Hello,
I purchases a Y650 in the initial weeks of its release. I’ve really enjoyed it so far, and have run all the releases of Win 7 from the beta’s to now the full 64bit Ultimate.
With the release of Windows 7, Microsoft really touted the Y650 in ads and even as a display piece at the Win7 release presentation.
My question is: Why are some of the basic functions of this computer still not working? Why have all of the drivers not been developed / released?
- Today the Windows 7 Energy Management was finally updated. This is a good achievement as the Vista version sometimes hung up for a little while. I really wish that you would allow users to change the colors and transparency of the volume & brightness bars that pop up whenever changing. The gray / green-yellow bars of this release are particularly ugly, even when compared to the Vista version. (maybe someone can point me to where the skin files are stored so I can make my own…
- Slidebar drivers have been out since the middle of last month, but because Lenovo has not released any Desktop Navigator apps for Windows 7, one of the coolest little tricks this computer can do isn’t available.
- The 7 camera driver has been around for two weeks or so, but the VeriFace app has not been released (but if it’s still as slow as the Vista version was I’m not interested)
- The Dolby Button doesn’t work.. even with the new realtek software / drivers.
Please fix this stuff.. Windows 7 has been coming for quite a while… and there isn’t really any excuse not to have working drivers by now.
On another Note:
You really need to enable Intel’s Processor Virtualization Technology (VT) in the Bios. It’s really dickish for Lenovo to keep this option hidden when the motherboard / chipset & processor support it. I can see several lawsuits rolling your way if you do not enable this, since your advertising campaigns state that your laptops support safer internet browsing (and that’s THE main features of VT).
The Bios really needs to be updated anyway, its sometimes unstable... resetting to the factory defaults on its own (really loud annoying start-up sounds should be turned off by default).
Here’s something else that I doubt anyone else has noticed. When I first install Windows 7 (and I’ve done this 5 or 6 times), there is a little orange / red light that comes out of the headphone jack. This is a really nice feature because it helps you find the jack in the dark. As drivers are installed, this light turns off. I have not been able to catch exactly which driver shuts this down… but I wish It didn’t.
If you don’t believe me, make a new partition and install a fresh copy of windows 7 on it.. (it takes 20min)
Best Regards
I didn't mention this earlier, but the battery life has signifigantly gone south when compared to a fresh WIn 7 install with no lenovo drivers.
I pasted the Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report content below. Maybe someone can tell me what the problem is.
Maxthon is my broweser, so thats OK.
Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report
Computer Name **bleep**-LAPTOP
Scan Time 2009-11-18T16:00:46Z
Scan Duration 60 seconds
System Manufacturer LENOVO
System Product Name 4185
BIOS Date 01/14/2009
BIOS Version 15CN21WW(V1.04)
OS Build 7600
Platform Role PlatformRoleMobile
Plugged In true
Process Count 64
Thread Count 843
Report GUID {02686e88-78ff-46c1-83f1-408c65ee5274}
Analysis Results
Errors
System Availability Requests
ystem Required Request
The device or driver has made a request to prevent the system from automatically entering sleep.
Requesting Driver Instance HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0272&SUBSYS_17AA3870&
Requesting Driver Device Realtek High Definition Audio
CPU Utilization
rocessor utilization is high
The average processor utilization during the trace was high. The system will consume less power when the average processor utilization is very low. Review processor utilization for individual processes to determine which applications and services contribute the most to total processor utilization.
Average Utilization (%) 33.54
Warnings
Platform Timer Resolutionlatform Timer Resolution
The default platform timer resolution is 15.6ms (15625000ns) and should be used whenever the system is idle. If the timer resolution is increased, processor power management technologies may not be effective. The timer resolution may be increased due to multimedia playback or graphical animations.
Current Timer Resolution (100ns units) 100000
Maximum Timer Period (100ns units) 156001
Platform Timer Resolution
utstanding Timer Request
A program or service has requested a timer resolution smaller than the platform maximum timer resolution.
Requested Period 100000
Requesting Process ID 960
Requesting Process Path \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\svchost.e
Power Policy
isplay timeout is long (On Battery)
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ok, i removed the rest because i doubt anyone is looking. If anyone would like to help fix this please let me know and i will paste the rest of the report back up......
The "Enhanced Experience" BS has not done a thing because the drivers are not fixed.
