Lenovo W520 Owner's Thread

[Mech0z]

I am getting Crucial M4 (Any reports of problems together with the W520?) and should I put it in the main bay or just keep it in the ultrabay?

[vegas3416]

Got a question have you guys run into this...every now and then while i'm using the laptop doesn't matter whether its just basic word or surfing I got my cpu light to stay on and the system freezes for about 30seconds. If I push ctl + alt + delete a screen pops up saying "preparing security options" and then it will finally come back on..If I don't push ctl + alt + delete it will just freeze and stay there for the 30seconds and then eventually I can use the system again just like everything is fine. Any thoughts on this?

[dwkor]

Does anybody have Windows Server 2008 R2 installed as the main OS? How does it work driver-wise (especially bluetooth and color sensor/display calibration)?

[badhabit_wb]

Got a question have you guys run into this...every now and then while i'm using the laptop doesn't matter whether its just basic word or surfing I got my cpu light to stay on and the system freezes for about 30seconds. If I push ctl + alt + delete a screen pops up saying "preparing security options" and then it will finally come back on..If I don't push ctl + alt + delete it will just freeze and stay there for the 30seconds and then eventually I can use the system again just like everything is fine. Any thoughts on this?

are you running a hd or a ssd? if ssd it's a known registry issue. if not i'm not sure

[vegas3416]

It's an ssd. Is there any fixes for this? I know people have had some problems but never had them explain it like I did so maybe that's why I wasn't
assuming that's what it is

[Thors.Hammer]

Does anybody have Windows Server 2008 R2 installed as the main OS? How does it work driver-wise (especially bluetooth and color sensor/display calibration)?

R2 works great using the Windows 7 x64 drivers. Don't expect Bluetooth to work. It doesn't. I don't have the color sensor.

[dwkor]

R2 works great using the Windows 7 x64 drivers. Don't expect Bluetooth to work. It doesn't. I don't have the color sensor.

Thank you!

Out of curiosity, do you know if it's possible to utilize BT from guest W7 OS if I use Hyper-V? I doubt it would work but..

[Thors.Hammer]

Thank you!

Out of curiosity, do you know if it's possible to utilize BT from guest W7 OS if I use Hyper-V? I doubt it would work but..

I'm not 100% certain on that one. I'm pretty sure the answer is no because I don't think there's any emulation or direct device support in the integration services for Hyper-V. I have not tested that scenario. Probably time to Google or Bing that one.

Is this for a bluetooth mouse or other device? If you are looking for mouse support, I gave up on bluetooth due to the same reasons here. Instead I am using the typical wireless mouse and nano transceiver. It's better than the trackpad.

[dwkor]

Is this for a bluetooth mouse or other device? If you are looking for mouse support, I gave up on bluetooth due to the same reasons here. Instead I am using the typical wireless mouse and nano transceiver. It's better than the trackpad.

I'm using BT presenter. Well, probably dual boot would be the better option than new device..

[vegas3416]

Well just did the registry fix for the ssd's. Will see how this turns out and will let you guys know. Did this for my OWC 240gb ssd extreme sata iii