Lenovo Y470 and Y570 Official Owners Thread

[achieve1]

Here's a recommendation I make to all new computers. Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once

It saves you a lot of time hunting for common programs.

thanks a lot for that link...

as far as updating my nvidia drivers, is this something I should do right away as well?

[vietxquangstah]

Not sure if you mentioned this earlier, but how do you get such fast boot speeds? Is there anything you do? I have the 500GB 7200RPM HDD too, but I get around 1min for my boot time. I do, however, have a custom theme installed on my Windows 7, but I don't think that affects boot times, as you're just modifying the system files.

Is there any sort of process or something you disabled on startup to make your computer boot up faster?

Thanks!

Lenovo Y470 and Y570 Official Owners Thread

[Kobefan1991]

really reporting in on the headphone static issue:

As I said earlier, I had issues with blue screens in NBA 2K11 on my i7 Y470 and I ended up sending it into the depot for repair. They diagnosed it as a motherboard issue and replaced the motherboard. Got it back last Friday. Its been able to run everything I've thrown at it nicely. I got at least 5 hours + more on the plane the other day without even going on powersave mode or anything.

ABOUT THE HEADPHONE STATIC: I had it before sending it in but its gone now. I'm guessing its either a motherboard issue since that's what was replaced. I'm currently using Skullcandy inear headphones fyi.


Other notes: My screen is a Samsung and it's been amazing since day 1. I've always thought it looked great and haven't had any fading or dead pixels. This laptop is an amazing value for 836 (final price, no tax, i7, 8GB, 750 HD, Blueray). When I got it back, I did a clean install and kept the one key recovery. I'm planning on waiting for the Intel Paint Creek and then will move the OS, programs, etc. over to that. I'm planning on trying to create a recovery partition on the SSD much like the one key recovery on the main HD, then re-partitioning the 750GB HDD so that I can use the full 750GB.

What other SSDs are people using? Any recommendations? Should I wait for Paint Creek? Any new info on that?

Also, does anyone have experience partitioning the SSD and creating the recovery partition as Lenovo does on it?

tl;dr - Had to send in my laptop to get MB fixed, got audio fixed as bonus, have questions, super happy about purchase even with getting a defective unit the first time.

[aliano]

Does Lenovo produce Y470 with Gt555?
Just see this link in Lenovo reseller site in my country(Iran):
http://www.sazgar.com/fa/product/not...productid=1374

[edcanwin]

I have a problem with my y470 with media players skipping songs randomly. Sometimes the entire song will play sometimes it'll skip to the next song within a few seconds and sometimes it'll skip halfway. It's random and I haven't really been able to find a solution anywhere else either.

[vietxquangstah]

Does Lenovo produce Y470 with Gt555?
Just see this link in Lenovo reseller site in my country(Iran):
Sazgar Argham complete line from CD-ROMs, CD-Rewritable, Combos, Slim Combos, DVD-ROMs to DVD Rewritable and Blu-ray Disc (BD) Writer.

NO! y470 has GT550
y570 has GT555

that has got to be 1. mistype or 2. false advertisement

[LeStato]

I have a problem with my y470 with media players skipping songs randomly. Sometimes the entire song will play sometimes it'll skip to the next song within a few seconds and sometimes it'll skip halfway. It's random and I haven't really been able to find a solution anywhere else either.

Yes, I had this trouble. Try to disable Lenovo R.I.C. software. This software has an option of going to next song by microphone.

[Kobefan1991]

Does Lenovo produce Y470 with Gt555?
Just see this link in Lenovo reseller site in my country(Iran):
Sazgar Argham complete line from CD-ROMs, CD-Rewritable, Combos, Slim Combos, DVD-ROMs to DVD Rewritable and Blu-ray Disc (BD) Writer.

Bah bah jenab. Ma nemidonesteem Iranie deegaram inja hastesh.

Now to answer your question: I have never heard of the Y470 coming with a GT555. I would be careful about any claim that it does. Saret Kolah nare!

[Kobefan1991]

Yes, I had this trouble. Try to disable Lenovo R.I.C. software. This software has an option of going to next song by microphone.

Haha, I remember when I found out that feature existed. I tried it for all of 10 seconds before deciding it was the most unresponsive thing in the world. The premise is that you "clap" or tap a number of times and it takes that as a command to skip ahead or pause or play. But it never works.

[freaksamael]

on default Lenovo installation, does the McAfee is trial for a limited number of days or is licensed? Thanks!