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    Removing the ultrabay drive in the y410p to act as an intake vent?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sweatyballz, Oct 27, 2013.

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    sweatyballz Notebook Consultant

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    So I read that keeping the ultrabay drive empty will help vent out some of the heat in the laptop. Is this recommended?
     
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    Nah. It will attract dust.

    Get the proper fan accessory if you plan on doing that.
     
    Jobine, Oct 27, 2013
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    What accessory do you recommend? I am kind of worry that the Y410P will overheat and stuff.
     
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    The Y410p should'nt overheat, i do massive GPU overclocks and the CPU/GPU does not get past 90C at any given time even after 4 hours of gaming.

    I would recommend the Y400 fan if you can find it. It's a little hard to find these days.
     
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    Alright that is great to hear! At first I was worried about overheating the Y410p. I heard about yearly maintenance such as cleaning out the heat vents and reapplying the thermal paste, but taking out the covers/case voids the warranty.

    I actually heard that the ultrabay fans don't work too good. It seems to have an adverse effect based on one user. Can you confirm?

    Fan Ultrabay for Y400 / Y500... - Lenovo Community
     
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    And thats why you do it after the warranty runs out.

    Can't confirm, sorry. I don't own one.
     
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    Yea! After several hours of deductive reasoning and thinking, I finally figured that would be a good way to go about things. :D


    Well if you do get it in the future, post a review! If it is likely that you will get it!

    Many thanks bro.
     
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    Well right now i just check Ebay on a daily basis for a cheap GN35. I found a few but none shipped to Canada. I'll see if i can contact the sellers and get them to test the modded SLI driver that Ember made.
     
    Jobine, Oct 28, 2013
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