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    Y460 Clean Install: What do I need?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Syberia, Dec 2, 2010.

  1. Syberia

    Syberia Notebook Deity

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    I'm the owner of a brand new black friday Y460 that just arrived today. I've finally finished burning the recovery discs (took me 2 hours :() and, like all my laptops, I'm going to start by doing a clean install of Windows 7. Beyond the obvious drivers, is there anything else I need to download from Lenovo and install to make the computer work correctly?

    And what, exactly, do I need to do to get the switchable graphics working? Is there any way to make it use the 5650 when on AC and the integrated graphics when on battery, like the Acers do?
     
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    Congrats on new machine, hopefully Ill be getting one in a few weeks. I can't awnser your questions though maybee someone else can heh. I was kinda wondering the same thing. How does it look out of the box? Was it bigger then you expected or smaller?

    The 10.10e amd ati mobility/5650 driver can be found here you will want that of course which Im sure you know about.
     
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