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    To all Y510p owners: What did you do when you opened up your laptop?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by siddysidsid, Jun 23, 2013.

  1. siddysidsid

    siddysidsid Notebook Enthusiast

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    What drivers did you guys install and where did you find them? Did you guys uninstall ALL the bloatware? Anything else I should know before I start using this bad boy?
     
    siddysidsid, Jun 23, 2013
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  2. Tmets

    Tmets De-evolving to Amoeba

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    This a question better asked in the Lenovo subforum, not here.
     
    Tmets, Jun 23, 2013
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  3. Idarzoid

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    As with any laptop I own, first thing I do is to install Xubuntu or Fedora.
     
    Idarzoid, Jun 23, 2013
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  4. siddysidsid

    siddysidsid Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got my Y510p and before I begin using this bad boy, is there anything I should know about where to install current drivers? I've heard something about a ty wireless card? What about installing the intel graphics driver to conserve battery while it's not charging? Is that possible?
     
    siddysidsid, Jun 23, 2013
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  5. panzer06

    panzer06 His Imperial Majesty

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    I have the SLI version and the first thing I did was flip it over, carefully remove the bottom cover and remove the 1TB HDD.

    Put it inside my AW system and cloned it to the eSATA attached 500GB SSD I purchased a few months back.

    Installed the new 500GB SSD and booted the system for the for the first time. The Wireless driver worked fine for me but I upgraded to the latest Intel version. Everything else remains stock.

    Cheers,
     
    panzer06, Jun 23, 2013
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    eriscentro Notebook Consultant

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    Wiped, and did a fresh 8 install

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 4 Beta
     
    eriscentro, Jun 24, 2013
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  7. Jobine

    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    1. Remove all bloatware
    2. Run CCleaner and Registry cleaner
    3. Transfer my files to it using Windows Migration assistant
    4. Install my essentials: MS Office, FireFox, Thunderbird, VLC, Notepad++, Adobe Premiere/Fireworks/AfterFX and uTorrent
    5. Install my games
     
    Jobine, Jun 24, 2013
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  8. panzer06

    panzer06 His Imperial Majesty

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    Also tried to replace cheapo WiFi card with one that supports 5 Ghz and go the dreaded Non-Supported WiFi card error on boot. Ughhhhh, I hate computers that have whitelist BIOS.

    Cheers,
     
    panzer06, Jun 24, 2013
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