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The Lenovo Ideapad Y510p Thread
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mooseontheloose
Broken In
Just ordered mine from thedostore.com. Lets see when I receive it? I'm in Delhi. Can't wait to get my hands on it.
Thor
Ambassador of Buzz
Good for you mooseontheloose =D
I purchased y510p two weeks ago. I tried couple of FHD movies but dint find the display upto the mark. The video has an unwanted dark shade into it even after having 100% brightness. It feels like there is too much of black color present.
Since I didnt read abt this anywhere and everybody seems to like this display, I decided to post it here. Is it me alone or do u all notice this? If its me alone then is there a solution?
Since I didnt read abt this anywhere and everybody seems to like this display, I decided to post it here. Is it me alone or do u all notice this? If its me alone then is there a solution?
mooseontheloose
Broken In
Got my laptop yesterday. Few problems -
1. Did not the +2 years extended warranty package. Support says that I should receive it in 1-2 days
2. Checked the warranty details on lenovo.com and it says my warranty starts from 15/Jan/2014!!!. Support team has asked me to send a copy of my invoice to pop@lenovo.com and they will fix it.
But impressed with the laptop so far. Display is slightly dark but has good viewing angles.
Plan to install Windows 7. There is no Windows 8 disk packaged with the laptop?? Where would I find my copy of Windows 8?
1. Did not the +2 years extended warranty package. Support says that I should receive it in 1-2 days
2. Checked the warranty details on lenovo.com and it says my warranty starts from 15/Jan/2014!!!. Support team has asked me to send a copy of my invoice to pop@lenovo.com and they will fix it.
But impressed with the laptop so far. Display is slightly dark but has good viewing angles.
Plan to install Windows 7. There is no Windows 8 disk packaged with the laptop?? Where would I find my copy of Windows 8?
vito scalleta
In the zone
Does your model have a regular glossy display or anti glare display ?
Why would you want to move to Windows 7. Windows 8 is a good OS, its Windows 7 with more features and regarding missing classic start menu, Very soon Microsoft is going to release an update to add that feature too!
At least give a try to Windows 8.1 with Update 1 and more over if you move to Windows 7 than you have to purchase a licence for it to activate it.
Lenovo and many other companies doesn't give hard copies of OS these days but you can use Novo/One Key Recovery button to restore your Windows back to factory installation and you can also get the full OS drive backup to your portable hard drive.
I hav d regular glossy display
What ever be the case, one thing is clear Y510P has better display to what Dell and HP provides in their premium range but I cant say about Sony or Samsung laptops!
seamon
Superhuman Spambot
I second that being a user of both the y500 and dell Inspiron.
mooseontheloose
Broken In
I am going to give Windows 8 a chance for sometime. But I do want to partition my drive and install Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Not sure how to go about this without losing the ability to clean install Windows 8 from the recovery partition. I have seen threads about people complaining about this after resizing their recovery partition.
The alternate solution I have found is here . But that comes along with the risks. I have already downloaded the ISO from the link but afraid to install it.
Any solutions/guides for partitioning Y510p's HDD?
You should try re-sizing the visible partitions and check whether the OKR functionality is still working or not. If these changes makes your OKR to fail than you can try doing a fresh install with OKR functionality. Just follow this post.
Well I got my piece delivered today =D
I ordered it from dostore online here.
Highlights :
1. dostore says the gfx is gt750m , but when i boot the laptop and ran nvidia utility , it tells the laptop has gt755m.
2. buying from dostore supposedly gets you 2 years extra warranty ( i guess thats why the 4-5 k difference with retailers like snapdeal,flipkart ... ).
3. their warehouse is in mumbai, me being in bangalore, they delivered in 6 working days, which is within their commitment . ( site says 5-8 working days ).
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/chit-chat/45694-post-your-latest-purchase-729.html#post2097847 here i put in snaps and some more details if you are interested.
I need to stress test it with some games =D ...
Now I have to read up all about upgrading it with a ssd .. whew ... the windows experience index is stuck @ 5.9 , because of the 5400rpm drive. yuck.
Congratulations on the purchase, even i've been searching for past few days and have narrowed down to this model. But i just came across the following link
*www.thedostore.com/do-shield-2-year-warranty.html
which states that the extended 2 years warranty could be purchased for only Rs. 2k, so would it be better if I buy the laptop from retailers like snapdeal or flipkart and get this warranty extension, i'll save 6-7k, as on snapdeal it is selling for less than 69k.
It would be nice if you could provide your opinion.
priyankgupta
Journeyman
What's the difference between these two :
*www.thedostore.com/services-warran...-u-z-flex-14-s510-series-laptops-wty-ext.html
and
*www.thedostore.com/do-shield-2-year-warranty.html
The difference is of 2.5k!
*www.thedostore.com/services-warran...-u-z-flex-14-s510-series-laptops-wty-ext.html
and
*www.thedostore.com/do-shield-2-year-warranty.html
The difference is of 2.5k!
Flipkart is giving the i5 version @ just around 60K . *www.flipkart.com/lenovo-ideapad-y5...B8UVZ&icmpid=reco_hp_historyFooter_computer_1
Should i buy from there ? Has anyone bought it from flipkart recently ? and what about the warranty issues mentioned on lenovo website ?
Should i buy from there ? Has anyone bought it from flipkart recently ? and what about the warranty issues mentioned on lenovo website ?
vito scalleta
In the zone
I decided to buy the SLI version from US for 1080$. If i buy the SLI version, would i lose the ODD ?
Also will they provide the 170 W power adapter that is required to run the SLI ? or will i hav to buy that seperately ?
Also will they provide the 170 W power adapter that is required to run the SLI ? or will i hav to buy that seperately ?
Some doubts....
I have read through the pages but still want to make sure as it is a big purchase.
1) does this this and/or this have SLI GPU packed with it, or are they just SLI ready and we have to get that SLI GPU separately? If separately, from where?
2) Irrespective of whether the Ultrabay is occupied by a SLI GPU, can I use a HDD with the ultrabay.I read using hdd caddy, but what is that?
3) With what desktop GPU can we compare a)SLI model b)non SLI (just SLI read).
Will buy it next month, but not finished with the research.
Thanks in advance for all the advice.
I have read through the pages but still want to make sure as it is a big purchase.
1) does this this and/or this have SLI GPU packed with it, or are they just SLI ready and we have to get that SLI GPU separately? If separately, from where?
2) Irrespective of whether the Ultrabay is occupied by a SLI GPU, can I use a HDD with the ultrabay.I read using hdd caddy, but what is that?
3) With what desktop GPU can we compare a)SLI model b)non SLI (just SLI read).
Will buy it next month, but not finished with the research.
Thanks in advance for all the advice.
seamon
Superhuman Spambot
You have to buy buy ODD separately. You'll get the 170w adapter.
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1. No. SLI Ready. Card has to be imported from USA.
2.You can get a HDD bay for your laptop and replace DVD drive for a HDD.
3.
a)GTX 650Ti and slightly lower than GTX 750.
b)probably GT 630 or GT 640