I have a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x with a Snapdragon X2 Elite, 32GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD, but I’m only getting around 3–4 hours of battery life during normal browsing and schoolwork. The battery drains about 20–25% per hour, even though I’m not doing anything intensive. The laptop is less than a year old, and I’m trying to figure out how to fix this.
Battery health: 98%
All drivers updated
Using ARM64 versions of apps
Screen brightness around 50%
Task Manager shows low or very low power usage
Laptop gets slightly warm during normal browsing
Battery drains steadily rather than dropping suddenly
Has anyone experienced this issue or know how to fix it? Could it be a Windows power-management issue, a firmware problem, or something else? I’d appreciate any troubleshooting advice.

Just got a forced bios update while in a meeting. I guess Lenovo does not care about work times. Sadly other people do 😂

For reference, I'm specifically using a Lenovo Ideapad 5 and no matter where I check in my settings, I can't find anything regarding turning the fan off. I want to get more into voice acting by next year, but I don't want my fan causing interference with my recordings, so any help at all would be appreciated

The original post about the problem:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lenovo/s/jfBY2qZmMJ

I cleaned up SD card slot as I tried to access my old cards and it seems that dust was behind the problem I had with my laptop.

There was no protection of the slot and it is not working/the card is not visible so I am not sure what exactly happened, but after cleaning the slot of dust I have no more problems with interrupts slowing down this computer.

It is possible that it was behind the problem with disappearing PCI channels. I still has not contacted the support about it as I have other things on my mind at the moment.

Had any of you any problem using SSD disk in this model?

I tried to use an SSD on the replacement laptop and I have error randomly with disk disappearing from the system and BIOS. Normal HDD is working ok.

There is a possibility the problem is with SSD, but it works ok with my oldest Lenovo and in USB case. I need to check it with the laptop described here which was giving problems, but so far I had no time to play with disks.

Hey everyone, I have a Legion 5 Pro 16ACH6H (82JQ), Ryzen 7 5800H, RTX 3060, running BIOS GKCN65WW. My TPM version is AMD 3.92.0.5 and despite having Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 enabled, I'm getting a BIOS compatibility error in Call of Duty MW4.

I found this unofficial test BIOS that reportedly fixes the issue for some users, but I've also seen reports of bricked laptops.

I'm honestly afraid to risk bricking my laptop, especially since Lenovo hasn't released an official update. I even requested a refund for the game....

Has anyone with the exact same 82JQ model tried this BIOS? Did it work, and is there a reliable way to back up the original BIOS and recover if something goes wrong?

Just upgraded my chromebook to a Lenovo 14M9610 14in MediaTek 16GB 256GB. Nice piece of kit.

Got my accounts set up, wallpapers etc - now realised the keyboard backlight doesn't work. Have used the backlight button on the F8 key and also the Alt+F6/F7 (keyboard brightness) keys which work fine on my old Chromebook.

Bit annoyed to say the least. Anyone else had this? Anything else I can check before i box it back up and return it?

This is the one I bought - https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8566742.

I've used computers forever but know zero about tablets, so no doubt this is a stupid question...

We use a PDF script at a ceremony a few times a year. I tweak the script for each one. Today the team uses a binder with a paper copy. I'd like to modernize. It seems the the Idea Tab Pro would be perfect for that - inexpensive and large enough to have an image similar in size to a sheet of paper when turned sideways. I'd think this would be a trivial conversion. Am I overlooking something else I should consider? Thanks.

I use a Lenovo laptop with Windows 11 Home. After installing TranslucentTB, my desktop wallpaper turned black, but the taskbar remained transparent. I uninstalled the app, but the wallpaper is still black.

How can I restore my default wallpaper without resetting my PC?

Hey folks,

by now, I'm somewhat frustrated with my Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 14APH8 (Gen 8). I just want to use Ethernet, HDMI at 4K 60 Hz, and one USB-A port through a single USB-C cable while charging. Data connectivity is easy, but charging is a whole different story.

First of all, I understand that a USB hub/dongle also needs power. So, with a 100 W power supply, around 85 W should be left for the laptop. That should be plenty, but the laptop enters a weird state where the CPU only uses 15 W under a stress test. Unplug the hub, and the CPU immediately uses almost 50 W with the Ryzen 7 7840HS.

I then spent over a month talking to Lenovo Support, but the only answer I got was, "Please check the compatibility matrix and use something listed there."

So, I bought the USB-C Universal Business Dock, which is listed as fully compatible. But even with the 135 W charger, I still can't get more than 15 W of CPU power while charging through the dock.

The firmware is up to date, and I even ordered a brand-new Lenovo cable, but nothing works.

Any help?

Thanks in advance

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Hey everyone,

I have a Lenovo Legion Y540 with an Intel i5 9th gen and GTX 1650. It's around 6 years old, and recently it stopped turning on completely.

I took it to an authorised Lenovo service centre first. They told me the motherboard was dead and needed to be replaced, which would cost around ₹25–30k. They also said that manufacturing of this motherboard has been discontinued.

After that, I took it to a local repair shop. Initially, they said the motherboard was mostly fine and suspected a faulty IC. They quoted around ₹7,800 for the repair.

They spent 3–4 days trying to fix it, but unfortunately, they couldn't get it working. They said the Intel CPU was okay, but another Intel chipset was showing 0.00 V. Eventually, they also concluded that it couldn't be repaired.

Here are a few things I've noticed:

- Pressing the power button does absolutely nothing. No lights, no fans, nothing.

- The charging indicator used to work intermittently, but now it doesn't turn on at all.

- Interestingly, I can still charge my phone using the laptop's battery while the laptop itself is switched off. (Always on usb port)

- The DC charging jack was replaced around 5 months ago, and it worked normally for months after that.

I'm confused about the chipset diagnosis. If the Intel chipset is dead or not receiving power, could the USB port still charge my phone from the laptop battery?

Does the 0.00 V reading necessarily mean the chipset itself is dead, or could a power-management circuit or another motherboard component be responsible?

I was charged ₹909 for diagnosis at Lenovo and ₹250 at the local shop. I haven't gone ahead with the ₹25–30k motherboard replacement.

I'd appreciate any advice from people familiar with motherboard-level laptop repairs. Is there any realistic possibility of repairing this, or should I accept that it's gone?

Thanks!

Hi,

Which one should i get? Between

-ThinkBook Gen 8: Core 5 210H, 16 GB of DDR5 RAM, 5600 MHz, 40 cycles 500 GB NVMe SSD

-ThinkPad T14: Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U, 16 GB of RAM, and a battery reported at 100% capacity but with 648.

The difference is 80usd.

For university and programming in .NET.

I plan to upgrade the RAM to 32 GB in the future.

Thanks!

I recently picked up a Lenovo L27h-4a monitor, and I'm running into a frustrating issue when connecting it to my MacBook Air via a single USB-C to USB-C cable (using the factory-provided SuperSpeed USB 3.1 cable).

Here is what's happening:

• The Problem: When I route audio through the monitor (using its built-in Waves MaxxAudio speakers), the audio is heavily cracked/patchy, and media playback (like YouTube videos) starts severely stuttering and lagging.
• The Workaround: The moment I change my Mac's audio output back to the built-in laptop speakers while keeping the exact same USB-C cable connected for video and power, the YouTube video instantly plays completely smooth.

Troubleshooting I've already tried:

• Tested with the original factory cable and different USB-C ports.
• Adjusted sample rates in macOS Audio MIDI Setup (tried 44.1kHz / 48kHz).
• Reset CoreAudio daemons and WindowServer.
• Cleared all downstream USB peripherals plugged into the monitor.
• Disabled hardware acceleration in browsers.

Since the monitor is advertised with USB-C (DisplayPort Alt Mode + data) and built-in speakers, I'm wondering if this is a known macOS audio-clock synchronization quirk with Lenovo's firmware/audio chip, or if I happened to get a defective unit (since it's brand new out of the box).

Has anyone else experienced this with a Mac setup, or found a fix that allows single-cable USB-C audio to work smoothly? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I would appreciate it if you can help me choose between the two thank you

I recently bought a Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 10 with an i7-13645HX, RTX 5060 and 24GB RAM, but I cant find any reviews of this configuration. Seems to be unique for the place where I bought it from?

My previous laptop died, likely due to overheating, so I’m particularly concerned about cooling and longevity.

Does anyone have experience with this model? How are the thermals, and should I be worried about the Intel HX processor? Would a Ryzen version be a safer choice?

I got it pretty cheap for Swedish prices (like 1350€) but wondering if it’s a better idea to return it and hope that I’ll find a better one during Black week/friday.

Thanks for any advice!

Ive tried everything I could think of; Reinstall/update drivers, restart WLAN on services.msc, forced shutdown, open the case and check the wifi card, ensure its not my router, netsh winsock reset and even using my phone and usb to go for an optional firmware update. It has been like this since yesterday (since the second our old wifi plan was cancelled because we changed providers) and I feel frustrated already, so if anyone would be able to help I would appreciate it a lot.