Lenovo W520 Owner's Thread

[nbshif]

writing this on my ipad so i apoligize for grammar- i know this isnt a technical supprt forum, but im getting BSOD from connecting to the internet. both wifi and ethernet! im guessing this is something i did, but im not sure what. last thing i thhink i did was update adobe reader. im trying a windows update now to see if that works. if anyone has an idea of what it could be it would be most appreciated!

by the way the 16gb ram upgrade is wonderful. i did a noise test with my zoom h4n and it sounded noisier without the ram upgrade by a little- so i think that was all in my head! editing video on this machine is amazingly smooth so far. sony vegas live preview on "best" quality runs smoooooth. i'm very happy with it- going to try rendering tonight while i sleep, i'm sure it will not overheat like my older laptop does

edit- windows updates did not fix the problem! it feels like all i do lately is fix things... technology....

edit 2- tried ccleaner, also didnt work. tried starting up in safe mode w/ network and had same issue!

edit 3- Usually I'm happy when Avast scans show that I have no viruses... Normally I would just restore Windows but I really don't have the time to install everything again since I'm going out of town tomorrow.

edit 4- It's fixed! I'm not exactly sure what it was- uninstalling Virtualbox? Probably not. It was probably reinstalling the wireless drivers. Which probably should have been the first thing I should have done.... Yay

[sdt]

Guys i have a small problem with my google chrome browser. All of the sudden today it seems very blurry or fuzzy. As if its on lower resolution. Firefox is normal, looks crisp and HD. What could be the problem?

[sdt]

I also notice the same happened to my stock charting software. It also went blurry and look as if its on lower resolution. Driving me nuts, how can i fix this?

[sdt]

I figured how to fix it, went to properties and checked "disable high dpi scaling", weird how that just happened.

[PresidentK]

advice needed:

I have the ultimate-n 6300 wifi card in my w520.

about every 20 minutes, i get a yellow triangle over the wifi bars and it says no access, but its still connected a full bars.

Disconnecting and reconnecting resolves the issue until it resurfaces 20-30 minutes later

how do I fix this? the drivers are up to date, and I made sure that there is no battery saving feature that is set to disable to network adapter.

thanks for your help!

[chukwe]

advice needed:

I have the ultimate-n 6300 wifi card in my w520.

about every 20 minutes, i get a yellow triangle over the wifi bars and it says no access, but its still connected a full bars.

Disconnecting and reconnecting resolves the issue until it resurfaces 20-30 minutes later

how do I fix this? the drivers are up to date, and I made sure that there is no battery saving feature that is set to disable to network adapter.

thanks for your help!

I've the same issue on my T500 when I connect my laptop to my work office WiFi, still get internet access. When I'm home, it doesn't happen

[PresidentK]

I've the same issue on my T500 when I connect my laptop to my work office WiFi, still get internet access. When I'm home, it doesn't happen

does your work happen to use an apple router?

at home I have an apple router, and I have problems with it

while i'm on campus I have no issues, almost 100% sure they dont use apple wifi

[kwk1]

I have an Apple airport express.
Sometimes when I load a new webpage, a box comes up and says windows encountered a problem and must close. It asks if I want to fix the problem, so I click yes and it finds a problem with internet access, just can't remember exactly what it says. Then I just close the pop-up box and and at the bottom of the screen, a new box comes up and says IE encountered a problem and had to shut down and reload the webpage. It only takes a second for the IE to restart and reload the webpage. I'm not sure if it's certain webpages that are the problem, or something else.

[Thors.Hammer]

I have an Apple airport express.
Sometimes when I load a new webpage, a box comes up and says windows encountered a problem and must close. It asks if I want to fix the problem, so I click yes and it finds a problem with internet access, just can't remember exactly what it says. Then I just close the pop-up box and and at the bottom of the screen, a new box comes up and says IE encountered a problem and had to shut down and reload the webpage. It only takes a second for the IE to restart and reload the webpage. I'm not sure if it's certain webpages that are the problem, or something else.

Sounds like you are running an old crappy version of the Adobe Flash add-in.

Go to the Manage Add-Ins area for IE and disable the Adobe Shockwave Flash object. Then go to adobe.com and install the latest version. After it installs, re-enable the add-in.

That usually fixes things.

[Thors.Hammer]

It's fixed! I'm not exactly sure what it was- uninstalling Virtualbox? Probably not. It was probably reinstalling the wireless drivers. Which probably should have been the first thing I should have done.... Yay

No, it was probably Oracles code.