Need Review On "Lenovo G580 (59-324061)"
Jay1234
Journeyman
guys i have bought this lapppy s few days ago ........ but i am badly confused. about battery , last night i player cricket 2009 for an hour with battery 100% after that when looked at remaining battrry it was 50% ,, is my battery not good ?? 2nd question how to know battery is fully charged when my lappy is shut down and iam charging ???
^^Battery back-up would vary depending upon the load,power mode and brightness settings.
It is normal.While gaming the battery back-up would go down at a higher rate.
Preferably while playing games keep the laptop in AC mode rather than battery mode.
On normal usage you should be able to get more battery back-up.
Well,only way to confirm if your laptop is full charged is by logging in to your OS.
In this laptop when the battery is being charged and the battery is charged between 20-80% the battery indicator would be blinking white,it would blink in every ~5seconds.
When it is being charged and the remaining charge is more than 80% then it would emit a steady white colour.
If you are thinking about overcharging of battery if it is kept under AC mode for long duration then don't worry,it won't happen.
Only way the battery can be overcharged is if the charging system malfunctions and then the battery overheats due to this while in the charger.
It is normal.While gaming the battery back-up would go down at a higher rate.
Preferably while playing games keep the laptop in AC mode rather than battery mode.
On normal usage you should be able to get more battery back-up.
Well,only way to confirm if your laptop is full charged is by logging in to your OS.
In this laptop when the battery is being charged and the battery is charged between 20-80% the battery indicator would be blinking white,it would blink in every ~5seconds.
When it is being charged and the remaining charge is more than 80% then it would emit a steady white colour.
If you are thinking about overcharging of battery if it is kept under AC mode for long duration then don't worry,it won't happen.
Only way the battery can be overcharged is if the charging system malfunctions and then the battery overheats due to this while in the charger.
Yes,battery seems normal.
The Onekey recovery 7.0 doesn't work well with windows 8.You need Onekey Recovery 7.0 Engineer Edition to make it work with windows 8.
You can download and make a bootable DVD with Onekey Recovery 7 Engineer Edition.Allocate 15-20GB of free space from the disk manager.
Boot with the OKR 7 EE DVD and in the options window select option to make recovery drive without formatting C and allocate the previously created free space for it.
I don't use onekey recovery.You can use third party tools to create an image of system partition and make a bootable DVD with it.
The Onekey recovery 7.0 doesn't work well with windows 8.You need Onekey Recovery 7.0 Engineer Edition to make it work with windows 8.
You can download and make a bootable DVD with Onekey Recovery 7 Engineer Edition.Allocate 15-20GB of free space from the disk manager.
Boot with the OKR 7 EE DVD and in the options window select option to make recovery drive without formatting C and allocate the previously created free space for it.
I don't use onekey recovery.You can use third party tools to create an image of system partition and make a bootable DVD with it.
CPU usage is fine.
(Function+F5)for turning on/off wifi and bluetooth not working in Windows8 has been encountered by other users using this laptop as well.
I have not used windows8 on this laptop.For windows7,ubuntu 12.10 everything works fine though.
This thread might help:Lenovo G580 - Upgrade to Windows 8
Some users found the issue fixed after a BIOS reset.Try that.
(Function+F5)for turning on/off wifi and bluetooth not working in Windows8 has been encountered by other users using this laptop as well.
I have not used windows8 on this laptop.For windows7,ubuntu 12.10 everything works fine though.
This thread might help:Lenovo G580 - Upgrade to Windows 8
Some users found the issue fixed after a BIOS reset.Try that.
Bluetooth 'on' won't consume noticeable amount of power but Bluetooth being used(i.e. devices being actively connected to it) would consume more power.
Anyway wifi consumes much more power than bluetooth.
There is no driver for intel usb3.0 host controller on windows8 as windows8 has inbox usb3.0 driver support.
I would say use windows7 unless all the new drivers are available for windows 8 for this laptop.
Anyway wifi consumes much more power than bluetooth.
There is no driver for intel usb3.0 host controller on windows8 as windows8 has inbox usb3.0 driver support.
I would say use windows7 unless all the new drivers are available for windows 8 for this laptop.
Jay1234
Journeyman
Re: Need Review On "Lenovo G580 (59-324061)"
last night i tried one think i shut down my laptop when battery was 10 % i.e, low and it took 1 hour 35 to fully charge u can try it too !!.ok i got it, so you meant to say that right now usb 3.0 does'nt work with g580 ..
*forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Essential/Lenovo-G580-Upgrade-to-Windows-8/td-p/906721/page/4 in the above link a guy posted that dolby does'nt work with window 8 !! how to know that its working or not in my laptop ??
last night i tried one think i shut down my laptop when battery was 10 % i.e, low and it took 1 hour 35 to fully charge u can try it too !!.ok i got it, so you meant to say that right now usb 3.0 does'nt work with g580 ..
*forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Essential/Lenovo-G580-Upgrade-to-Windows-8/td-p/906721/page/4 in the above link a guy posted that dolby does'nt work with window 8 !! how to know that its working or not in my laptop ??
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Jay1234
Journeyman
i have installed window 7 but now iam facing new issues 1st one is in device manager this lexmark x422 for web cam driver was not orking so uninstalled it now i am unable to download it ??? how to use web cam in window 7 ??? 2nd is fn f5 key is working but only if i start lenovo energy management at start up? any solution i dont want to increasse my startup time ! i m using window 7 64 bit sp 1 ,,,!
You have to use that energy-management software.The wifi and bluetooth interface is integrated to it.Won't increase your start-up time drastically.
You must have got a driver CD for the laptop,install webcam software from there.Else you can download drivers from here.Select G580 and download the driver.
You must have got a driver CD for the laptop,install webcam software from there.Else you can download drivers from here.Select G580 and download the driver.
Check if you have installed wifi drivers and energy management software.If you are facing the issue even after this then re-install the drivers.
Also check if you have installed the right driver for the wifi.Most probably you would have an Atheros module for wifi so install the Atheros driver.
Also check if you have installed the right driver for the wifi.Most probably you would have an Atheros module for wifi so install the Atheros driver.