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    Why I will NEVER buy a lenovo gaming laptop again

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by vEdwards, Dec 20, 2014.

  1. vEdwards

    vEdwards Newbie

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    I’m done with lenovo. I need you guys to convince me, otherwise I’m out almost $1200 for a sleek black paper weight.

    I bought the Lenovo y70 laptop about three weeks ago. My goal was to play World of Tanks with my friends for hours and hours of great joy. We would drink Bawls energy drink and blow up each other’s tanks. Fun right? No. Read on.

    After spending about 4 hours downloading Windows updates I was finally to the point of getting to install WOT. Game installed fine. Everything was running smooth up till this point. My laptop was running the game at max settings and it was AWESOME.

    That is until the computer bluescreened. Seriously. My new gaming laptop just stopped working after about 11 hours of playing non-stop game action.
    Now I’m pretty savvy with computers so I decided to take things into my own hands after not having any luck from support.

    I read online that taking the ram out and re plugging it in can get rid of the bluescreen of death. I tried that and the laptop still crashed after less than an hour of gaming. My thoughts are maybe my laptop was overheating. Made sense because I was playing it on the couch for most of that night.

    Now the danged thing just boots to a black screen. Do you guys have any ideas? I just really want to play my game
     
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  2. lonelyphoenix7

    lonelyphoenix7 Notebook Consultant

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    Error code on the BSOD?
     
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  3. vEdwards

    vEdwards Newbie

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    The computer screen is just black now... Aren't all blue screens the same? Every one I have seen have all been blue screens with white text
     
  4. OfficerVajardian

    OfficerVajardian Notebook Enthusiast

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    No, blue screens have different error codes which can tell you what make it happen. For the black screen, is the screen lit up, or is then screen not turned on?
     
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  5. roydok

    roydok Notebook Guru

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    Just return laptop for refund.
     
  6. vEdwards

    vEdwards Newbie

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    I'm not one to give up.

    I went ahead and took the laptop apart. Going with my thoughts on it overheating... I purchased some super glue and thermal compound to put on those heatsink things. I will report back
     
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    krizzjaa Notebook Guru

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    Black screen ay? Maybe you weren't computer savvy enough to insert rams back correctly.
     
  8. KLF

    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    It's the text that matters. When things go easy, it might even say something like "graphics driver.sys has malfunctioned" and then it would be obvious to reinstall/update graphics drivers. Sometimes there is just a cryptic code, of those I remember only one: 0x07b that means problems related to hard drive...

    Superglue? heatsink is attached by screws... it's meant to be taken off and replaced at some point. Just be careful :)
     
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  9. JaneL

    JaneL Super Moderator

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    True about the text mattering. Better to have read it first than to start tearing the system apart with no idea of what's wrong.
     
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  10. Incontro

    Incontro Notebook Evangelist

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    Dumb move to do on a brand new laptop if you ask me. Disassembling heatsink = warranty void.

    You might not even be able to fix it.
     
  11. vEdwards

    vEdwards Newbie

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    Not computer savvy enough? I'm proficient enough to know what ram modules are. I will get this to work! I like a challenge. You will see.

    Yeah I took the screws out. I must not have been clear in my explanation. I didn't mean use the superglue on the screws. I'm putting it on the gpu chips. That way there is no chance of the heatsink(s) coming loose from heat. I will be able to comfortably play on the couch for hours.

    Hey thanks for the suggestion! I will be sure to look closer next time. I'm positive this will fix the issue though.

    Dumb move? It's no big deal my brother. If it doesn't work I will just buy one of these instead. I don't think it will come to that though. I will keep you guys updated! Thanks for the help
     
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  12. AnakiMana

    AnakiMana Notebook Consultant

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    When you play on the couch, are any of your laptop's vents or fans being blocked by your lap or anything? I recommend getting a board or lapdesk type thing so it can breathe.
     
  13. Incontro

    Incontro Notebook Evangelist

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    LOL

    Hey, can you throw some cash at me too?
     
  14. glewarne

    glewarne Notebook Guru

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    superglue is the worst possible thing, ever, to put on the surface of cpu / gpu chip dies.

    Not only is it a terrible heat conductor, it is also very acidic (who knows what that will do to the exposed die material) but if you ever try to remove the heatsink you have virtually no chance of doing so without permanently damaging the chips, and or the heatpipes.

    Whoever told you, or wherever you read that superglue is a suitable thermal interface material is very, very wrong. this isn't the old days of 1995-2005 where GPU chips were surrounded by plastic with a metal heat spreader in the centre. Now, the only thing on the chip is the die itself under a very small and delicate epoxy resin square. you don't want to go super gluing it
     
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    Cajazman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sounds like you made the paper weight not Lenovo. An easy return would have given you a new laptop. It sucks your new laptop died and every once in a while a bad egg gets through but to say they are all bad?
     
  16. glewarne

    glewarne Notebook Guru

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    Im guessing the lack of the poster commenting again means the superglue adventure did not go well.....
     
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  17. Incontro

    Incontro Notebook Evangelist

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    Haha, probably.
     
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    It has to be a troll - no-one is that stupid are they?
     
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    kabangeka Notebook Enthusiast

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    Who has blue screen of death, just change original hdd+8gb ssd to regular hdd or ssd disk. In my case I used to have a lot of blue screen problems. I set very old 200gb hdd (5400rpm), installed fresh win 8.1 After all no more problems. Just waiting to price drop on 500gb ssd.
     
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    Good luck to you, hope you get it figured out. I'm just here for the humor.
     
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    Oh god..
     
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    This is probably one of the more amusing threads I've read in awhile. Some people say superglue fixes everything, but maybe not in this case.

    RIP @vEdwards Y50...