Do not clone. Do a clean install for two reasons:
1) HDD --> SSD cloning is a bit trickier than traditional HDD --> HDD cloning, since you need to deal with 4K cluster alignment (or else you lose 25% - 40% performance in your SSD over time).
2) This is a perfect time to do a clean re-format anyway, to clean out the bloatware that Lenovo pre-loads on their systems. A clean install of Windows 8 will properly account for 4K cluster alignment issues.
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Thanks, I managed to disable SLI, then when I re-enabled and ran the benchmark, the 2nd card seemed to work and I got much better performance, although 1 card did hit 67 and the other 61 (running on a cooling pad, ambient temp around 72ish). Now the other thing I'm confused about is OC'ing which this would be my first time doing. I seem to recall reading about people having to upgrade to a leaked version of lenovo bios and then flashing a modified bios to run? But then again there's a Y500 overclock thread from december where guys appear to be OCing and make no mention of flashing the vbios, am I missing something?
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Posting a quick hello and question; you may be seeing an awful lot of me in this thread (just acquired the Y500 yesterday).
How tricky is it to get an mSATA SSD installed and working on the machine? I checked the HMM, and it looks like a lot of screws. Thanks! -
unscrewing it is easy, just 9 screws.
Unhinging the thing is terrifying. I sat there for like 10 minutes trying to figure out how exactly to take the back off (its the WHOLE back that comes off...) Putting it back is a lot simpler, everything just clicks into place. -
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I have a cloning kit from apricorn and they have 4k selection
I would do a clean install but i do not have windows 8 CD or the USB since the windows website need the user to buy first but why would i buy since it comes with it -
If I bought windows 8 on the day of release for my other laptop, could I download it and use it for when I get a new mSATA SSD?
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Hey, I'm playing on a coolermaster x2 cooling pad with my y500 sli 650 (i7, ss+1tb, 16gb ram) in around 71-72F ambient temps, and my CPU is hitting around 80-81C on the hottest core during stressful loads and gaming. GPU's don't seem to go much over 65C. Considering I plan on using this thing for gaming extensively, will 80C lead to diminished returns on lifespan?
edit: suppose its worth noting im on stock bios using the 320 drivers and was playing Metro Last night.
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Anyone having this problem?
Y500: a serious motherboard problem has been prove... - Lenovo Community -
I actually took screenshots of that before it gets deleted and removed. I got the 2 year warranty seems like an easy way to kill your system in 2 years and get an upgrade.
#1. Just don't ever do the battery reset thing until the day you want to kill your system
#2. There won;t be any old Y500 lying around because its a hardware design flaw so they Upgrade is a) cheaper for lenovo and b) is a given because of the design flaw
Only thing now is Lenovo, will put its top level engineers and designer on a special team to fix this by
A. A BIOS Update, that will likely fix other issues and improve system performance alltogether
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I tried asking on the previous page and was overlooked, but I don't want to create a thread for a simple question. Playing games on their "optimal" settings with Nvidia experience, or close to the optimal settings, my Ultrabay graphics card is hitting 70C, processor floats around 67-82 depending on the game. Any issues with these temps in the long run? Stock clock speeds. stock bios, y500 650m sli.
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Count me part of the Y500 club. Finally got one that is a keeper. Great deal for the price and nope, I wont be regretting this purchase when Haswell comes out and I wont cry a year from now when the newer versions of this laptop come out. In all honesty, I'll probably buy one of those too and give this one to my bff.
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So, some useful bits from people just jumping on this thread as I've spent the better part of yesterday going through the whole thread
Talked to Lenovo this morning and they claim all new y500s have their touchpads fixed.
Overclocking guide
Clean install of Windows 8
UEFI Install Windows 8
Samsung 840 120gb SSD, cheapest I could find - 90
Samsung 840 250gb SSD, cheapest I could find - 168 (very tempting for me)
How to nuke your new laptop... possibly
If you can't haggle well over the phone to drop the price. Try the b&n discount, shaved 60 bucks off the laptop and 20 bucks off the warranty.
I just ordered the Y500 750M SLI yesterday. I was hung up on the GE60 w a 660M, but it was the same size as my old GX640 and just a pound lighter. Don't want to drop 1300 bux and still play games windowed @ 1024x768.
Couple questions:
What's this guy weigh?
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i would wait for next gen cpu because MSI already releae new GT70 with GTX 780m and GE40
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i've read the y500 sucks thread. and i see that the major problems are the mousepad, usb, typing problems and short battery life.
the mousepad and usb problems seems to be addressed in the newer models with the gt 750m, right?
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The keyboard is awesome, I really don't know why people complain about it.
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Next gen MSI always costs more, buggy, and when/if needs repair, I'm paying for shipping. If the Lenovo breaks, they pay for shipping (for some reason, that makes a difference).
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I think they'll come up with another sale, eg. memorial day sell or something. Since the new CPU is coming out, I'm sure Lenovo wants to sell as many of their older models as possible. I would wait and see, I don't think you lose much(if at all) even if you miss the deal than buying a wrong laptop that brings you headache.
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the deal is so tempting though. sli gaming laptop that looks good and isn't all that heavy to haul around. decisions, decisions.
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Hello.
I'm looking for a laptop that fit my gaming/programming needs. First I looked at the alienware m14x with this specs:
Code:Intel® Core™ i7-3840QM 256GB SSD SATA 16GB (2 X 8GB) Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M with Optimus™ Price: $1,947.00
Code:Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor( 2.40GHz 1600MHz 6MB) NVIDIA GeForce GT750M GDDR5 2GB 16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz 1TB 5400 RPM+16GB SSD Ultrabay SLI Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce GT750M GDDR5 2GB Price: $1,086.75
- Is there are a big difference between the i7-3630QM and i7-3840QM?
- How many hours Y500 Battery last? and is there are a way to manage and standby the graphic cards to save power?
- Does the i7-3630QM come with turbo?
- I'm upgrading and installing a 250GB SSD to it. Do I have to remove the 1TB and I can just replace the 16GB SSD?
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Your questions:
1) I really do not know what I would assume it isn't THAT big of a difference.
2) Battery lasts 3-5 hours depending on your settings
3) Yes, it blatantly says it comes with turbo boost, haha.
4) You will have to remove the 1TB HDD if you are talking about a 2.5" SSD.. Buy a 256GB Plextor M5M mSATA SSD if you want to just replace the 16GB mSATA SSD Cache.. Once you do this, you will have to make the mSATA your main drive. -
should i buy lenovo y500 or stick with my msi gt783 ?
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2. This willl give you some info on unlocking the bios. From all the searching I did, looks like either the H4000 integrated graphics aren't accessible or can't be unlocked. There's no Optimus either.
3. Yep
4. To me it makes more sense to keep the 1tb as a slave and slap a 250 in the 16SSD slot. Storage and speed. Don't know about RAID though.
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Hi there!
My y400 ships on June 6th (ordered it like a month ago, but I live in India so I had to Fedex it and all sorts of customs and ugh). It's the one with the 750m.
I've looked around and there don't appear to be any gaming benchmarks for the 750m. I was wondering if someone could post their FPS at 1366x768 for games like:
BF3
Skyrim
Crysis 3
Far Cry 3
I know this is the Y500 owners lounge but the Y400 owner's lounge hasn't been active for the past one month and it's practically the same laptop (internals are the same, you guys just get a bigger screen)
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won't a laptop perform differently at varying resolutions
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Well, yes it will. I'd appreciate some input specifically at 1366x768. Many y500 owners will have the FHD option and of course FPS is going to be lower at 1080p compared to 768p. The Y400 wouldn't have that issue because 768p is native res for it. It would be great if someone could benchmark a few titles at 768p on their Y500, because that would tell me exactly what to expect from the Y400.
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How many days do you have before you can't return an item for refund or replacement with lenovo? I couldn't find it on the site probably looking in the wrong places.
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Ah okay Thank you
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any games that does not work well with windows 8?
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I answered your question by discussing old games because I have always found them to be the most difficult to run on modern operating systems. Games released in the new millenium are much easier in my experience, although there are exceptions. -
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Any help with those benchmarks?
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temperature on SLi ?
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does it come with 170w ? or 120w ?
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Hi everyone. I just recieved my y500 today. But I purchased the i7 model and the sticker says i5 so I went to the control panel and looked at the hardware and that says it is actually the i7. Is there any other tests I can run to make sure I got the right one and if I did how can I remove the sticker?
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This is off topic and I apologize.
Can anyone tell me the name of the webcam viewer software that comes preinstalled? Not the driver but the actual program you use to play around with the webcam
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How do you clone and transfer to a mSata ssd
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I installed windows 7 and cant seem to find what program to install to get the volume icons to show up on screen?
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Y500 Owners and Questions Thread
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by y500, Nov 30, 2012.