Recent content by Bill MacIntyre

The jury is not out yet on this issue. I had video choppiness return often after my last post. I am not positive if this is a fix or not, but I reset some advanced Power settings that seem to improve the situation. I was thinking it could not be merely a heat issue because the problem seems to...

Eureka It seems to be working ok now I placed 2 copper shims (from raspberry Pi heatsinks) on top of the 2 smaller chips- GPU and something else between chips and the heat sink assembly. Ran it for a few hours last night and only seemed to slow down once when I was copying a big folder and...

I am revisiting this post because my Lenovo Laptop died so I had to revert back to this DV7 I installed Windows 10 and it still seems to work ok for several minutes and then gets so sloooooow its almost un-useable. It is very clean and new metal thermal paste And I did drill holes under the fan...

I am hoping someone can help me troubleshoot my Z710 as it is my main Laptop and badly needed. I am hoping for troubleshooting tips or a schematic to help to troubleshoot the mobo. Lenovo forum and phone support were of no help. Lenovo would not give me a service manual and only sent me links...

Got it... When I removed the cooling solution to replace the compound, I failed to unscrew the fan from it. This time I did and it was full of dust bunnies where the air exhausts in 2 places. Now it runs 10 degrees C cooler and hasn't frigged up yet. I am thinking of also drilling some vent...

The problem started before I opened the case It does this on bat and power The fan was cleaned with compressed air but the only thing is that when I turn the fan by hand it seems like there is a slight lubrication issue as it stops spinning almost right away. I wouldnt think that would be...

I am thinking of buying this for my son: Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 i7 3630QM, Dual GT750m SLI, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 15.6" 1080p With 2 X GT750M I am wondering if anyone knows how it will compare running games like Battlefield 3 compared to a desktop with 6 core AMD, 8 GB ram, and a single 660 TI card...

I have been having tons of issues with my HP DV7 3080CA 8 GB Ram GT230m gpu i7 quad Processor Win 8 Ultimate When it gets to 58 degrees C (speedfan) it slows down to a crawl and video goes down to 1 or 2 fps. Even watching uTube gets very slow. I don't think 58 deg is all that hot is it? Yes I...