)

 

I'm looking towards buying one of them Ideapads Y460P
I've basically researched all the internet known to a man and I have a pretty strong conviction that it's the laptop for me, however I didn't find a definite answer for some things:

- How loud is this thing during casual browsing, office work etc.?

I know that the fan can be pretty loud on load, but how does it behave when the system is more-or-less idle?

- Is there any issues with 'CPU whining' or high pitched noise present in some other systems?

- How are the air intakes at the bottom placed? Is it possible to put the laptop on bed cover and not worry about self-incineration?

 

It's not silent, but it isn't loud. I can barely hear it in a library that has hardly anyone talking in it.

It's not the CPU that actually makes the noise. Manufactures use cheap motherboard parts that can cause the noise. It's hit or miss.

There are a ton of spots on the bottom for cooling. As long as you're doing light tasks, cooling won't be a problem as this laptop runs cool when you're not stressing it.

 

With the discrete graphics disabled and the cpu downclocked (i.e. power setting set to balanced or power saver) the computer doesn't get hot at all and the fan runs very quietly. With the discrete graphics on during gaming it gets very hot and the vents definitely should NOT be covered at all; I don't game on this without my laptop cooler ensuring a fresh supply of air to the fan.

I get noticeable noise from the speakers that originates from somewhere inside the laptop, but this is mainly because I have 220 watt speakers so I prefer to keep the system volume low and keep the speaker volume at higher than minimum, since my speakers have some issues with static when the knob is all of the way down, an otherwise it is simply too loud. This makes the noise much more pronounced; if I turn the system volume up higher and the speaker volume down I can't hear the noise (perhaps because the signal to noise ratio gets higher?).
Also, for some reason unplugging my speakers (so the laptop reverts to the integrated speakers) and then plugging them back in gets rid of the noise every time, but the noise comes back every time I restart the computer or sleep it.
I was using 30 watt speakers before and I couldn't hear any noise because they did not have a powerful amplifier amplifying it.

 

Too bad about your speakers.

Basically you are taking a low weak signal from your laptop, and amplifying it which is not a good thing.

My brother has a stereo system in his house, with a remote analog volume control. He was complaining that the stereo was sounding really bad and thought it was broken.

I hiked over to his house and turned up the volume on the stereo which was really low and turned down the separate external volume control... Needless to say he was sort of embarrassed.

Re: the issue with pulling your speaker plug and putting it back in. I had this same problem. I noticed in the event viewer i was getting errors with the audio drivers. I uninstalled them and then reinstalled the realtek drivers from lenovo's web site and now the issue is completely gone. I think when i was doing a windows update, there was an update for the audio that i installed, this might have been the problem with my audio issue i was experiencing. Hope this works for you.


And on a side note. If you have call of duty 4, the older one, not modern warfare..

If you want to play the multiplayer, you have to either kill off the one key theater from the windows task manager or delete the program completely. Punk buster will error out when playing online because of the one key theater UI overlay. It took me 2 days to figure this out.

 

The system board that came originally with my Y460 had a grounding problem in the 3.5mm audio output jack that was quite irritating for any external speakers or headphones.

I had them replace the system board and this solved the audio-out noise issues. You might consider doing the same...

 

hello everyone,my lenovo y560 laptop's screen has been crashed.my sister sat on laptop.i wanna replace its panel.which panel does lenovo y560 use?and where can i buy this panel? please help me

 

Can I put my 32GB Runcore mini PCI-e into the open PCI-e slot in the Y460? I would like to put the OS on it and use the stock HD for storage.

 

New Y460 deal here with 5650 and i5 for 699.00$ starting.

 

I think I'm about to get one. Does it come with all the backup discs so if I replace the hard drive with a ssd... or is there a better way to swap out the drive so I don't lose the os

 

It does not come with backup disks. You can get a cloning bundle that transfers all your data from the hard drive that it came with to your SSD. You can always make your own: http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/428068-legal-windows-7-download-links-just-like-vista-before.html

 

Hey guys! I just bought a Y560 for $587 refurbished on the Lenovo outlet site. I plan on using it for school (word documents, powerpoints, etc), internet browsing, some video watching, itunes management, and eventually some medium-level gaming. How do you think I did? Here are the specs...

IdeaPad Y560
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13GHz, 3MB Cache)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - English
320GB, 5400RPM Serial ATA 2.5" Hard Drive
4GB (2 X 2GB) PC3-8500 DDR3 1067MHz SDRAM SODIMM Memory
DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer
ATI™ Mobility Radeon™ HD 5730

 

Thanks to AlbuquerqueFX for the wireless settings tip. The discharge rate on my Y460 is now between 9,500 to 11,500 on the "energy star" setting. Looks like at least 5 1/2 hours with light web surfing. Note that I have it "optimized for battery runtime."

On a side note, my TimelineX 4820TG is on its way. The Y460 will be my wife's laptop and the Timeline will be mine. My wife is really picky about computers and she is in love with the Y460's keyboard and mouse, so the Timeline will become mine by default. I went to Fry's and played with a timeline that has the same keyboard and mouse the 4820 has and can tell you I'm not looking forward to using them. Also the Y460 will be the default MP3 machine as the speakers on the Timeline are terrible at best.
I'll post a little review of both machines after I spend some time with the Timeline.
Also, it's been my observation that the "heat" issue with the Y460 is largely overblown. I played Borderlands for 2 hours and while it was hot when I finished, I switched back to intel graphics and within 10 minutes it was cool again.

 

Hi!

I've bought an i7 740q Y560 today. It has awesome performance : CPU, Speaker quality, weight and screen brightness. But, also some annoying issues.

The most important of them is the noise from so-proud-of JBL speakers. These noise are somehow reflection of all activities within (MB and CPU) the laptop. The most noise comes when I'am scrolling a page. I've read in this thread that it is somehow related to cheap mainboard. But I didn't find whether it is fixable. Does anyone know?

Another issue which bothers me a little is the placement of USB and LAN ports on the left as their wires makes working with mouse difficult. I mean the problem is my desk has no place on the right to put the mouse on.

Today, I saw someone who had nearly broken his y560 notebook : it has slipped down on the ground when he had placed it on a coolpad! So, Ishould be careful what coolpad I'm going to buy.

Another top annoying issue (for me), is some little difference between this notebook and my former XPS. Beside being to loud, the places of Fn and Ctrl keys, and, places of END and PGDN keys are reverse. Which causes a lot time to get used to.

Anyway, I'm going to post a personal review based on the core temps while intensive cpu use (3dsmax rendering) in different environmental conditions (A/C room, outside, summer-like room) with and without coolpad. for a start, it ran at most 83C on 100% load cpu of cinebench x64 (only once and for a few seconds out of 5 tests) in 24C ambient temperature.

 

Dauphin-

I don't believe that you can fix the whine that you hear. Some have it, while others don't. A couple of people have mentioned that a wireless mouse can cause the issue.

I would get a cooling pad in person so you can see if it has grips or not. Common sense also goes a long way.

If you hate the Fn-Ctrl so much, you can do a BIOS mod. There is some risk of turning your laptop into a brick, so be careful. http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/474396-fn-ctrl-swap-all-lenovo-laptops-solved.html

 

I have this issue with my Y460. When I use my new Logitech mouse with the super small usb receiver I get it, when I use my older one with big receiver I don't. I actually don't like the new one as much as my old one so it's not that big of a deal to me. However, if traveling I would prefer the smaller one.

 

What did you notice about not likeing the keyboard and mouse?

 

After months passing I find this laptop to be more and more garbage built. It truly is Made in China to be honest. Plastics are rubbish. RUBBISH!

Try and lift the display from bottom left corner (keep the base standing with the other hand). Does your Y560 panel lift like the hinge seems broken? Well, it's not broken. It's just its' design.

I first thought I have a hinge problem, but no, it's just the way it was designed and built.

Laptop is working fine, very powerful, but the build quality is like... 10 bucks.

 

New spec ?
PROVANTAGE: Lenovo 439722U Lenovo Notebook Y560P 750G I7-2630QM 15.6 inch LED 6G DDR3 HD6570 DVDRW W7HP Gray RTL

 

lol i dont think its 10 bucks..

But i did take the non locking lid and the flimsy case into consideration when i was buying my y560.

I decided that for $750 that my

i5
ati 5730
switchable graphics
4bg ram

was worth it.

 

Iv got an Y460 the 699.00$ deal processing. I wont be able to get it till later in december but Ill give reviews/pics and everything else anyone wants. I need to get a camcorder for this lol!

Seems this laptop doesn't get much attention though? This thread goes days without a reply. Anyone know if you can extend your lenovo warrenty near the end of the regular 1 year?

 

Any Non-Traditional Thinkpad laptop doesn't get all that much love around here.

You can extend the warranty any time you want to through Lenovo's site.

Lenovo Ideapad Support & downloads - Extend or Upgrade your Warranty

Currently the y460 and y560 cannot be upgraded. I assume that is due to the laptops being less than a year old.

 

Would I be correct in saying that the regular lenovo warranty pays for repair shipping ?

 

Hi!

This is the post I've promised to write about the core temps of my lenovo Y560d. I use my notebook mainly for rendering and image editing. My prominent softwares are AutoCAD, 3DSMax, Bryce and GIMP. I also do some programming for fun, in Qt C++ and Lazarus (free pascal). Among these softwares, MAX is the most power demanding as for a simple Vray (1600x1600) render with a fair settings it takes at least 3 minutes of 100% CPU usage.

Therefore, managing CPU cooling became the most important feature of notebook for me. That's why this review only observes CPU's cores temperatures in different conditions :

Indoor Autumn (23C), Indoor Summer (30C), With and without cool pad

The cool pad I used was DeepCool N8, with two large fans. The temperatures are measured by CoreTemp. The length of render was about 8 minutes (479.6s to 480.7s). Three temperatures are measured :

- Hmax : Highest temperature recorded among the cores
- Lmin : Lowest temperature among the cores maximum temperatures
- Amax : The average temperature of the core with Hmax, which was nearly persistent after reaching Hmax.

Results :
T.amb . . . . . . . . Cool Pad . . . . L.Max . . . . H.Max . . . . . . .A.Max

Autumn . . . . . . . No . . . . . . . . 76 (#1) . . . 81 (#0,#4) . . . 79
23-24C . . . . . . . Yes. . . . . . . . 72 (#1) . . . 77 (#0,#4) . . . 75

Summer . . . . . . . No . . . . . . . . 79 (#1) . . . 84 (#4) . . . . . 82
29-30C . . . . . . . Yes. . . . . . . . 77 (#1) . . . 81 (#0,#4) . . . 79


It is clear that this cool pad lowers the temperature by 3 to 4 degrees. However, my Y560 doesn't get so hot that I would need a cool pad except for extremely hot summer days. It's worthy to mention that yesterday I tested the hummer scene for by this notebook. It took 11m12s to complete the scene. H.max hit 83C in min.8 without the coolpad and 80C with it. The ambient temperature was about 25C.

 

wow nice stats, and the temps are just dandy. Those programs are great although Lazarus (free pascal) while Iv heard of it sounds intriguing. You have any cad pictures or 3dsmax pics on the y460?

 

About y460, I don't think it will exceed these temps with i5. But with i7 (if there exists) it will get so hot. CAD and MAX on an HD 14"? It's a kind of eye-suicide as its screen is so small (specially by height), unless u are a proficient user of their expert mode (without any toolbar). Unfortunately, I need toolbars in MAX since I'm not get used to its shortcuts yet.

Anyway, I strongly recommend to place something under these notebooks to increase their height and ease the airflow.

 

how does the fans airflow work? I know one is on the side, but there has to be another cause of the cpu and gpu?

 

Its only one fan, sucks from bottom, blow to the side...

 

most laptops have fans on both gpu and cpu...hows that work?

 

Its one fan with one heatpipe being shared by the GPU and CPU...

 

ahh ok I get it now heh. From what Iv been reading on this thread it sounds like most the temps are decent enough when pushed. Most of the reviews on the net are good and everyone likes them except the cnet review, it got bashed there. If anyone has an Y460 and likes it please post your review on cnet cause it by the looks of things there was 3 reviewers on there that gave it a 1 and they didnt sound like they new what they were talkin about. The review is here. To write the review for it theres just a little spot under the cnet editors rating on the top but if you cant see it the link is this. You will probably have to make a cnet account to post a review but it only requires an email.

 

I ordered a Y560 last night, and the estimated ship date is Dec. 13. I was curious if anyone had any idea how accurate these shipping dates were. I was kind of hoping it would come sooner than that.

 

Just bought my Y560 a week ago I got a great Black Friday deal on it..
Heres the specs :
Intel i7 Q740 @ 1.73GHz
4gb DDR3
500gb 5400 RPM hard drive
ATI Mobility 5730 1gb

It was only $699.00 at Fry's Electronics..
Very good and fast laptop although the build quality is mehh, but the price is unbeatable!

 

Was it refurbished? Does it come with a warranty? Either way nice deal.

 

He got it at Fry's, so it would be brand new with a warranty.

 

It was brand new.. It was a $300 discount for Black Friday.. I paid 200 for an extra 3 year warranty..

 

I just got my Y460 and the first thing I did was to do a clean install. Everything seems to be working, except for some reason Windows 7 doesn't give me the option for "sleep" anywhere in Power Management. Hibernate is there, but no sleep.

I also cannot get the switchable graphics to work since doing the install. I suspect I'm going to have to do it again, and I did make recovery discs if they're necessary, but I'd like to be able to get all the drivers working properly so I know I have a fresh copy of Windows on there that only contains what I decide it needs to have, not traces of crapware left behind because uninstallers aren't perfect.

 

I'll post a real review later, but I have both the Y460 and the Timeline X 4820... the build quality on the Y460 is far better than the Timeline... the Timeline gets about 3 hours more in battery life without any tweaking... the Timeline stays A LOT cooler than the Y460... the Y460 has a far better keyboard and trackpad... I give a slight edge to the timeline's screen, although my timeline came with a dead pixel near the center... Lenovo's preinstalled programs are better than Acer's... my kids will use the Y460 as it clearly can take more of a beating than the timeline...
I'm keeping both of them, but if I had to choose I would probably keep the Timeline because of it's battery life... but you can't go wrong with either of these laptops... with some tweaking you can get 4:30 to 5 hours out of the Y460 which is plenty most of the time...
For those wondering... I don't like HP, so I didn't bother with an ENVY 14.

 

@Syberia

I had the same problem with the switchable graphics. The solution for me was installing the latest bios (don't remember what number it is at now), THEN installing the latest graphics drivers package from Lenovo. That did the job for me. Hope it helps = ).

 

thanks for those great points, they must be identical in size almost I would assume. Most of the temps on the Y460 that have been reported by people seem to be within the limit, under 85 c. Were you going by how the machine felt to the touch or using software to monitor temps? What do you like about the build quality of the Y460 over the timeline?

 

What order am I supposed to install the drivers in, if any? And why doesn't my sleep mode work

I'd rather not have to install Lenovo's Power Management software again, as it seems to constantly override the power settings I choose in Control Panel.

 

So I was moving my laptop today and I noticed how unsecure the hinge is. It is absolutely horrible, can't even keep the thing closed. Is it possible to tighten it?

Wish they sold the screen at a higher resolution, kind of regretting not getting an Acer Aspire now..