Lenovo W520 Owner's Thread

[pchome]

Hi pchome,

How loud is this noisy? It might be a manufacturing defect. Are you thinking of returning it?

When I receive mine and it has this whining noisy, I might return it.

I've had my T500 for 4 years now and hardly heard anything, so queit

I do not think about returning it. From the first day I saw this machine even before I place my order, I knew that this is my machine. It is just that I am very sensitive to any weird sound especially that my office and the places I work in are dead quiet and I can hear very low sounds.

I just observed something strange and you tell me if it makes any sense to any of you. Yesterday, I was on battery all day long and that is when the sound was so annoying to me. Now I am on power and I cannot actually hear the sound. Is that something to do with power management?!!

[AMPIA]

Ive had this machine for 2 days now.

- Choppy Sound, especially the windows startup melody
- The battery just stays at 98 % and apparently its "not charging" why?
- The Wlan keeps disconnecting and reconnecting itself. It might be because i installed peerblock..but this shouldnt happen.
- Screen still seems odd but i think im kinda getting used to it since its a 95 color gamut...

[pchome]

Someone help please, it is my firs time to connect my W520 to a Samsung 25.5" HDTV through the docking station and I found that the text is extra large on the Samsung display that I used to with my previous desktop. The DIP is set to 125% (which is perfectly fine for my use on the W520) but it is very large for the Samsung display. I want a solution for that and I do not want to change things back and forth between the laptop mode and the docking station mode as it would defy the convenience of the docking station setup.

[AESdecryption]

Someone help please, it is my firs time to connect my W520 to a Samsung 25.5" HDTV through the docking station and I found that the text is extra large on the Samsung display that I used to with my previous desktop. The DIP is set to 125% (which is perfectly fine for my use on the W520) but it is very large for the Samsung display. I want a solution for that and I do not want to change things back and forth between the laptop mode and the docking station mode as it would defy the convenience of the docking station setup.

The text size can be affected by the screen resolution (probably 1920*1080 or 1920*1200) this Samsung HDTV is using. If the screen resolution of is 1280*720, each pixel on the screen would be fairly large compared to a screen like the U2711 (only 1.5 inches longer) at 2560*1440. I'd suggest that you set the DPI to a percentage lower than 100% when using your Samsung HDTV.

[astrohip]

The battery just stays at 98 % and apparently its "not charging" why?

The power management system won't recharge the battery until it falls below 96%. So if you are at 98%, it will stay that way as long as you are plugged in.

Unplug it, let if fall below 96%, and then the next time you plug it in, it will recharge it to 100%.

[PresidentK]

I do not think about returning it. From the first day I saw this machine even before I place my order, I knew that this is my machine. It is just that I am very sensitive to any weird sound especially that my office and the places I work in are dead quiet and I can hear very low sounds.

I just observed something strange and you tell me if it makes any sense to any of you. Yesterday, I was on battery all day long and that is when the sound was so annoying to me. Now I am on power and I cannot actually hear the sound. Is that something to do with power management?!!

Wow same exact thing here. The noise is much much louder when running on the battery as compared to the AC adapter.

I went into power management and made the settings identical for both battery and adapter and that seemed to help a bit

Again, not really an issue for me. I don't mind the noise as long as the CPU isn't defective (which I doubt is the case since so many people have this issue )

[pchome]

Does anyone like the light in the top that is supposed to help typing in dark because I do not find it useful but just battery consuming. I am setting in the bedroom now which is a little dark though we are at noon and cannot type efficiently using this light. I may just assume it is not there and not turn it on. I wish they made the keyboard backlit--still not a deal breaker. I understand it is a business machine and they kind of discard the stylish parts (though they could just substitute this light with something more practical).

[kirayamato26]

Does anyone like the light in the top that is supposed to help typing in dark because I do not find it useful but just battery consuming. I am setting in the bedroom now which is a little dark though we are at noon and cannot type efficiently using this light. I may just assume it is not there and not turn it on. I wish they made the keyboard backlit--still not a deal breaker. I understand it is a business machine and they kind of discard the stylish parts (though they could just substitute this light with something more practical).

In my opinion, it's far more useful than a backlit keyboard. I'm a touch typist, so I can type (1 or 2 handed) without looking at the keyboard. As such, I find all kinds of keyboard illumination useless. Since the Thinklight illuminates a bit more than just the keyboard, I find it more useful.

[pchome]

In my opinion, it's far more useful than a backlit keyboard. I'm a touch typist, so I can type (1 or 2 handed) without looking at the keyboard. As such, I find all kinds of keyboard illumination useless. Since the Thinklight illuminates a bit more than just the keyboard, I find it more useful.

I understand your perspective because I am NOT a touch typist

[kirayamato26]

I understand your perspective because I am NOT a touch typist

I have tried peck and hunt typing in the dark with both a backlit keyboard and my W520, and I think that they are both adequate for the job. I dislike how the backlight bleeds in a backlit keyboard (I find it distracting), and at the same time, I understand that it can be hard to see letters when your hand is in the way of the Thinklight. I believe I read somewhere that with the traditional Thinkpad keyboards, it is impossible to put in backlights without affecting the strength of the backplate.