Lenovo Ideapad 5

Smiffy-UK · 7 Aug 2020 at 10:18

benparker said:
I've got the same specs. How do you set to max performance? Is that slider on the battery icon?

Sorry to hijack his answer but I think it's in the bios

I'm looking at getting this for uni in September so I've been watching a few videos of teardowns and stuff lol.

Minstadave · 7 Aug 2020 at 12:36

Smiffy-UK said:
Sorry to hijack his answer but I think it's in the bios

I'm looking at getting this for uni in September so I've been watching a few videos of teardowns and stuff lol.

If you install the Lenovo Vantage app you can do it on the fly in Windows.

Smiffy-UK · 7 Aug 2020 at 12:54

Minstadave said:
If you install the Lenovo Vantage app you can do it on the fly in Windows.

Awesome, I had seen a couple of you Tamzzy to mention one lol who reinstalled win10 to remove bloatware and then install that from the site,

My issue isn't having to install win10 or download that app from lenovo is the software microlink has to install for me to get any money back from DSA and SFE lol I probably won't be using it much as I like typing, not even sure what the software is or how they plan to install it. I hope microlink don't want to remote the laptop especially if they notice I've removed the initial bloatware win 10 lol.

Also thanks for the info. I'm hoping the 4800u comes back for 14inch ideapad for September or I'll have to go woth the 256 m.2 and 15 inch screen lol

tamzzy · 7 Aug 2020 at 13:14

Smiffy-UK said:
Awesome, I had seen a couple of you Tamzzy to mention one lol who reinstalled win10 to remove bloatware and then install that from the site,

tbh, lenovo's bloatware isn't as bad as some other OEMs like asus etc.
i just like my windows as vanilla as i can get it

Snapshot · 8 Aug 2020 at 07:02

This is odd - the Lenovo UK web site now says this model is 'Coming soon'.

Also, does it have a back-lit keyboard or is that something it's missing? Can't find it mentioned in the tech specs.

Minstadave · 8 Aug 2020 at 07:32

Snapshot said:
This is odd - the Lenovo UK web site now says this model is 'Coming soon'.

Also, does it have a back-lit keyboard or is that something it's missing? Can't find it mentioned in the tech specs.

Both 14 and 15 had the option of a back-lit keyboard.

Smiffy-UK · 8 Aug 2020 at 10:35

Snapshot said:
This is odd - the Lenovo UK web site now says this model is 'Coming soon'.

Also, does it have a back-lit keyboard or is that something it's missing? Can't find it mentioned in the tech specs.

I've been on every other day or two and I've noticed the same. It's the shortage of the mobile chips for the ryzen 4000g/u/h/hs etc. I think that's all lol,

I don't start university and or get my maintenance grant till 3rd week of September so I'm waiting till around then to get one, I hope I can get the 15" with a 4800u and a 512 m.2 by then lol

Snapshot · 8 Aug 2020 at 12:18

Minstadave said:
Both 14 and 15 had the option of a back-lit keyboard.

Thanks. Something I missed then.

benparker · 8 Aug 2020 at 21:33

Is there a native screen recording like Nvidia's Shadow Play?

Minstadave · 8 Aug 2020 at 22:39

benparker said:
Is there a native screen recording like Nvidia's Shadow Play?

Yeah I think the Adrenaline GPU software has a recorder:

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/dh2-023

benparker · 9 Aug 2020 at 13:25

Minstadave said:
Yeah I think the Adrenaline GPU software has a recorder:

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/dh2-023

I tried this a few days ago and there is no recording option. Probably because of iGPU not supported.

nft_99 · 9 Aug 2020 at 19:26

Looking at one of these as a desktop replacement, i don't game on my PC so just browsing, netflix and other light stuff
Anything better at this price range to look at?

Minstadave · 9 Aug 2020 at 20:32

nft_99 said:
Looking at one of these as a desktop replacement, i don't game on my PC so just browsing, netflix and other light stuff
Anything better at this price range to look at?

Not really.

tamzzy · 9 Aug 2020 at 23:05

yeah, agree with minstadave...it's unbeatable value, really. especially if you can nab the ideapad with the discounts lenovo frequently offers

benparker · 13 Aug 2020 at 09:09

Smiffy-UK said:
I've been on every other day or two and I've noticed the same. It's the shortage of the mobile chips for the ryzen 4000g/u/h/hs etc. I think that's all lol,

I don't start university and or get my maintenance grant till 3rd week of September so I'm waiting till around then to get one, I hope I can get the 15" with a 4800u and a 512 m.2 by then lol

I've watched 2 sell on eBay for about £800 for the 4800U model

nam · 14 Aug 2020 at 14:43

still have not got a refund from lenovo. I have had to launch a paypal dispute as lenovo keep saying we are investigating with courier. Terrible service

benparker · 15 Aug 2020 at 12:12

So when you set it to extreme mode, is this when the CPU boosts to 4.2ghz?

nam · 19 Aug 2020 at 23:36

looks like there are some new yoga laptops arriving this month

https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/p...xperiences-from-five-new-lenovo-yoga-laptops/

Scope · 20 Aug 2020 at 17:47

Whilst I received the 14" version of the Ideapad, I also have a 15" on order which has now been delayed until end of October.. This is a birthday present needed by mid September, so it looks like I will have to cancel if it is not shipped soon..

Snapshot · 22 Aug 2020 at 12:08

W10 2004 is finally here. Checked for updates this morning and was offered the feature update. So I took a backup and went for it. It took about 2.25 hours and there were a load of AMD driver updates when I checked afterwards. Everything seems to be working.......