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Wait, so you got a Y510p without 2nd GPU and without DVD drive, and they just left a gaping hole? xD How sloppy is this?!

NVidia Optimus DOES work, but not on Y500

I don't think using this "liquid metal pad" is a good idea. It looks like it's designed for CPUs with heatshield, while mobile CPUs don't have it. Also, I've read it's a royal pain to remove it afterwards. Moreover I think modern high-quality thermal paste will perform better. Yesterday after few hours of heavily modded Skyrim with ENBSeries (GPU load constant 99%) my max temps were 84°C on CPU, 79° on GPU. Y580 in signature with GPU overclocked to 1250/3000. I used a cooling pad, but as long as you have enough space under your laptop and your radiator is clean of dust it is not necessary to use it. You should definitely repaste both GPU and CPU. Clean the fan and radiator while you're at it. If you don't move around your laptop too much, get a cooling pad and use the laptop without the bottom cover. It does help quite a bit.

I carry it (Y580) each day to work and use it to play games at home at my desk, sitting on the sofa in living room, and sometimes play a bit of Skyrim in bed before going to sleep... It's not THAT big. Well, I used to have Dell XPS M2010, so every notebook looks small to me now Getting back to the topic... I change energy settings depending on what I do. Some games work well without Turbo Boost, without OCing GPU, or even without Nvidia GPU. Lower CPU frequency works fine with most games.

You're thinking of Y500. It cannot use Intel GPU with or without SLI. Y510p can use both GPUs, but only if there's no additional GPU in Ultrabay. @DougQuaid I just checked and I get the same behaviour regarding DOTA2 on my Y580. Weird.

Somebody already did a similar thing, but instead of replacing fans, he added 2 (i think) more. Didn't make any difference. @Zhadox that slowly kills the purpose of a "notebook". Why not buy a desktop?

My Y580 is almost one year old. No cracks appeared on its own, but I did accidentally drop my laptop and broke it in half

I'm sure you can route sound to SPDIF without setting it as default. Not sure what you mean by the light "activating". In my Y580 the laser diode is always on (there's red light coming out of the port). It's handy, as it helps to plug headphones jack in the dark What OS you have?

Note, that fan kicking in earlier, or running constantly at 100% will not help with overheating problem. It might overheat slower, but that's it. Also, GPU temperatures should not be allowed to drop rapidly, as rapid changes in temperature are the reason for cold solder to break.

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Well, they usually ARE different drives to be exact. Because the mSATA is physically smaller they use higher density chips and smaller memory controllers (less channels per chip, or narrower bus... don't remember exactly). I can't find my source now, but I'll post it here as soon as I do. My question is what was the purpose of your post? Because all I can see is that you are only trying to prove me wrong (which in this case you can't) and do not answer the OPs question thus bringing no value to the discussion. Pointless in other words. Next time if you want to "enlighten" someone just send them a private message.

Can't take screenshots in BIOS, so had to make a photo of the screen... Maybe it's different in Y500?

Haha I thought I'm the only one with this problem! There are two solutions I know of, but unfortunately neither is very good. 1. You can create a VBA script and assign a keyboard shortcut to execute it, but first you'd have to write one, have it written for you, or find one somewhere. 2. You can override the default sound output in most players, but then it would mean using different players in different situations (or have separate profiles and switch between them).

You can override the fan speed and temperature thresholds with modified BIOS, i.e. there are 2 levels of fan speed and you can set the temperature when fan should kick in and with which speed.

Even if it would there's no GTX 660m available to use in SLI.

Well it's not "Samsung 840 Pro", but "PM841" then. Mondeo and Jaguar X-type are based on the same platform, so is it the same car? Moreover, it's not available in retail, so what's the point of all that? Give me a break... Anyway, OP looks for something cheap, right?

If I remember correctly Samsung 840 Pro does not come in mSATA form. One of the most popular ways is to put your OS and some programs (depending on what you buy not everything might fit) on the SSD and the rest on your HDD. Although 64GB would be enough for OS I'd recommend 128GB. I have been using Crucial M4 128GB mSATA for the last ~4 months and I have on it my OS (Win7), all programs and 1 game (SC2), and I still have 70GB of free space. Just look around on the internet. Compare benchmarks, read reviews and user comments.

You have to use modded bios with voltage adjusted. You cannot change it on-the-go. http://forum.techinferno.com/lenovo-ibm/2874-lenovo-y400-y500-unlocked-bios-wlan-whitelist-mod.html

if you have i5 upgrade to i7. Turn off Vsync. Use Throttlestop OC your GPU further That's pretty much all you can do. The next stop would be buying new computer.

Well you can't say it's true in general just because it might be true for you. Most people won't benefit from 16GB of RAM. For average Joe it would be better to buy a good SSD instead.

It switches automatically. It will use Intel GPU for pretty much everything except games. You can set which GPU to use in which app, and you can monitor when Nvidia GPU is used by a taskbar icon.

The paste must have been very bad on octiceps' laptop, because it's rather rare to see such a temperature drop only after repasting. 3000MHz on memory is only achievable with 2,5GHz GDDR5 memory, which 650m in Y500 doesn't have, and in SLI setup doesn't need I do not have any comparison, but I did some reading before I swapped my i5 for the one in my signature, and bough Noctua NT-H1. 42°C under load, 86°C highest recorded, but usually stays right under 80°C when gaming.

3630qm and 3632qm have different tubro boost stepping: - 3630qm has 8/8/9/10 with a base of 2,4GHz, which translates to 3,2GHz with 4 cores and 3,4GHz with 1 core active - 3632qm has 7/7/9/10 with a base of 2,2GHz, which translates to 2,9GHz with 4 cores and 3,2GHz with 1 core active

If I remember correctly the thermal pads on Y580 where only over other components like memory and some other parts that might get hot. There was only thermal paste over my CPU and GPU. Those thermal pads were put there with some purpose, so unless you know a reason to remove them you should not! The same with this piece of plastic over MB. Assuming your laptop doesn't actually overheat I think you should leave it be. Just monitor the temps and in case it gets worse-> then repaste.

One thing to consider: Many, if not the most of those laptop coolers have 2 pointy, collapsible legs to lift the cooling pad above the desk. What that means is that some of them are not suitable to use on your lap. I spent some time trying to find one that had good reviews, price, and one I could use on a desk, on lap (it is a LAPtop, right?), and in bed. Don't forget that if that is also important factor to you.