The Lenovo Ideapad Y500 Thread

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n3rd

n3rd

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Well as far as I know, 100% of them ELAN touchpads are broken. :(
Lets see, I do use it a lot for other purposes too, I might need a decent touchpad at least.
 
tkin

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n3rd said:
Well as far as I know, 100% of them ELAN touchpads are broken. :(
Lets see, I do use it a lot for other purposes too, I might need a decent touchpad at least.
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Dell 15R comes with elan touchpad, and hundreds of people buy them, don't see all of them complaining.
 
ShankJ

ShankJ

Been There, Done That!!
tkin said:
Just because its ELAN doesn't mean it will be broken on arrival, try it out for a change, more and more manufacturers are putting them in laptops, dell, lenovo, just try it first.

On a side note, you are buying a gaming laptop, how much will you use the touchpad anyway?
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Well he cant be gaming all the time..
 
ShankJ

ShankJ

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OP- Use it first and then if it starts acting funny then you can always get it checked..
 
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n3rd

n3rd

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I guess I'll go for the gamble - too good specs to ignore tbh :( And I'm never lucky with these stuff, I can bet my bottom dollar that I'll get defective ELAN crap. !#&^@&%^&

Still what are these Lenovo dudes smoking? Isn't it common sense to call those models back? Jeez.
 
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Arnab.rc

Broken In
its not about elan or synaptic.. its about 1st lot of faulty machines..!!! even the u series ultra-book has the same problem.. Samsung released their 1st lot 550 series throttling n heating issues... I am going to buy the laptop a couple of days later from local market but seems like fhd models will not be their... official model have hd screen..:(....that would be a big deal-breaker for me...:(
n3rd let the laptop come to your hand. see if the manufacture date is of December u have a chance their. otherwise u can always call lenovo n convince them, many of them got their touch-pad replaced and now working great..
i have a lenovo 3000 series laptop which is almost 9 years old...and till date working great.. god i am gonna miss this think-pad series like build quality...!!!
 
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n3rd

n3rd

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It is about ELAN Arnab. Later models with Synaptics had no issues.
How's lenovo support? Should I contact Lenovo or Flipkart if my touchpad goes crazy?
 
tkin

tkin

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The ELAN issues on lenovo are specific to lenovo, not a widespread issue on other elan implementations by other brands, maybe a drive issue: Apparent Elan/Synaptics touchpad driver conflict - Prebuilt - Homebuilt-Systems

It has something to do with Synaptics having patents to the touch controls and even elantech users must use synaptics driver to use touch commands(3 finger etc etc), and there is a conflict.
 
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n3rd

n3rd

In the zone
^I know that, ELAN works fine in DELL models etc. In lenovo it doesn't. At least on this model.
 
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n3rd

n3rd

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Akash Nandi said:
god! someone! anyone! do a Benchmark =|
this thread is going nowhere!
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This thread is going nowhere? I find it incredibly helpful. Just because someone didn't perform a benchmark doesn't mean it's going nowhere.
I'll post it once I get mine.
 
tkin

tkin

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n3rd said:
This thread is going nowhere? I find it incredibly helpful. Just because someone didn't perform a benchmark doesn't mean it's going nowhere.
I'll post it once I get mine.
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Fk just shipped my lappy, you'll get yours soon, and FK service is best, 30 days replacement, but if you get a faulty touchpad get it replaced via lenovo as a fk replacement may give you another elan.
 
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n3rd

n3rd

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tkin said:
Fk just shipped my lappy, you'll get yours soon, and FK service is best, 30 days replacement, but if you get a faulty touchpad get it replaced via lenovo as a fk replacement may give you another elan.
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Thanks mate, that's what I was thinking of too.
 
omega44-xt

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Gear up ...
tkin said:
Fk just shipped my lappy, you'll get yours soon, and FK service is best, 30 days replacement, but if you get a faulty touchpad get it replaced via lenovo as a fk replacement may give you another elan.
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I'm going to do the same. I sent an email to lenovo.
 
ShankJ

ShankJ

Been There, Done That!!
tkin said:
Fk just shipped my lappy, you'll get yours soon, and FK service is best, 30 days replacement, but if you get a faulty touchpad get it replaced via lenovo as a fk replacement may give you another elan.
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You got a Y500??0.o
 
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