Thanks for the tip! The results aren't really helpful as they seem to be about folks surprised that a laptop with an I7 and GTX gets warm under heavy use. I expect that. But it did give me an opportunity to smack my forehead and ask myself why I didn't search for others with this issue. (I really need a head-smack smoley.
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I searched for 'lenovo y50 shuts off' and fhe first result was
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Y50-Automatically-Turns-Off/td-p/1688119 which exactly describes the problem (right down to the 'pop' sound when it shuts down.)
I guess it's time to send it in.
I actually had this problem myself a few months after I purchased my Y50-70 Touch (only went Touch because it was the only model they had and they gave me the same price as the non-touch so went ahead). I could not for the life of me figure out what was going on, but it was indeed in relation to the NV Optimus crap. I believe the fix for me was changing an option in relation to Optimus in the bios, and then using DDU and re-installing drivers that actually worked. The biggest issue I've faced with the Y50 has been drivers are hit or miss, and if the driver doesn't want to work 100% perfect, then the entire laptop goes to **** when you try to do anything graphically intensive on it (in my case, playing games, etc.). In such case with having to find the perfect drivers that work flawlessly, if they don't I have to deal with constant shut downs, restarts, and general freezing for ANYTHING needing to use "3d graphics".
Sounds like the new Lenovo laptops may be crap, just like 2009 HP AMD laptops...
And an Intel laptop CPU shouldn't get hot like the Athlon IIs on HPs did.
The new Lenovo would be Y700, Y50 is their unchanged model from 2012 I believe it was. And I'd sooner take any Lenovo over HP or Dell with the exception of Dell XPS. Then you have ASUS which are only decent with their highest end laptops that are very well known for overheating, so with the exception of going for top quality like Sager Clevo or MSI's higher tier, each mfgr has it's own issues and Lenovo is certainly no exclusion. The amount of bloat Lenovo had on the Y50 was astounding to say the least, and the WD Black SSHD drive that came with mine was utter garbage that couldn't even play 720p movies without stuttering (an SSD solved that nuisance), and then of course the biggest problem with the Lenovo Y50 is the plastic around the hinges that are known to break relatively easy which is pretty absurd given the price range these sell for (at $800 I shouldn't have to worry about plastic breaking around hinges).
All of this said, if I was doing it over for laptop purchase for $800, I'd go with the Lenovo again, BUT, I would get the non-touch model so I can change the screen out to an IPS panel. The amount of hassle and time needed to change the LCD + digitizer is absurd and I do regret getting the touch screen, but I needed the laptop then as I needed it for travel + classes. Being able to hook up my XBone controller to it, open up Rocket League, and play for a couple hours when travelling works fine
Oh, and to summarize the issues with the Y50 that I know about:
- Plastic hinges can break if not being careful (really though, I baby mine so I haven't run into that issue)
- Having to find the right drivers that actually work with the Y50
- NVOptimus
- Stock bloat
- If you have the TN panel it is pretty terrible
- SSHD is pure garbage
