Linux on lenovo g470

I need Linux for my schoolwork so I wonder is it safe to instal Ubuntu on G470? Did anyoone have any experience with this?
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Hi
I am wondering if current kernel do support ASPM feature ?
Linux lap 3.2.6+ #11 SMP Sat Feb 18 15:22:19 CET 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.759929] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [mem 0xd0400000-0xd04fffff]
[ 0.759948] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[ 0.760158] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP01._PRT]
[ 0.760212] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP02._PRT]
[ 0.760387] \_SB_.PCI0:_OSC invalid UUID
[ 0.760389] _OSC request data:1 1f 1f
[ 0.760392] pci0000:00: Requesting ACPI _OSC control (0x1d)
[ 0.760507] \_SB_.PCI0:_OSC invalid UUID
[ 0.760508] _OSC request data:1 0 1d
[ 0.760511] pci0000:00: ACPI _OSC request failed (AE_ERROR), returned control mask: 0x1d
[ 0.760565] ACPI _OSC control for PCIe not granted, disabling ASPM
[ 0.765015] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 *4 5 6 10 11 12 14 15)
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Hello Everyone,
Please help me with this weird issue;
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How to switch display to use only AMD graphic card on Lenovo G470

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hi childs,
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Lenovo G470 USB not working!

Hello,
Just purchased Lenovo G470 USB are not working properlly,
Deskjet Printer keeps dissapearing, and when I plugin iPhone for charging - absolutely nothing happens, it simply does not detect it.
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hey Giorgi,
welcome to the forums.
uninstall the current USB drivers and let windows install its generic drivers.
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Lenovo G470 Wifi and Bluetooth problem, with drivers maybe?? help..

Hi all,
Please.. could anyone give solutions for me to enable wifi and bluetooth for Lenovo G470, i5 2520, intelHD3000, 8gb ram, 500gb..running on windows 8 pro 64 bit, (maybe could give a link to working drivers), everything else is great but wifi and bluetooth, (not yet try one key recovery and veriface though)
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Hi dendie701,
Thanks for posting and welcome to the Lenovo Community,
I’d like to help you with your issue,
Can you please check the below links for the Drivers for the wireless and the Bluetooth for your machine and we can install them a fresh installation:
For the wireless:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_EG/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS031019
http://support.lenovo.com/en_EG/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS031021
http://support.lenovo.com/en_EG/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS031020
Can you try to download them and try again to Turn on the wireless and connect,
But regarding the Bluetooth I’d like to ask you your machine came pre-loaded with windows 7?
And please share with us the details of the Drivers in the Device manager if there's any sign on the drivers?
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SOLUTION: Press [F2] to Enter Setup does NOT Appear - Lenovo G470

After spending an inordinate amount of time searching the internet about my problem, and then contacting Lenovo (who told me it was hardware and I needed to return all of the laptops I bought), I managed to magically find the solution to my problem. Since it wasn't documented elsewhere on the internet, I thought I'd create a post for it here.
The problem I was having was that my Lenovo G470 laptop did not display Press F2 to Enter Setup during the boot process, and because of this, no amount of hammering the F2 button would allow access to the BIOS. I attempted all of the standard fixes, pulled the battery, held power down for 30 seconds, removed the HDD -- nothing would cause this to appear. Since it was happening on all 3 of the G470s we just purchased, I didn't believe it was hardware. I reached out to Lenovo Premium Support, and after about 3 minutes of discussion, "Paul" informed me that all three machines were defective and would have to be sent back in for repair, and it would take 4-6 weeks for repair and diagnosis.
As I had been noodling around with the machines for a few days, ONE of the three ended up showing the bios options during the boot process. At that point, I had been hitting just about every single key on the keyboard during the boot process, so I couldn't identify what it was that I did that caused the options to appear. A little more troubleshooting and I figured it out:
Lenovo G470 machines equipped with the EFI bios do NOT by default show the Press F2 to enter Setup. The only way to make this appear is to hold the "B" key on the keyboard during power-on. Once you've done that, the options to enter setup will appear and they will reappear at every boot (matter of fact, I've been unable to find a way to make them go away again, no matter what I hold during bootup).
So, if you find yourself with a G470 and you can't enter the bios and F2 doesn't work -- hold the B key during boot. The options should appear and you should be able to gain entry into the BIOS.

tjefferies,
Wow! Thanks for sharing this - will be sure to share with support. We really appreciate your discovery and sharing this with the community. I'm not sure why they quoted 4-6 weeks or repair. Perhaps 4-6 days, counting shipping, but not weeks. Will address that as well.
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Lenovo g470 shutdown problems (in intervals of 10-12 days)

Hi everyone, I'm from Argentina, so I apologize for my english.
My problem with Lenovo G470 is this: every 10, 12 days it shutdowns and can't use it for a time. I'm doing anything (listening to music, writting a text, etc) or sometimes I'm afk and just doing nothing and it happens anyway. And then, for a time it's impossible to start windows. I turn on the laptop and the Lenovo logo appears, but then just shuts down.
Maybe 4-5 hours later it starts to work ok again. Im not sure aboout this because when this happen i usually leave it there and come back the next day.
I've been reading a lot of posts in this forum about similar problems, but I couldn't find this exact same problem that I have.
Also, this happens on battery or plugged in. Is the same. Another weird thing that occurs sometimes is that when I'm using it on battery and I turn it off, the laptop shutdown, but the on/off button light doesn't turns off. I need to plug it in to solve this.
I don't know if could be related, but I replaced the W7 home basic with the ultimate version. While I had it with home basic this didn't happened, but it was a short time (2 days) so I couldn't determine if this is related. Anyway I have the recovery CDs if a probable solution would be that.
I've read here about solutions like flashing the bios. I didn't do it but I could try it if you think it could work. I don't know if there are new updates. The truth is I'm a total newbie on flashing the bios.
In conclusion, any help you could give me will be appreciate. I'm in the Lost island right now. I can't understand why this happens.
So, thanks for your help and again, sorry for my english.
* I didn't take it to the support because this is kind of random and I really need my laptop.
UPDATE: I forgot to mention that when this happens, I can't turn on the laptop with the on/off button. But if I press space and escape it turns on again, and fails again of course.
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Welcome To Lenovo Community
We are really sorry to hear about the issue you are facing,
Please try disconnecting all cable and battery from the unit , Now press the power button for 30-40 sec then release , perform this action 4 -5 times , now connect AC adaptor to check by powering on and booting the system. If system is working fine you can shut down and connect the battery to check,
Also try updating the Bios from the below link
BIOS Update for 64bit Windows
BIOS Update for 32bit Windows
In case issue remains same please contact local Lenovo support to have system verified
http://support.lenovo.com/en_IN/feedback/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-76613
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Please help me!!! I can't update BIOS on Lenovo G470

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hi baqradze,
Sorry for the delay in Reply. I discussed this with the team and Guru and one of our Gurus "Zehnsteine" gave an interesting feedback that you can try. After seaching the the web he came across the lenovo BIOS update page.
you may want to try this out.
link: http://support.lenovo.com/en_MY/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS018378
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Do let me know how it goes.
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Linux and Lenovo S6000

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I bought Tablet Lenovo S6000 with Android, but this OS is were poor for me. Can I install full working linux - with 3g, WiFi, Bluetooth, HDMI etc. Will be working ok with some X-server (example xfce)? Did anybody install Linux on this tablet? Which distributions?
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Hard Disk problem - Lenovo G470

Dear Members,
Good Day!
Over the past few days, I have being getting warning messages in Intel Raipd storage technology app that " Disk on Port 0: At risk"
I have ran a hardware scan on my Hard disk and have noticed few of the tests getting failed, I have gone through many of posts in this fourms and understood that, my HDD is having some problem and it may crash any time.
I have taken back up of my factory default recovery disks in to DVD's. However I would like get clarified on few things related to replacing the existing HDD and setting up windows 7 in my new HDD.
1) After replacing my OLD HDD , In my new hard disk do I need to create the C disk with same size as that of OLD HDD for the OKR to work and restore everything properly.
2) Will the one key recovery feature work with my new HDD as well? If not , what should I do make it work?
3) Will the OEM parition( having factory default backup )be automatically created in new HDD ?
Please find the Hardware sacn result below from Lenovo solution center.
Toshiba-TOSHIBAMK6465GSX-11AJC329T
Display name
TOSHIBA MK6465GSX - 596.17 GBs
Type
INTERNAL_STORAGE_DEVICE
Model
TOSHIBA MK6465GSX
Manufacturer
Toshiba
Serial
11AJC329T
Firmware
GJ004E
Size
596.17 GBs
Rotation Rate
5400 RPM
Cache
UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
Temperature
45 C
Physical Sector Size
512
Logical sector size
512
Logical sectors
1250263728
Supported standards
ATA8-ACS, ATA7-ATAPI, ATA6-ATAPI, ATA5-ATAPI, ATA4-ATAPI
Spec version
VERSION_NOT_REPORTED
Partition schema
MBR
INDEX 1
PARTITION_TYPE: PRIMARY
FILESYSTEM: ntfs
LABEL: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
MOUNT_POINT: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
SERIAL: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
SIZE: 200.00 MBs
USED: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
FREE: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
INDEX 2
PARTITION_TYPE: PRIMARY
FILESYSTEM: ntfs
LABEL: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
MOUNT_POINT: C:\
SERIAL: 163D14D6
SIZE: 137.23 GBs
USED: 44.75 GBs
FREE: 92.48 GBs
INDEX 0
PARTITION_TYPE: EXTENDED
SIZE: 443.99 GBs
INDEX 3
PARTITION_TYPE: PRIMARY
FILESYSTEM: UNKNOWN
LABEL: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
MOUNT_POINT: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
SERIAL: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
SIZE: 14.76 GBs
USED: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
FREE: UNABLE_TO_OBTAIN
INDEX 4
PARTITION_TYPE: LOGICAL
FILESYSTEM: ntfs
LABEL: Madhu-Drive
MOUNT_POINT: D:\
SERIAL: FEFA510A
SIZE: 443.99 GBs
USED: 105.38 GBs
FREE: 338.61 GBs
Diagnostics
SMART status test
Failed
Targeted read test
Failed
Random seek test
Passed
Funnel seek test
Passed
SMART short self-test
Failed
SMART drive self-test
Passed
Processor : Intel core i5- 2410M CPU @ 2.30 GHZ
OS :Windows 7 Home premium SP1 , 64 bit
HDD : TOSHIBA MK6465GSX
RAM : 8GB
Kindly let me know , If you need information from my end, Waiting for your suggestions
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Pranay, welcome to the forum,
it certainly sounds as though you need a new hard drive Hopefully you have already saved all your important files to other media should the drive suddenly totally stop working.
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Lenovo G470 ram upgrade should i choose 8GB or 16 GB?

I am planning to upgrade the 4GB ram on my G470 win 7 64 bit home premium laptop. Should i choose 8gb or 16gb? Regards

hi pilot911,
Welcome to the Forums.
Looking at page 27 of the HMM, the G470 can take up to:
DDR3-1066/1333MHz SODIMM socket x 2 (max 4GB per slot).
If you're planning to max it out then you will need a 4GBx2 (8GB kit). If you already have a single 4GB stick though then you just need to get another 4GB.
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Lenovo g470 windows 7 start up

Good day fellow lenovo user..
I'm a new lenovo user here..
I acquired my laptop last week June 14 2012..
After 1 week I experienced a problem..
I hope someone can help me..
My problem regarding my laptop is,
when I'm restarting/rebooting it. Or opening it... Sometimes I experienced hanging already even if I will just going to right click on the desktop and trying to refresh it.. It will hang already.. And sometimes just opening a program like internet browsers the program will not start and it will hang already, I can still move the mouse pointer..
Sorry I'm having a hard time in addressing my concern in English.. Its not my first language by the way.. I hope the readers can understand what I'm trying to say..
Thanks in advance.. And more power to you guys..

Hi mlvn19 and welcome to the community,
Have you installed anything new before this started happening, like virus protection or a firewall? Or, anything else?
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Lenovo G470 Having Booting Problems.

My laptop is having problems while booting up occasionally where it boots up until the mouse pointer gets dispalyed, nothing else, just the mouse pointer at the center of the screen and nothing else. I have to then shutdown the laptop by holding the power button down till it shutsdown then turn it on again in order to use my laptop. This happens often after I shutdown the laptop, but NOT when I restart, or boot from hibernation. I haven't noticed any BSODs. This problem has been there since I bought the laptop. I tried updating the drivers and the BIOS and I used the DriverEasy software also to update the drivers. Yet the problem continues.
Any solutions?

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We are really sorry to hear about the issue you are facing,
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Click to clear the Load Startup Items check box.
Note The Use Original Boot.ini check box is unavailable.
Click the Services tab.
Click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box.
Click Disable All, and then click OK.
When you are prompted, click Restart.
Do give this a try and let us know
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
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Linux Mint making deals with OEMs... would love this to occur with Lenovo!

I saw a headline today: "Linux Mint Forges New Deals with OEMs". Mint tends to work pretty well with Lenovo hardware already. Wouldn't it be great it Lenovo were to be one of them? hint... hint...
As a supporter of Linux and a supporter of Lenovo, this would be very exciting news.
(ref: http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/11/06/linux-mint-forges-new-deals-with-oems/)

According to picture on :
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I think lenovo did already ship meego powered devices , didnt they ?
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