disgruntl3d

Has anyone actually sent a firmware backup of 2.03 or 2.04 to svl7 yet so he can work on it? Is the backup something that's moddable or do we need to wait for the newer versions to get leaked like 2.02 was?

I posted my copy of 2.03 a few weeks ago.

What is that option again opticeps that throttles the cpu or gpu when under load. Was it pstate energy saving in the bios?

You dont want to flash a bios with a faulti dimm

Fisgruntl3D. Is it the SODIMM thats faulty or the slot itself? If its the sodimm you can better buy new sodimm faster its cheap and you wont have to rma

It is the slot. The laptop runs just fine without either stick in Slot 1.

svl7,

If/when you have 2.03 modded, I can test it out on one of the Y500s I have. One is going back because of a bad DIMM slot, so it's not a big deal if anything were to go wrong with the flash.

Anything new with the 2.03 bios?

Here are some pictures to compare for any superficial differences.

What I'm most interested in is whether or not it revises the cooling schemes, more specifically, the fan speeds it runs at. How cool does the system run when playing a game or such? Would you consider the fans loud? All subjective, I know, just looking for your impression.

No, the fan speed is lackluster. Cranking them up was one of the first things I looked into doing. I was hoping that speedfan would work, but as you know it doesn't. I also discovered the dust removal program and heard how fast the fans COULD work. They never got anywhere close to that while gaming, but I never noticed it getting very hot either.

Anything new with the 2.03 bios?

I'm not sure since I don't have a previous version. My phone's camera is broke right now, I can post some pictures of it tomorrow night with my wife's phone.

I just received my second Y500 with the 750M, first one a few weeks ago, second one on the 14th. They have both come with BIOS version 2.03 / 6BCN43WW. Here is the latest version, OriginalBiosY500(2.03).zip.