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    Why is the W520 not compatible with Win 10?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by pkincy, Oct 12, 2015.

  1. pkincy

    pkincy Notebook Evangelist

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    Lenovo leaves the W520 off its Win 10 compatibility list. Why? I have tried a number of times including with downloaded Iso's and can not get Win 10 to load.
     
    pkincy, Oct 12, 2015
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  2. Thors.Hammer

    Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Probaby because the Optimus implementation on the W520 sucks.
     
    Thors.Hammer, Oct 14, 2015
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  3. ibmthink

    ibmthink Notebookcheck Deity

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    Intel decided to support only Ivy-Bridge and later plattforms for Windows 10, so Lenovo had no choice. The Tx20 models are officially unsupported, despite the fact that they can run Windows 10 mostly without any problems.
     
    ibmthink, Oct 14, 2015
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  4. wesmain

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    My w520 runs it fine. Disable the switchable graphics in bios when you install. I think I also switched off the Wi-Fi during the install at one point.
     
    wesmain, Oct 14, 2015
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  5. pkincy

    pkincy Notebook Evangelist

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    You are correct. I got it loaded. The Win 10 upgrade program has been significantly improved and told me to remove Rescue and Recovery to install. So the change in the graphics engine plus the removal of R&R made it work fine.

    Thank you. I now have Win 10 on my X220, W520, W550s and just need to find a way to get it on my Asus Mobo desktop.
     
    pkincy, Oct 14, 2015
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    What's so great about it? Seems like a lot of fluff and trouble to disable all the new MS stuff shoved our way.
     
    jedisurfer1, Oct 16, 2015
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